DHB Merger Premature And Unwise
“Health Minister Tony Ryall’s decision to approve the merger of the Otago and Southland district health boards is premature and unwise,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today.

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SF Mayor Gives America's Cup Team Key To City
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom presented the BMW Oracle Racing team and owner Larry Ellison with a key to the city Saturday for winning the 33rd America's Cup.

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Grider gives Dakar another go
Los Olivos’ Andy Grider is giving the world’s most publicized off-road endurance race another shot. As of Tuesday, Grider — along with American rally car driver Robby Gordon — was 10th overall at the Dakar Rally.

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Singaporean dies in Malaysian highway crash
A SINGAPOREAN man was killed in a car accident on an expressway near Kuala Lumpur last Tuesday afternoon, when the Chevrolet he was in skidded off the highway and landed in a drain.

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Rivals credit Lange, but say sled helps
After Germany's Andre Lange won a record fourth Olympic gold medal in bobsleigh on Sunday, rival drivers paid tribute to him but also made special mention of his high-tech sled.

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Jupiter executive, 65, killed in motorcycle accident
A real estate and management executive was killed when his motorcycle struck a pickup truck head-on on Indiantown Road in Jupiter, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

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Update: BMW ORACLE Racing America's Cup USA Victory Tour, Presented by ORACLE and BMW EfficientDynamics
REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - February 19, 2010) - Oracle ( NASDAQ : ORCL )

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Over 10,000 cars confiscated in Vic
Victorian police have confiscated more than 10,000 cars since anti-hoon laws were introduced in 2006.

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'Please Turn Me into the Snat' Tour, Album Release
TODAY, Monday February 22, 2010, is the hugely anticipated New Zealand release of Connan Mockasin’s debut album - ‘Please Turn Me Into The Snat’.

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French Navy ship La Moqueuse in Auckland, Dunedin
La Moqueuse , a French Navy patrol vessel familiar to many Kiwis from an earlier visit in October 2008, is returning to New Zealand.

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