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'Explosive' fire risk for South Island

NZ Herald - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 14:21
The fire risk across the South Island is "explosive", the Department of Conservation says, as ground crews launched another onslaught against a large scrub fire that has ripped through more than 300ha at Arthurs Pass this week.Firefighters...

Open Source: Egypt Condemns Western Outrage at Fatal Shooting of Protester

New York Times - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 14:21
The Foreign Ministry expressed dismay that the killing of a female activist in Cairo had drawn widespread condemnation from the West.






Russian Movie ‘Leviathan’ Gets Applause in Hollywood but Scorn at Home

New York Times - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 14:19
The film has admirers and won a Golden Globe, but some Russian detractors want it banned and accuse its director of acting under Western orders.

More military assets set to be sold

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 14:10
The Ministry of Defence will have to sell off more military land and assets to make savings in the coming years, the defence secretary indicates.

Greece's new government halts sale of Piraeus port

Aljazeera News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:56
Greek PM Tsipras names anti-austerity cabinet and appointments signal hard line in talks with creditors.

Interactive map: How rents have changed in your suburb

NZ Herald - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:52
Explore how median weekly rent has changed in your suburb since 2001 using our new interactive map. The interactive from the Herald data desk shows the percentage change in median weekly rent for suburbs (

Australian tourist who had keys taken from him fined

NZ Herald - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:51
An Australian tourist driver who had his car keys taken from him by a member of the public while driving on the Lindis Pass earlier this month has been fined.Sreedharan Iyer, 41, of New South Wales, was fined $1000 for careless...

Pontassieve Journal: Life of Italian Nobility for Sale, Complete With Regulations and Taxes

New York Times - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:48
Italy’s long heritage of inherited wealth and property has withered thanks to cuts in government subsidies and high maintenance costs, among other factors.

Many asthma diagnoses 'may be wrong'

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:46
More than a million adults in the UK may be wrongly diagnosed as asthmatic and be receiving unnecessary medication as a result, warns an NHS watchdog.

Coupons 'help pregnant smokers quit'

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:42
Researchers say offering financial incentives worth £400 to pregnant smokers makes them more likely to quit the habit.

Figures reveal surveillance use

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:37
Scottish councils used covert surveillance on hundreds of occasions over the last three years, according to data obtained by BBC Scotland.

Why can't we let go of our old tech?

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:28
Why can't we let go of our old tech?

Scotch 'worth £5bn to UK economy'

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:28
Scotch whisky contributes almost £5bn to the UK economy and supports more than 40,000 jobs, according to industry research.

The Government's new social housing plan

NZ Herald - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:28
Prime Minister John Key has set out plans to expand the provision of social housing, which could see up to 8000 state houses sold by 2017 and up to 5000 better-off state tenants moved out to make way for needier cases.The plan could...

Snow warning issued for Scotland

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:24
Yellow "be aware" warnings are issued by the Met Office for frequent snow showers across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England.

England drives global football deals

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:24
Football clubs spent a record £2.7bn in international transfers in 2014, with English football clubs accounting for £795m of the total

Costa 'stamps' accidental - Mourinho

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:16
Diego Costa's two 'stamps' in Chelsea's League Cup semi-final win over Liverpool were "accidental" says Jose Mourinho.

VIDEO: Survivors gather to remember Auschwitz

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:06
Some of those who survived Auschwitz have gathered there for a commemoration 70 years after the camp was liberated by Soviet troops.

The twins of Auschwitz

BBC News - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:04
How a Nazi doctor experimented on identical siblings

Fidel Castro Shares Views on Warming of Relations

New York Times - Wed, 28/01/2015 - 13:03
In a letter, Mr. Castro wrote that he did not trust the politics of the United States, but added that this was not “a rejection of a peaceful solution to conflicts.”

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