Beijing Winter Olympics Officially Opened
The Winter Olympics has officially been opened overnight in a dazzling, but freezing ceremony in Beijing. The New South Wales Premier says the latest texting scandal in Canberra is an unhelpful distraction. A second SAS soldier has contradicted evidence given by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith at his defamation trial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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