1220 Spring Creek miners have been told officially that they have lost their jobs.
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326 Afghan interpreters working with NZ troops in Afghanistan will have the opportunity to move to NZ with their families.
4Police say they will reassess aspects of their undercover investigations after a judge found they abused court process in an operation against the Red Devils motorcycle gang.
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6Aucklanders are being asked to pay for 2.9% rates rise under the draft Budget released by Mayor Len Brown.
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8Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trying to distance himself from a Republican Senator's suggestion that pregnancies resulting from rape are God's plan.
9Militants in Gaza have fired hundreds of rockets and mortars into Israel.
10The Taliban have threatened to kill another Pakistani girl who supports education for women and girls.
11Britain's Director of Public Prosecutions will investigate why a criminal probe into former BBC presenter Jimmy presenter Jimmy Savile was dropped three years ago.
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