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Hockey warns on spy cameras
→ Herald Sun | National News | 11 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am MST
AUSTRALIANS should worry about a future where it's impossible to go anywhere without being filmed, senior Liberal Joe Hockey warns.
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Green card in doubt
→ Herald Sun | National News | 11 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am MST
MORE than 210,000 households are waiting for the $50 green rewards card from the Federal Government.
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Rail union workers vote to strike
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:59 am MST
Network Rail maintenance workers vote in favour of strikes, bringing about the possibility of action over Easter.
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Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars'
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:49 am MST
Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.
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Burma election laws condemned
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:47 am MST
Burma's election laws provoke widespread condemnation, as Aung San Suu Kyi's 1990 poll win is formally annulled.
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Bosnian war leader granted bail
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:46 am MST
Ex-Bosnian president Ejup Ganic, who faces war crimes allegations, has been given bail by London's High Court.
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Biden tries to ease Mid-East row
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:44 am MST
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
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John Lewis staff get £151m bonus
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:44 am MST
Department store group John Lewis reports a 9.7% rise in annual profits to £306.6m as staff share a bumper bonus.
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Hamas release British journalist
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:40 am MST
Hamas release a British journalist, Paul Martin, accused of spying and jailed for a month in the Gaza Strip, British officials say.
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Pakistan kidnap boy not released
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:38 am MST
The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.
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US, Croatian terrorism suspects in court
→ Herald Sun | National News | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:37 am MST
TWO suspected terrorists involved in a plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist depicting Prophet Mohammed with a dog's body will be in court today.
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Picture of the Day: Tibetan protest
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:37 am MST
Tibetans in exile in New Delhi take part in a protest to mark the 51st anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese repressive rule in their homeland. Around 1,000… -
Greeks stage fresh general strike
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:33 am MST
Public and transport services grind to a halt as workers stage a third strike in protest at austerity measures and some clash with police.
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World airline sector 'recovering'
→ BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:27 am MST
The global airline industry will recover strongly this year, as passenger and freight numbers improve, its trade body says.
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Gurshan's bereft mother asks why he died
→ Herald Sun | National News | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:08 am MST
THE toddler's mum says she cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her little boy.
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Bird will be brutal from start: Rogers
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:04 am MST
Scott Prince says it will take time to gel but Mat Rogers believes new signing Greg Bird will be "brutal" from the first play in his debut for the Titans.
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Canada’s Erik Guay wins super-G World Cup title
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 3:44 am MST
Erik Guay of Canada won the final super-G race of the season and claimed the World Cup title in that event.
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Gurshan's mother asks why her boy died
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 3:39 am MST
The grief-stricken mother of toddler Gurshan Singh Channa says she cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her little boy.
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Elle, 46, steps out of retirement for Louis Vuitton show
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 3:38 am MST
The former Australian supermodel Elle 'the Body' Macpherson has returned to the catwalk at the age of 46, showcasing a collection for American designer Marc Jacobs that… -
Rafa Benitez tells Liverpool to show some fighting spirit
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 3:04 am MST
It has been a miserable week for Liverpool fans who had to endure the sight of their own side limply surrendering to relegation-threatened Wigan on Monday and then… -
‘Hate registers’ are criminalising schoolchildren for playground insults
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:52 am MST
A 10-year-old boy who called a friend 'gay boy' has joined the growing ranks of children criminalised for everyday playground insults. Peter Drury will now be on his…
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Fabio Capello says England must make World Cup semis
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:50 am MST
England manager Fabio Capello has set England the target of at least reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup and says that getting them there is the "most…
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Queensland floodwaters closing in on NSW
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:39 am MST
Rivers in northern NSW are expected to swell as the aftermath of record rainfalls in Queensland move downstream from the Sunshine State.
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Gujarat to spend $500m on its NSW mines
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:54 am MST
Indian-owned coal producer Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Ltd plans to spend $500m expanding its two mines in the Illawarra region of NSW over the next five years.
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Hobart, N Qld head best property markets
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:34 am MST
Hobart and the sleepy regional north Queensland town of Silkwood were among the best performing property markets over the past decade, research found.
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Coal prices set to rise amid confusion
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:34 am MST
Coal prices are tipped to rise in coming months amid constrained supply and ongoing Chinese demand.
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Why Lindsay Lohan's at war with an Oakville toddler
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
McAllister Kerr's television alter-ego is at the centre of a $100 million (U.S.) lawsuit launched on Monday by troubled actress Lindsay Lohan.
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$1,000 doorbell rings ominously for Conservatives
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
