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Globe and Mail
Philippine quake kills 43, dozens missing
Sydney Morning Herald
Rescuers in the Philippines are digging through rubble with shovels and their bare hands after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and killed dozens of people. The 6.8-magnitude quake hit a narrow strait between the heavily ...
Philippines: At Least 13 Killed in QuakeNew York Times
Powerful aftershocks hit PhilippinesABC Online
Central Philippines earthquake kills at least 15BBC News
Herald Sun -TIME -The Australian
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Newsweek
Obama Freezes Iranian Government, Bank Assets in US
BusinessWeek
By Indira AR Lakshmanan Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama ordered a freeze on all Iranian government and financial institutions' assets that are under US jurisdiction, the White House said today. The president cited “deceptive practices” of ...
New sanctions on Iran intended to ratchet up pressure, but could they ease ...Fox News
US imposes tough new sanctions on IranHerald Sun
Israel Can't Act Alone on Iran Nuke Threat: Jeffrey GoldbergBloomberg
ABC Online -The Guardian -Washington Post
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Stuff.co.nz
Drunken London Waitangi Day claim defended
Stuff.co.nz
About 4000 Kiwis took to the streets to celebrate Waitangi Day in London, moving from one pub to another. What do you think of the Waitangi Day pub crawl in London? The expat who complained about New Zealanders drunk and shameful display at the ...
'Heart-breaking': pub crawl organiser denies bringing shame on New ZealandSydney Morning Herald
London expats: Kiwis behaving badly? Not us!New Zealand Herald
Criticism of Kiwi pub crawl 'ill founded'Marlborough Express
Southland Times -3News NZ -Radio New Zealand
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The Age
Political round-up: February 7
New Zealand Herald
By Bryce Edwards Though protesters came out in full force, their actions ended peacefully upon arriving at the flagpole. Photo / NZ Herald Having talked up the possibility of conflict at Waitangi for a week, commentators can't seem to agree whether the ...
Legal threat over asset salesTVNZ
Key confident in face of Waitangi court caseStuff.co.nz
Water ownership a no brainer - KeyNewstalk ZB
Radio New Zealand -3News NZ (blog)
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Daily Mail
Even Rocky Horror and a pair of bloomers can't faze the Queen
Daily Mail
By Robert Hardman The new Elizabethan age has now entered its seventh decade. Before yesterday morning, only one British monarch in history had reigned for 60 years. Victoria has now been joined by her great-great-granddaughter.
The Diamond Queen, BBC 1, reviewTelegraph.co.uk
Queen marks 60 years on throneIrish Times
Salute to her Majesty on her historic Daimaond JubileeMirror.co.uk
The Australian -Stuff.co.nz -CTV.ca
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Stuff.co.nz
Mayor 'understands' protest
Stuff.co.nz
Kapiti's Mayor says she has got the message after more than 300 protesters vented their frustration at a pay rise for the council's chief executive. "We understand what people are saying. And I can understand people being upset about the pay catch-up ...
First Christchurch, now Kapiti protests council pay riseTVNZ
Protest at pay rise in KapitiRadio New Zealand

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The Nelson Mail
Gadsby sentenced to community service
NZ City
Christchurch comedian Jon Gadsby has been sentenced to supervision and community service for his fourth drink driving conviction. Christchurch comedian Jon Gadsby has been sentenced to supervision and community service for his fourth drink driving ...
Gadsby 'named and shamed'New Zealand Herald
Drink driving Jon Gadsby avoids jail sentenceTVNZ
Community service sentence for comedianRadio New Zealand
The Press -MSN NZ News -Courtnews.co.nz
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3News NZ
Three year sentence for father of abused girl
TVNZ
A West Auckland man has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty to child abuse charges in a case that shocked New Zealand and sparked a national inquiry. The 33-year-old man pleaded guilty in November to the charges - ones of assault, ...
Dad jailed over child abuse that shocked NZStuff.co.nz
Dad jailed for torture of daughterNew Zealand Herald
Father jailed for torturing daughterNewstalk ZB
NZ City -Radio New Zealand -3News NZ
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BBC News
Queensland floodwaters creep towards record peak
ABC Online
Australian authorities say flood waters in the southern Queensland town of St George are still rising slowly. Thousands of people have been forced out of the inland town in the biggest evacuation in the state's history. The Balonne River had reached ...
Floods Leave Thousands Stranded in QueenslandBloomberg
Levee bank saves Queensland town of St George from Balonne River floodingThe Australian
Levee keeps Queensland town dryHerald Sun
BusinessWeek -Brisbane Times
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New York Times
US Embassy in Syria Closes as Violence Flares
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States closed its embassy in Syria on Monday and withdrew its staff in the face of escalating mayhem for which American officials blamed the Syrian government's unbridled repression of an 11-month-old uprising.
All eyes on Russian minister's Syria tripBBC News
US Closes Syria Embassy, Says UN Veto Emboldens AssadVoice of America
US closes Syria embassy, pulls out all staffHerald Sun
Washington Post -Telegraph.co.uk -Times of India
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BBC News
Fatah-Hamas unity government: Israel condemns move
BBC News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Palestinian Authority must choose between a treaty with Hamas "or peace with Israel". He was speaking hours after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would head a unity government between ...
Qatar orchestrates creation of unity government in PalestineGlobe and Mail
Palestinian Unity Deal Has Risks for Israel and AbbasNew York Times
Hamas and Fatah overcome key roadblock to reconciliation (+video)Christian Science Monitor
Bloomberg -Washington Post -The Independent
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Gay NZ
NZ renews calls for UN intervention in Syria
New Zealand Herald
The coffins of the victims who were killed by the bombardment of mortars and rockets at the weekend. Photo / AP New Zealand has renewed its calls for the United Nations to try to put a stop to the Syrian crisis. Violence has escalated in Syria in ...
Syrian killings condemned by NZRadio New Zealand
NZ support for glbt rights in Commonwealth clarifiedGay NZ

