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3 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

Tournament sells parking assets

Many of the carparking assets of New Zealand-owned and operated Tournament Parking have been sold to Southeast Asia's biggest player Wilson Parking.

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Related Topix: New Zealand Travel, Travel, New Zealand, World News, Pacific Travel, Asia Travel, Singapore, Malaysia Travel, Indonesia, Malaysia Travel,

7 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au

Fire risk warning as chill bites

Shane Cook, who spent five months in hospital after a bottle of burning petrol was thrown at him, with sister Bianca.

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Related Topix: Fire, Australia, World News, Meteorology, Science, Weather, Home Gardening, Home

8 hrs ago | New Hampshire Public Radio -

The Love That Dared Not Speak Its Name, Of A Beetle For A Beer Bottle

It was early September - that's springtime in Western Australia - and two young biologists, Dwayne Gwynne and David Rentz, were on a field trip, wandering dirt roads near the highways, looking for insects, when one of them noticed a loose beer bottle lying on the ground - not so unusual in the Dongara region, where Australians zooming by often ... (more)

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Entomology, Science

11 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au

Premier backs same-sex marriage push

PREMIER Jay Weatherill will vote in favour of the latest attempt to legalise same-sex marriage in South Australia, to be introduced to State Parliament on Thursday.

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

12 hrs ago | Sunday Mail

Croc kills pregnant woman crossing bridge

A crocodile attacked and killed a pregnant woman in Indonesia as she crossed a bridge, and her three-year-old son is missing.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

16 hrs ago | Matangi Tonga

Niuatoputapu Tsunami books will help Tongans to learn how earthquakes can cause a tsunami

Two new books in Tongan and English, that document the devastating Niuatoputapu tsunami of 2009 will help Tongans to be aware of the impact of earthquakes that can result in a tsunami, Tonga's Director of Education, Emily Moala-Pouvalu, said on June 18. "The knowledge and skills would help us with our understanding and confidence on how to learn to ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Tonga, Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Asian Tsunami Disaster

17 hrs ago | The Guardian

Opposition MP to break ranks over sex discrimination bill

Sue Boyce will defy her party and support legislation outlawing discrimination against homosexual and transgender people in Australian care homes Opposition senator Sue Boyce intends to defy her Coalition colleagues by voting for Labor's anti-discrimination bill.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Human Sexuality, Australia, World News, Transgender

Tue Jun 18, 2013

NEWS.com.au

Rock art should be protected: Greens

Elder Wilfred Hicks with ancient Aboriginal rock art depicting a kangaroo high above Bloodwood Creek on the Burrup Peninsula near Dampier.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

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

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

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

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

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

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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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News

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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Related Topix: Australia, World News,

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