Red-faced public works officials are scrambling for explanations after revelations they paid $1,948 for two plants and $1,000 for a doorbell for federal government offices.
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Teacher's day at ACC gets major downsizing
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
It has gone from a full day to two-and-a-half hours, five speakers to three and now will cost less than half its original $345,000 budget.
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Cars clog new bike lanes on Simcoe St.
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
Just six months old, a new bike lane on Simcoe St. was meant to calm the nerves of cyclists travelling the busy stretch under the GO lines and the Gardiner. Instead, it's a parking lot.
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Travers: Tories feeling the sting of 'hypocrisy' label
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
Conservatives in power quickly grasped that nothing sticks like a label. Tax-and-spend Liberals were branded as soft on crime, the NDP leader became Taliban Jack and diplomat Richard Colvin was a terrorist dupe.
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Suspected killer of OPP officer had lost all 'hope'
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
On the weekend before Monday's shooting death of OPP Const. Vu Pham, Fred Preston, a 70-year-old former reeve in Joly Township (near Algonquin Park), complained that his wife admitted to being unfaithful, a close family member told the Star.
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Porter: Our anthem symbolic, but not trivial
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
There was a proposal to include the other half of the nation in the national anthem.
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Refugee judge pursued woman, trial told
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:30 am MST
A judge accused of offering a woman efugee status in exchange for sex pursued her for weeks, a court has been told.
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Detention centre riot charges 'vindictive'
→ Herald Sun | National News | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:22 am MST
CALL for charges against asylum seekers to be dropped because there was no property damage.
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Rudd knew of insulation problems last August
→ The Australian | The Nation | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:21 am MST
KEVIN Rudd says he was alerted to potential safety problems with the government’s home insulation program as early as August 2009.
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No axing threat for Broncos youngsters
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:19 am MST
Ivan Henjak's infants will be able to play without the threat of the axe if they stuff up against the Cowboys in Friday's NRL opener at Suncorp Stadium.
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False dawns of past leave Eels wary
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:19 am MST
Parramatta skipper Nathan Cayless claims the lessons of campaigns past will ensure the Eels don't get caught up in an NRL premiership trophy hype.
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Vics well placed to host Shield final
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:19 am MST
Victoria are well placed to host the Sheffield Shield final after dominating Tasmania with the bat at the MCG and gaining good news from the north.
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'Meow' drug causes hypnotic trance
→ Herald Sun | National News | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:15 am MST
A DRUG that caused one teen to tear off his scrotum is being smuggled into Australia in toys.
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Toddler hit by reversing taxi near Perth
→ The Age National Headlines | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:14 am MST
A toddler rushed to hospital after being run over by a reversing taxi remains in a critical condition.
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Carlos Slim beats Gates to be world's richest man
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:57 am MST
For the first time in 16 years, a non-American has topped the Forbes Rich List. He is Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom billionaire whose wealth is estimated…
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'British Fritzl' abused daughters thanks to errors by social services
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:43 am MST
A British man was allowed to treat his two daughters as virtual sex slaves over a period of 35 years because child protection professionals, including social workers…
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Movie futures: place your bets on Hollywood films
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:20 am MST
Almost everyone thinks they know a good movie when they see one. But how many can predict what will be good and what will be successful at the…
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Remove tobacco from shops, says academic
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:20 am MST
An Auckland academic says smoking rates in New Zealand would plummet if tobacco products could not be displayed at shops.Dr Marewa Glover of Auckland University told a select committee today that progress in tobacco control was...
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Mighty Wayne Rooney eclipses the return of David Beckham to Manchester United
→ The First Post: Latest | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:10 am MST
Manchester United 4 AC Milan 0. First Porto, now Milan. An away day to England in the Champions League is turning into the stuff of nightmares for…
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Autistic children put in cage
→ Herald Sun | National News | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:01 am MST
A SCHOOL that pens children with autism in a fenced area may be breaching human rights.
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Taupo man jailed for injuring 3-month-old baby
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:56 pm MST
A 19-year-old Taupo man convicted of causing a life-threatening head injury to his three-month old baby was today jailed for 16 months.Taupo District Court was told that forestry worker Chevy Benjamin Leeward Cashell threw the...
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Films of the Week: Martin Scorsese back to 'noir' with Shutter Island
→ The First Post: Latest | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:56 pm MST
Two of this week's new films are based on best-selling thrillers. Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island has plot twists galore while The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is…
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Vega replaced by Classic Rock
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:05 pm MST
AFTER much fanfare and investment, DMG Radio's baby boomer experiment has ended.
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Fake ASIO spy jailed over $150k con
→ Herald Sun | National News | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:04 pm MST
A MAN who convinced his new wife he was an ASIO spy before emptying her accounts and fleeing the country has been jailed for four and a half years.
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Inmates deny detention centre riot
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:50 pm MST
ELEVEN men charged over a riot inside the immigration detention centre on Christmas Island last November have pleaded not guilty.
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Bingle mess pushes Clarke to the edge
→ Herald Sun | National News | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:46 pm MST