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Sydney Morning Herald
Norway mass killer demands medal of honour
Sydney Morning Herald
Anders Behring Breivik attends his last pre-trial hearing for Norway's worst peace time massacre. The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen has told a court he deserves a medal ...
Breivik's court tirade brings tears and ridiculeIrish Times
After the Oslo Massacre, an Assault on Free SpeechWall Street Journal
Norway mass killer decries "cultural destruction"Reuters
The Australian -Daily Mail -ABC Online
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BBC News
Pakistan: Lahore factory collapse 'kills 13'
BBC News
A factory has collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore killing at least 10 women and three children, officials say. The blast at the three-storey building is believed to have been caused by a gas leak. Rescuers fear many more are trapped in ...
Pakistan factory collapses in gas blast, 5 dead, many trappedReuters
11 dead in Pakistan factory collapseABC Online
Pakistan factory collapse traps scoresThe Guardian
The News International -Telegraph.co.uk -The Associated Press
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Manawatu Standard
Sting victim had just left Manawatu
Manawatu Standard
MUCH LOVED: Craig Wilson with a picture of his uncle Morris Stretch who died in a wasp attack on Saturday. The Palmerston North man who died after being stung to death by a swarm of wasps had recently left Manawatu to start a new chapter of his life.
Wasp safeguards routine in SoundsMarlborough Express
Threat worse in Nelson LakesNelson Mail
Man killed by wasps helped save his nephewNew Zealand Herald
Stuff.co.nz -3News NZ -Radio New Zealand
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3News NZ
Hundreds netted as police set drug test
Manawatu Standard
Dreamy, clammy, drooling or over-emotional – the tell-tale signs of a drugged driver have led to hundreds of people being caught since new laws were introduced. Figures released to Fairfax under the Official Information Act show 514 people appeared ...
Drug driving tests catch hundreds3News NZ

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Telegraph.co.uk
More snow could hit Heathrow over weekend
Telegraph.co.uk
More snow is forecast to hit Heathrow airport and many parts of Britain over weekend just as the half term getaway begins. By David Millward, Transport Editor The airport is set for a light dusting of snow, according to the Met Office, ...
European chill may freeze Indian flight plansTimes of India
Cold weather lessons have been learned – but UK's real test is yet to comeThe Guardian
The snow may not fully melt, with a 'partial thaw' predicted by forecastersBBC News
New Zealand Herald -Herald Sun -AFP
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Scene Queenstown
Man stabbed with hotel light bulb - police
TVNZ
A man was allegedly stabbed with a broken light bulb from a hotel room lamp in Queenstown. A 21-year-old man was treated at Lakes District Hospital for wounds to his torso and legs after the alleged incident in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Man stabbed with broken light bulbStuff.co.nz
Teen arrested after Q'town lightbulb stabbingNew Zealand Herald
Light bulb used in Queenstown stabbingNewstalk ZB
Southland Times -Scene Queenstown
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Telegraph.co.uk
Anti-cuts protests push Romania PM out
Reuters
* PM resigns after weeks of anti-government protests * Existing coalition set to continue under new PM * Parliamentary election due by November * IMF sees no change in bailout deal By Ioana Patran and Sam Cage BUCHAREST, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Romanian ...
Romanian government collapses amid public outrage over austerityLos Angeles Times
Romanian PM resigns over austerity protestsIrish Times
Romania's PM resigns amid protests, winter deathsCNN
BBC News -BusinessWeek -The Guardian
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3News NZ
Murder charge laid after man dies at flats
TVNZ
A man has been charged with the murder of a man found critically injured on a walkway of a block of flats in Hamilton. Emergency services were called to the flats on Wha St in the suburb of Frankton yesterday after reports of a man being assaulted ...
Murder charge after body found in Hamilton flat3News NZ
Murder charge laid after Hamilton flat deathNew Zealand Herald
Man charged with murderRadio New Zealand
Otago Daily Times -NZ City -Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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