New Zealand Herald
$772,000 to defend Herceptin challenge | | Drug-subsidy agency Pharmac spent $772,000 defending a judicial review of its decision not to fund a year-long course of Herceptin for some breast cancer sufferers.The figure was revealed in the agency's annual report... | | 10/16/2008 12:48:49 AM |
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New Zealand Herald
Divers scour river for missing tetraplegic | | Police divers have been searching the Waikato River this morning for a tetraplegic man who was last seen travelling in his wheelchair through Hamilton on Tuesday morning.The last reported sighting of Paul John Fraser, 53, who... | | 10/15/2008 10:50:53 PM |
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CBC News
Harper delivers 6-point plan for economy after election win | | Having secured a stronger minority government in Tuesday's general election, Stephen Harper announced a six-point economic plan on Wednesday to deal with the stormy financial waters threatening to rock Canada's economy. | | 10/15/2008 7:08:30 PM |
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BBC News
In pictures | | Stars turn out for 52nd London Film Festival | | 10/16/2008 12:30:18 AM |
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ABC News
Joyce slams stimulus package | | Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce has described the Government's $10.4 billion spending package as "ridiculous" and criticised it as "policy on the run". | | 10/16/2008 1:41:00 AM |
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New Zealand Herald
Key welcomes deposit guarantee changes | | National Party leader John Key has welcomed changes to the bank deposit guarantee scheme which includes making finance companies pay a fee.Prime Minister Helen Clark announced the $150 billion guarantee for retail bank deposits... | | 10/15/2008 11:02:55 PM |
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CBC News
Lunch crowd causes house balcony to collapse | | A woman was taken to hospital Wednesday after about 30 people slid down a second-floor balcony that collapsed at a house in Vancouver, police said. | | 10/15/2008 6:17:33 PM |
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New Zealand Herald
Man attacks new Gisborne police station with axe | | GISBORNE - An axe-wielding man attacked Gisborne's new police station and two police cars parked nearby early this morning, causing extensive damage.A 27-year-old man has been arrested and was expected to face... | | 10/16/2008 12:41:20 AM |
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BBC News
Many GPs 'missing waiting target' | | A review is under way after a report by an NHS watchdog suggested many GPs were missing their waiting time target. | | 10/16/2008 12:57:29 AM |
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ABC News
Million dollar fine for Tiwi forestry company | | A forestry company on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory has been ordered to carry out remediation work after it encroached on buffer zones protecting rainforests and wetlands. | | 10/16/2008 2:00:00 AM |
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New Zealand Herald
Peters: 'No job, no immigrant' | | New Zealand First has announced its immigration policy, saying numbers of people allowed into the country should be cut.Party leader Winston Peters, announcing policy similar to that he has campaigned on in previous campaigns,... | | 10/16/2008 3:00:00 AM |
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BBC News
SNP faithful gather at conference | | SNP leader Alex Salmond is set to open his party's annual conference in Perth later in a bullish mood. | | 10/16/2008 12:43:34 AM |
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BBC News
Survey shows recession 'looming' | | A recession looms in Scotland, with business confidence at a record low, a Scottish Chambers of Commerce report says. | | 10/16/2008 12:40:38 AM |
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