ENGAGEMENT believed to be close to the end as Michael Clarke is reportedly given an ultimatum.
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Tories revive random roadside breath test; may violate Charter rights
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:02 pm MST
The Harper government appears ready to move ahead with imposing random roadside breath testing, which a new federal discussion paper says has produced “remarkable results” in catching drunk drivers in other countries.
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Levant says libel suit aims to ‘chill’ debate
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:02 pm MST
Free-speech blogger Ezra Levant has accused anti-hate activist Richard Warman of exploiting court processes to publicly 'scandalize' him with 'wholly irrelevant' allegations, and to discourage his 'public service journalism' against human rights commissions
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Cop threw bed during clash, court hears
→ Herald Sun | National News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:55 pm MST
A man who was awarded $300,000 after being assaulted by police may have been accidentally hit by a bed rather than deliberately bashed with a baton.
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Police charge man, 70, in OPP officer’s death
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:02 pm MST
Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 70-year-old former politician from Sundridge, Ont., with first-degree murder in the death of Constable Vu Pham, who once lived in the same small town but who was shot to death on a rural road about 350 kilometres away on Monday
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Children of lesbian couple barred from U.S. Catholic school
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:02 pm MST
The Catholic Church in Denver, Colorado, has barred two children from enrolling in an area Catholic grade school because their parents are lesbians. The church has actively campaigned against gay marriage, as it teaches that a valid marriage is only between a man and a woman
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'Britain’s Fritzl' raped daughters for more than 25 years
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:02 pm MST
Two British women who were raped and abused by their father for over 25 years, becoming pregnant 18 times, have won an apology from local authorities for failing to prevent the serial incest.
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Supergold card travel under scrutiny
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:59 pm MST
Free off-peak travel for elderly people under the SuperGold card is set to exceed its annual $18 million budget and the Government is looking at ways of reining it in which may impact on services.A Transport Ministry/NZ Transport...
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Baby elephant 'Mr Shuffles' doing well
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:35 pm MST
SYDNEY'S 'miracle' newborn elephant - nicknamed Mr Shuffles - weighs a healthy 116kg and is feeding himself after surviving a nine-day labour.
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'Miracle' baby elephant doing well
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:26 pm MST
THE 'miracle' baby elephant born at Sydney's Taronga Zoo has survived its first night and is doing well, four days after it was declared dead in its mother's womb.
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Bruce Arthur: NHL slowly heading in the right direction
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:19 pm MST
So Matt Cooke wasn’t suspended by the National Hockey League for concussing Marc Savard. Well, obviously. See, the problem is that when Cooke took a stride, measured his prey, and drove his shoulder through Savard’s head on March 7, he wasn’t doing anything illegal. In the hockey world, anyway
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Parliament flips the (seal) flipper at Europe
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:04 pm MST
Don Martin: There's no denying this sacrificed seal served up a successful public relations stunt as MPs jostled for media attention
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Rodney fights on after late Super City changes
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm MST
Rodney district is still vowing to fight its inclusion in the Auckland Super City despite a final announcement on the boundaries this morning.An extra ward and two additional local boards were revealed today, but Rodney's bid...
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Scientology inquiry sunk in Senate
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:34 pm MST
LABOR and the Coalition were accused of looking away from claims of abuse in Scientology by blocking a Senate probe into religious groups' tax-free status.
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All-American Muslim convert ‘Jihad Jane’ arrested
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:22 pm MST
A convert to Islam, Ms. LaRose is accused of working with overseas Islamic extremists via the Internet to recruit others to wage 'violent jihad'
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Woman, 60, nabs daytime burglars
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm MST
A furious 60-year-old woman and quick-thinking police combined to catch burglars who were raiding her home.Lesley Buckleigh, a retiree, said her first reaction upon finding two strange men on her Waimauku property was pure anger.After...
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Two charged with assault after balcony fall
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:57 pm MST
Two men have been charged with assaulting a man critically injured after a fall from a balcony in Auckland last night.The man, in his 50s, remained in a critical condition in Auckland Hospital after the fall from the balcony of...
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Air NZ mercy mission saves man's life
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:49 pm MST
A Gisborne man who was left without essential medication when his luggage went missing on a Pacific Blue flight to Rarotonga says he owes his life to rival airline Air New Zealand.Liver transplant patient Robert DeLong packed...
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Banks: 'I unblock drains and I rescue cats'
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:48 pm MST
Auckland mayor John Banks, a candidate for the mayoralty of the proposed new super city, has been uncharacteristically modest about his efforts to save a cat stuck up a tree at a constituent's house.Mr Banks got a call late last...
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Inquiry opened into death in custody
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:39 pm MST
THE Queensland Government will investigate allegations that an indigenous man was denied treatment before he collapsed in his cell and later died.
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Flu vaccinations for children also protect adults: study
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:20 pm MST
If you wanted to prevent the spread of flu and you had a limited supply of vaccine, who would you immunize?
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NHL GMs propose new penalty for headshots
→ NPL Npindex top stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:02 pm MST
'A lateral, back pressure or blindside hit to an opponent where the head is targeted and/or the principal point of -- is not permitted'
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Could this Oscar save the dolphins?
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

