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NBC chief says rumors of early departure untrue (Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal's chief executive on Friday said rumors of his early departure were untrue and created by rival media company Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. 
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Teary teenage Czech wins Miss World 2006 (AP)

Miss Czech Republic, Tatana Kucharova, right, reacts as Miss World 2005 Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, left, of Iceland takes the crown from her head to crown Kucharova new Miss World during the Miss World 2006 beauty pageant final in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. Kucharova defeated 103 other contestants in voting among a panel of judges and from television viewers around the world during a two-hour finals ceremony in the Polish capital. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Tatana Kucharova, an 18-year-old student from the Czech Republic, won the Miss World 2006 beauty contest on Saturday.


 

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NATO to lead U.S. troops in Afghanistan (AP)
AP - NATO will take command of up to 12,000 U.S. troops and the territory they control in Afghanistan in "few days," a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday. 
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-French agents unlikely to be chargedNZ Located
-Destiny invites anti-gay bishop to NZNZ Located
-Cage's ultimate honourNZ Located
-Inside the strict world of the BrethrenNZ Located

Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox
Mozilla is investigating hacker claims that the Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript. 
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-Rugby - Canterbury pip AucklandNZ Located
-Rugby - Southland lose, advanceNZ Located
-Rugby - Waikato seal top spotNZ Located
-Lenovo, IBM recall 526,000 notebook batteriesNZ Located
-Jackson teams up with Microsoft for Xbox gamesNZ Located

Xangsane downgraded to tropical storm (AP)

Fishermen pull a fishing boat ashore in central city of Danang, Vietnam on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. Vietnam began evacuating more than 180,000 people from central coast as powerful Typhoon Xangsane approached from the Philippines where at least 48 people were killed and dozens more were missing. (AP Photo/Dinh Tran Trung Hau).AP - Typhoon Xangsane was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved inland from the central Vietnam coast, where it injured at least five people, damaged hundreds of homes and caused widespread blackouts, officials said.


 

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Actress Amanda Peet marries: People magazine (Reuters)
Reuters - Actress Amanda Peet, a star in the new NBC series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," married her fiance, screenwriter David Benioff, in New York on Saturday, People magazine reported. 
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-NZ woman feared dead in Aus fireNZ Located
-Sonny Bill out of the Tri-NationsNZ Located
-Lomu concedes ABs dream is overNZ Located
-Anderson cost us the grand final - CampionNZ Located

It'll be a different Sri Lanka in India, says Jayawardene (AFP)

Skipper Mahela Jayawardene says cricket fans in India will see a vastly improved Sri Lanka in the upcoming Champions Trophy one-day tournament.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)AFP - Cricket fans in India will see a vastly improved Sri Lanka in the upcoming Champions Trophy one-day tournament, captain Mahela Jayawardene has predicted.


 

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Body in Scottish church is missing Polish student: police (AFP)
AFP - A body found in a church in Scotland is that of a missing Polish student, British police said as they announced the arrest of a man they wanted to question. 
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-Town-a-day tour to keep ballet on its toesNZ Located

Thai crown princess launches royal blog (AP)
AP - In a country where the royal family rarely communicates directly with the public, Thai Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn could be considered a trailblazer. 
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-Fashion website snapped upNZ Located

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Australian suspect at Gitmo to be tried (AP)
AP - The only Australian held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be among the first terror suspects tried by the overhauled U.S. military commission system within months, Australia's attorney general said Sunday. 
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