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photos Laneway Festival 2012 (14 photos)
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The iconic Aussie footwear has been banned from a Pennsylvania middle school after students used them for hiding food and mobile phones THEY not only keep you warm, but apparently also provide a great place to stash your mobile phone - and chocolate bars
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The iconic Aussie footwear has been banned from a Pennsylvania middle school after students used them for hiding food and mobile phones ndm.media.loadvcms.articleplayer("2191302292"); THEY not only keep you warm, but apparently also provide a great place
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Unicef New Zealand has called for legislation to be introduced in New Zealand to prevent forced and child marriages here. Such marriages were a serious violation of human rights, executive director of Unicef New Zealand Dennis McKinlay said. He was
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Unicef New Zealand has called for legislation to be introduced in New Zealand to prevent forced and child marriages here. Such marriages were a serious violation of human rights, executive director of Unicef New Zealand Dennis McKinlay said. He was
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More forced marriages will come to light in New Zealand, says an ethnic women's support organisation, after it was revealed a 17-year-old Pakistani girl was trapped in one for months and threatened with death by her own family. The Wellington girl, who
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This week?s announcement of further government investment in community sports facilities for secondary schools has been warmly received by Go Mammoth ? the capital?s largest social sports club. ?This is great news for all sports clubs and one of the most
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More forced marriages will come to light in New Zealand, says an ethnic women's support organisation, after it was revealed a 17-year-old Pakistani girl was trapped in one for months and threatened with death by her own family.The Wellington girl, who
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The American Samoa House of Representatives has approved a bill that imposes fines on the sponsors of immigrants who stay in the territory longer than their permits authorize . The bill requires individual sponsors to pay $10 for each day that a person
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The Australian Government is a major consumer and producer of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), with annual expenditure of $5 billion, Special Minister of State Gary Gray said today. He released a report outlining expenditure by government
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GOV. Eddie Baza Calvo will give his first State of the Island address tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the Legislature’s session hall. According to the governor’s spokesman, Troy Torres, Calvo will focus on three key messages in his address: improving
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(NNT) – During her speech at the opening session of the “Women as the Way Forward” discussion at the 42nd World Economic Forum, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra stated that the Thai government is determined to enhance the role of women in society
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(NNT) – During her speech at the opening session of the “Women as the Way Forward” discussion at the 42nd World Economic Forum, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra stated that the Thai government is determined to enhance the role of women in society
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Police had to be called to break up a massive all-in brawl at a US school after fighting broke out between students in the cafeteria. Officials for Dekaney High School in Harris County, in Houston, Texas, said the fight started between four students on
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SOUTH Korean activists released huge gas-filled balloons filled with socks over the border into impoverished North Korea despite threats from Pyongyang. The socks can be worn to help survive the harsh winter, be sold for cash or exchanged in the
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"I was completely uneducated about the fact that breastfeeding, while natural, is something you need to learn about," she said. "I tried to breastfeed him for five weeks, and I couldn't get him to latch on, so for those five weeks I was expressing and
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A report has revealed that from the next school year, the US schoolchildren would be getting healthy wholesome meals. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act has got green signal from President Barack Obama. According to which, the schools would need to serve
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Scoop >> World Press Release: United Nations , UN Rights Expert Says New York, Jan 27 2012 6:10PM Italy must do more to protect women from violence and urgently address the underlying structural causes of gender inequality and discrimination, an
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The Australian Government is a major consumer and producer of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), with annual expenditure of $5 billion, Special Minister of State Gary Gray said today. He released a report outlining expenditure by government
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Each week, Jessica Marcy selects interesting in-depth health policy reading from around the web. : The Obama Memos: The Making Of A Post-Post-Partisan PresidencyThe President's caution, and his concern about business, can be seen in the way he dealt with
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Feminism is undeniably going through a massive upheaval. In my lifetime, I’ve never seen this much discussion of feminist issues in the public sphere, and one of the battles taking place is for ?the heart and soul? of the movement. Most recently in
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HELPING: Daniel's girlfriend Lara Lynch, front, with his brother Luke and sister-in-law Sofie Reddie. ALISON WYND FAMILY and friends of Belmont man Daniel Reddie, who died of bacterial endocarditis while on holiday in Croatia last July, have organised a
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MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexican actor Demian Bichir hopes his surprise Oscar nod for "A Better Life" will raise awareness about the 11 million undocumented migrants in the United States.Though little-known north of the border, the Mexican star beat out
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West Australian Governor Malcolm McCusker AO CVO QC is known for his work as a lawyer and philanthropist, but he says it is the people who don't have "letters behind their names" who deserve praise.Mr McCusker has been appointed a Companion in the Order
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The Government's plans to return to surplus by 2014-15 are now looking precarious after Prime Minister John Key today confirmed the books would be in the black by less than $500m. Before the election the Government was forecasting a $1.57b surplus for