AMONG the couture gowns parading along the red -carpet on Oscar night were two men whose constant -fiddling with the collars of their dress shirts betrayed unfamiliarity with such formal attire.
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Missing boy not found yet - Pakistani police
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

HOPES that five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed had been found were dashed today as the police chief leading the investigation in Pakistan confirmed the search is ongoing.
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Capital's trams face two-year delay
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

EDINBURGH'S controversial new tram scheme faces further delays and may not be up and running until 2014, two years later than expected.
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Hunt ends in tragedy as mother's body found
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
THE intensive two week search for a missing mother-of-three ended in tragedy yesterday after her body was discovered in dense undergrowth near Dundee's city centre.
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The Falklands? No ‘Malvinas' says U.S.
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

CONCERNS that America could betray Britain over the future of the Falklands were growing last night after a senior US official referred to the islands by the name used for them by the Argentinians, "the Malvinas".
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How to fight ageing
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

Q I HAVE stretch marks on my tummy from pregnancies 20 years ago. I'm the correct weight for my height and have toned tummy muscles but cannot wear bikinis due to these marks. Are there any non-surgical solutions for me?
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Short Stories: The Goldfish
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

SHE was 11 when she won the goldfish at a Mayday fair.
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The first war on terror
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

THE capital cities of Europe are on high alert. For weeks undercover agents have been reporting an increased level of terrorist chatter. Some have warned of imminent synchronised attacks on public buildings in London, Paris and Berlin. Others have speculated about the assassination of a head of state. Now the bombers are on the move as police surveillance teams struggle to keep them in view.
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Jonathan Ross job not for me, says Graham Norton
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

HE HAS been tipped as one of the favourites to take over Jonathan Ross's show but Graham Norton insists that he will not benefit from his rival's departure from the BBC.
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Boris Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko poisoning
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
EXILED Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky yesterday won his British libel case against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster that aired allegations he masterminded the murder of a former K
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Tram plan turmoil as new delay is revealed
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
THE controversial project to introduce trams to the capital has been plunged into fresh turmoil after the constructors said the complete line would not now be ready until 2014
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Alan Titchmarsh: How To Garden series
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

FROM fabulous fruit and flowers to heady fragrances, climbers and wall shrubs have all you need to give your patch impact, says Alan Titchmarsh, in our first exclusive extract from his How To Garden series...
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Countdown to 6 May election as Gordon Brown plays the 'character' card
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
GORDON Brown yesterday set the stage for a 6 May election by announcing a date for the government's last budget before going to the polls.
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Michael Winner: My favourite photograph
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

