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Airport chief checks in for the long haul
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Fears can be inherited: study
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City drivers still testing the limit
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Silly, but the money's good
The Monty Python team, all equipped with evasive middle-class charm, have ducked the admission that their reunion next northern summer is driven by lucre.
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Frozen treat high on sugar
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Banksy mural fetches $250K
A mural stenciled on the side of a Hollywood gas station five years ago by the British street artist Banksy has fetched more than $200,000 at a Beverly Hills auction…
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Arrest in attempted abduction case
A man has been arrested who was wanted by police in connection with an alleged attempted abduction of a 13-year-old Timaru girl.
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Fisherman found dead
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South Africa's archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu has lauded Nelson Mandela as the man who taught a deeply divided nation how to come together.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95.
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