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You have described employment as a lagging indicator both going into and coming out of recessions, but what…
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He consequently became entangled in Operation Avon. Now, he has admitted taking part in the organised criminal group,…
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Kiwi nurse in war-torn Sudan: Life and death inside a Khartoum hospital
El Amrani has twice been escorted to a safe room at the hospital due to targeted drone attacks.…
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There was still heartbreak, though. Then when Nivi was moving house, tragedy struck. “My boys and I were…
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Cats kill estimated 100 million birds a year in New Zealand
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