MICHAEL Winner, 74, directed the Death Wish movie series starring Charles Bronson. Here he talks to Simon Button about films, fame and food
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Buckie's making big bucks down south
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
SALES of Buckfast tonic wine have soared across Britain due to English youths copying the hard-drinking antics of Scottish teenagers on YouTube, a leading academic has claimed
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New police inquiry into Labour MP
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

ANOTHER Labour MP is being investigated by police over his expenses claims, it was reported last night.
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Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen: I'm evangelical about exercise
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

Jackie LLewelyn-Bowen: The writer and TV personality, 46, is married to designer Laurence Llewelyn -Bowen. They live in Gloucestershire with daughters Cecile, 14, and Hermione, 11.
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Gordon Brown sends condolences over deaths of Red Road flat refugees
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has sent his "sincere condolences" to the family and friends of three asylum seekers who died in an apparent suicide.
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Height of fashion
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

Forget skyscraper stilettos, this season heels are coming back down to earth
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Head struck off for taking £3k in 'cones for cash' scam
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
A HEADTEACHER found to have embezzled around £3,000 from his school has been struck off after a panel deemed his conduct "reprehensible and disgraceful".
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Former Wolworths store is the wonder of Wellworths
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

THE FORMER Woolworths store that was reopened by its manager after the company collapsed is booming one year later - and is set to expand.
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Reliving 300 years of shipbuilding history
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
IT WAS the first shipbuilding company not only in Scotland but the world.
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Love heals pain for grieving parents
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

TWO grieving parents who both lost daughters in road accidents have unexpectedly found happiness after falling in love.
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Revealed: new property hotspots as Monopoly comes to the Highlands
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
THE Old Kent Road could close in favour of the Road to the Isles, King's Cross Station may be replaced by a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal, and instead of Trafalgar
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Missing mum mystery takes sinister turn
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

THE search for a missing mother-of-three took a sinister twist last night after police found a body near a busy main road.
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Face facts… wide boys just can't be trusted
→ The Scotsman - News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST
EVER wondered if you can really trust someone? Deciding could be as simple as looking at the width of their face.
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Minimum pricing would close us down says whisky boss
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

A LEADING distiller yesterday warned it could have to cut hundreds of Scottish jobs and faced extinction if minimum drink pricing was introduced across the UK.
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Scots students help Anne weed out weakest links
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

THE hilariously dumb answers which draw withering looks from quiz queen Anne Robinson and hoots of laughter from the audience, could soon be a rarity on TV quiz the Weakest Link.
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Mindy Hammond: Has Mindy bitten off more than she can chew with her visit to the dentist?
→ Daily Express :: Features Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

MINDY Hammond grits her teeth and visits the dentist. But has she bitten off more than she can chew?
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Northern Rock pays £14.9m in bonuses
→ Daily Express :: News / Showbiz Feed | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

TAXPAYER-owned bank Northern Rock is to pay staff £14.9million in bonuses - despite having lost a further £257.5million.
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Inquest findings spark safety reminder to trampers
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:40 pm MST
The Mountain Safety Council is reminding trampers of its Outdoor Safety Code in light of inquest findings into the deaths of former Te Papa boss Seddon Bennington and his companion Marcella Jackson.The pair died of hypothermia...
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Woman admits hiding baby son's body
→ nzherald.co.nz - National | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm MST
A 27-year-old woman hid the body of her baby boy born in a Christchurch park at the end of a secret pregnancy.She pleaded guilty to disposing of the body when she appeared in Christchurch District Court today.She was remanded...
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This winter was the driest on record
→ Thestar.com - Home Page | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:51 pm MST
This winter has been the driest on record with temperatures about 4C above normal.
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Wealthy home buyers are back
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am MST
AUSTRALIA'S most expensive homes are likely to rise in price by 10-15 per cent this year as wealthy buyers return to the market.
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Wealthy home buyers are back
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am MST
AUSTRALIA'S most expensive homes are likely to rise in price by 10-15 per cent this year as wealthy buyers return to the market.
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Reserve warns on resource boom risk
→ The Australian | The Nation | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am MST
THE Reserve Bank is worried that the economy is in danger of returning to the conditions of 2007, with skilled labour shortages and spiralling costs.
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