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Special reports

NSW Budget '07

iemma What's in it for you? Details and analysis here.

Islam in Australia

Star and crescent symbol. Where do Australia's Muslims hail from, where do they live, what are their experiences, their hopes, fears and frustrations?

The First Wave: Beyond a White Australia

Interactive: The voyage that sailed deep into Australia's national psyche. Hear stories from the migrants who changed our nation.

Roll up, roll up

Cannonball lady Stephanie Smith There's action for everyone at the Royal Easter Show.

Tough Choice

It's the 2007 NSW election campaign. Follow the parties' fortunes, share your opinion with Herald correspondents and cast your vote on our poll of the day.

Afghanistan: The Violent Frontier

Interactive: More than five years after the US-led invasion, Paul McGeough finds Afghanistan teetering on the brink.

Baghdad's warlord

Interactive: Paul McGeough's face-to-face interview with the 'Shiite Zarqawi' and mass-murderer of Iraq, Abu Deraa.

Scorched Earth

The pastures should be green, the lambs fat and the wheat a golden stubble. But the creeks have stopped running, the dams are drying up and the crops are failing.

The War of Ideas

Iran Multimedia: Paul McGeough visits the Middle East and South Asia to assess the progress of US-sponsored democracy.

Birthday celebrations

The Sydney Morning Herald marks its 175th anniversary.

Multimedia

News and photography comes to life with interactive reports and audio slideshows.

Strange but true

The weird, the wonderful and the wacky - some unusual real-life stories.

Science

Earth and space and everything in between.

Environment

earth hour The environment - reports on the state of our natural wealth.

Whale watch

whale rescue Reports and pictures on the magnificent creatures of the deep.

Health

Doctor News from the cutting edge of medicine.

Herald investigations

Uncovering the big stories.