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<title>Kiwi lost its wings independently of other ratites - Research</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186697071</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 17:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...   Winners of the 2008 Freemasons BIG Science Adventures school DVD competition are soon to  ...  of Charles Darwin. By Royal Society of New Zealand 112 views Auckland researchers who slipped painted  ...  to humans.  An international consortium of scientists is preparing to drill into a crack  ...
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<title>Sports psychologist rallies Paralympic &apos;Murderball&apos; team</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186679271</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 16:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  will be staged at the University of Science and Technology Gym in China&apos;s capital. Ross  ...  Games, which begin tomorrow. The side faces New Zealand, Australia and Germany in their pool games,  ...  up for Have your say on the latest news and sport in our ...
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<title>Goldsmith defends green activists</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186679201</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  that the group went well beyond acceptable protest. Goldsmith, the former editor of The Ecologist  ...  alternatives. On Wednesday, leading US climate change scientist Professor James Hansen gave evidence at Maidstone  ...  from London; and Emily Hall, 34, from New Zealand. They are all charged with criminal damage.  ...
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<title>Sauvignon Blanc next for northern Europe</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186672050</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  gathered together more than 240 international wine researchers, producers, and trade and journalism professionals to  ...  including cultivation, international marketing and the latest scientific findings. On the subject of whether or  ...  versions already exist in the Loire and New Zealand, for example, I think that South Africa  ...
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<title>Doctor Smooth</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186654798</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 13:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  formulating laboratory with a team of expert scientists and researchers seeking beautiful solutions. This cosmeceutical technology is  ...  their website online at www.skindoctors.com.au and for New Zealand stockists call freephone 0800 44 09 04 ...
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<title>5.0 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand South Island</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186652965</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 13:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck New Zealand South Island&apos;s Canterbury region on Friday, causing  ...  causing no casualties or damage, the GNS Science said. The quake, which occurred at 2:35  ...
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<title>Bush tactics</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186652225</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 13:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a successful formula. Donald Dickie is the New Zealand born CEO of Source4, a training and  ...  All participants may undergo drug and alcohol testing while on site and any who fail  ...  of the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, DFEEST. This program is not  ...
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<title>Is Abortion a Risk to a Woman&apos;s Mental Health?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186647236</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Principally, the APA reported that: The best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women  ...  School of Medicine &amp; Health Sciences in New Zealand. In 2005, Dr. Fergusson published a longitudinal  ...  all of this is very simple: In science, drawing strong conclusions on the basis of  ...
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<title>Power-Win Wins Your LifeProviding Top Switching Power Supply</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186644337</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 12:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  multiple output. And it did 100% burn-in test, hi-pot test &amp; function test to assure  ...  government program in 1992. Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and the European Union have since  ...  your monthly company report, doing the next science project, playing the next new game, or  ...
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<title>Jeff-initely one to watch</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186641072</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 11:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Jeffrey and his brother Jack. It&apos;s the latest coup for Preston promoters HedMag, who have  ...  T and New York popsters We Are Scientists to play in tiny Preston venues. Raised  ...  and Preston bands, Mr and Mrs and New Zealand Story. Doors open at 8pm and entry  ...
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<title>Cultural Property Bill gets first reading in House</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186635557</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 08:48 GMT</pubDate>
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...  art works, collections of books, museums, and scientific collections. The Protocols provide supplementary provisions to  ...  world. Both Protocols require legislative action before New Zealand can become Party to them. The Bill  ...
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<title>Long-held assumptions of flightless bird evolution challenged</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186634665</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 07:40 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi, dont share a common ancestor as  ...  same evolutionary course. Braun and his fellow researchers began closely studying this group of flightless  ...  the tinamous, with the ability to fly. Scientists has earlier assumed that a single flightless  ...
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<title>Prevention and Treatment of MRSA with Manuka Honey</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186626310</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  04:29:30 - In many randomized controlled trials, scientists have concluded that Manuka Honey is capable  ...  actually effective against this notoriously resilient superbug. Researchers have examined MRSA that has come in  ...  healing qualities. Since Manuka Honey comes from New Zealand, it can be somewhat hard to come  ...
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<title>Obama&apos;s New Brazil and LatAm Policy: Too Close to Bush for Comfort</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186624580</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 04:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  protect the oil reserves found recently off... Scientists have discovered with the help of satellite imagery the  ...  Memorandum of Understanding signed between Brazil and New Zealand should lead to cooperation in the management,  ...
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<title>Study Casts Doubt on Value of DTC Ads</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186623581</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 04:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  behavior. Spending surges Currently, the U.S. and New Zealand are the only countries that allow drug  ...  by drug makers rose some 330%, the researchers said. Some $5 billion was spent by  ...  the University of Alberta set up an experiment using French-speaking Quebec residents as their &quot;control&quot;  ...
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