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1 hr ago | Sunday Mail

Adelaide building boom worth $2.5bn

DEVELOPERS have earmarked more than $2.5 billion of major city projects since the State Government relaxed planning regulations in March last year.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

6 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Inmates accused in prison killing seek separate trials

Following an extensive defense investigation that has included the review of hundreds of thousands of Bureau of Prisons records, attorneys for inmates Joseph Cabrera Sablan and James Ninete Leon Guerrero say separate trials are necessary to ensure each gets a fair shake.

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Related Topix: Prison, Federal Prisons, Atwater, CA, Northern Mariana Islands, World News, Death Penalty

6 hrs ago | Laughing Squid

How to Make a Papercraft Torso With Detailed, Removable Organs

Artist Horst Kiechle has created a papercraft torso complete with detailed organs that fit together inside the chest cavity for the science lab at the International School in Nadi, Fiji Islands.

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Related Topix: Fiji, World News

10 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au

MP reignites same-sex bestiality view

Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has reportedly said a petition has proven his view on same-sex, bestiality and polygamy correct.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Australia, World News, Gay/Lesbian

14 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au

Hairy stockings to keep perverts away

LADIES, a new trend has arrived that promises to keep you warm in the winter months and safe from perverts when you're out and about.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Offbeat

18 hrs ago | The Independent

Ten years on and 12,000 miles away from murder case that captivated...

Terri Judd is a reporter with The Independent, who writes regularly on defence issues, having repeatedly embedded with British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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19 hrs ago | The Guardian

Where is the outrage over Prism in Australia? | Antony Loewenstein

Global surveillance is a threat to our personal freedom. And yet, the NSA revelations have barely caused a ripple on this side of the world Protesters hold placards as they march to the US consulate in Hong Kong, in support of Edward Snowden.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Journalism,

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Sunday Times

106 boarders apply for sex abuse compo

More than 100 former WA hostel boarders have applied for sex abuse compensation after the Blaxell inquiry examined a litany of abuse across WA schools.

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AdelaideNow...

Adelaide Festival happiness worth $85m

THE "feel-good" factor of the Adelaide Festival has been given a dollar value for the first time, with research showing this year's event was worth almost $85 million - far greater than its strict economic benefit.

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The New Zealand Herald

Penni Winter: Time for a rethink on autism

A laptop through Computers Against Isolation is helping autistic Rotorua boy Edward Haynes talk to family and come out of his shell.

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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News, Opinion

The New Zealand Herald

Colin Hogg: Another serving of underbelly please

It has been a week of challenging television viewing - challenging even without catching much Seven Sharp .

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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News

The New Zealand Herald

Twelve Questions: Stephen Sinclair

Writer Stephen Sinclair, 56, is best known for co-writing Ladies Night and working with Sir Peter Jackson on Meet the Feebles, Braindead and The Lord of the Rings.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Peter Jackson, New Zealand, World News

Sky News

Australia: Dad's Distress At Home-Brew Deaths

A father and his surviving son describe how drinking home-brewed alcohol led to the deaths of a second son and two friends.

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Reuters

Religions seen slow to go green; Pope has chance to inspire

Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, Global Warming

Nelson Mail

Tasman Floods: What you need to know

Persistent heavy rain has caused slips, road closures and evacuations in Tasman, and claimed the life of a Marahau resident.

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Related Topix: Weather, Landslide, Natural Disasters, Flood, New Zealand, World News,

The Otago Daily Times

Woman killed in landslide named

Tragedy ... The wrecked house where a woman was killed yesterday afternoon after a landslip at Marahau, near Motueka.

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Related Topix: Landslide, New Zealand, World News, Weather

Scoop

Samoan opposition attacks Finance Minister after C...

Samoan Minister of Finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, has defended his pursuit of funding for a new $NZ 68 million 15-storey building.

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Related Topix: Samoa, World News

Sun Jun 16, 2013

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Sir Graham Henry Supports Coastguard Volunteer Efforts

This week Coastguard New Zealand celebrates its extensive network of dedicated volunteers during National Volunteer Week 2013, which shines the limelight on New Zealanders who donate their time to the community.

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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News

NEWS.com.au

Sexuality rubbish a tawdry affair

Shock jock Howard Sattler poses some uncomfortable questions about the sexuality of PM Julia Gillard's partner Tim Mathieson.

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The New Zealand Herald

Tragic threat lurking in pursuit of perfection

In April the Herald investigated a new generation of widely available performance-enhancing drugs.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Depression, Health, New Zealand, World News