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Peters' claim Brash comments 'evil' wins backing
Winston Peters' labelling of Don Brash's comments on Maori as "evil" has the backing of Labour and the Maori Party.The New Zealand First leader yesterday attacked Dr Brash's questioning of whether Maori remained a distinct indigenous... 
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Chemical spill alert in Christchurch
A damaged container sparked a chemical spill alert in Christchurch today after workers discovered a leaking container of sodium hydroxide.A Fire Service spokeswoman said workers unloading containers from a railway wagon at Matipo... 
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Cartoon declares 'Open Season' on Costner flick
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Critics slam Siemens over mobile phones (AP)

Exterior view of a building of the German Siemens company in Munich, southern Germany, July 26, 2006. The German mobile phone division of BenQ Corp. filed for insolvency protection Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, a year after the Taiwanese company acquired the struggling unit from Siemens AG. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein)AP - Siemens AG tried Sunday to blunt fierce criticism from politicians, labor unions and the media for unloading its mobile phone business on a Taiwanese company which has failed to keep it afloat.


 

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Google buys garage where empire began (AP)

The home where Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin first set up shop is seen in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire, the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world. The Mountain View-based company bought the 1,900-square-foot home in nearby Menlo Park from one of its one employees, Susan Wojcicki, who agreed to lease her garage for $1,700 per month because she wanted some help paying the mortgage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire — the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world.


 

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Land slip on Auckland's North Shore
A slip in the Auckland suburb of Beach Haven was threatening a house this morning, the Fire Service said.The slip, which follows a day of very heavy rain, was estimated to be made up of about 20 tonnes of material.Police and... 
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Creative mayhem at Yahoo's first-ever software hack-a-thon (AFP)

(L to R) Canadian computer hackers Jason Barnes, Robert Ellis and Peter Sawka collaborate intensely while "mashing" together Yahoo programs to make a creative new application of their own during the Internet search giant's 24-hour "Hack Day" in Sunnyvale, CA.  Computer coding savants fueled by pizza, beer and rock music turned Yahoo's campus into a zany warren of online creativity at the Internet giant's first-ever all night hack-a-thon.(AFP/Glenn Chapman)AFP - Computer coding savants fueled by pizza, beer and rock music turned Yahoo's campus into a zany warren of online creativity at the Internet giant's first-ever all night hack-a-thon.


 

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