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<title><![CDATA[Dramatic siege ends in $15m drug haul]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A siege in Melbourne’s north-west has come to an end after police arrested two men who were barricaded in a unit for four-and-a-half hours.

The pair, both aged in their 20s, were arrested after lengthy negotiations and as police raided five properties across Melbourne in connection with a drugs investigation.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sydney fountain feud triggered murder, court told]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The rivalry between two companies over the contract to maintain of some of Sydney's most prominent public fountains is at the heart of a grisly suburban killing, a court has heard.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:16:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scuffle erupts at weigh-in for Sonny Bill bout]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sonny Bill Williams has clashed with heavyweight boxing opponent Clarence Tillman III a day early as their weigh-in today descended into a pushing match.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Slipper gets the Judas treatment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, brought politics to the pulpit today with a reading of the Judas betrayal at the annual church service in Canberra attended by MPs and Senators to mark the opening of Parliament.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NAB pledges lowest rates in 2012]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[National Australia Bank has upped the ante in the mortgage rates war by pledging to offer the lowest mortgage rate of the big four for all of 2012.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:32:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No light at the end of the Cross City Tunnel]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sydney's Cross City Tunnel could soon enter receivership for the second time, due to a dispute between its owners and the state government about stamp duty.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:26:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The naked truth]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sex addiction fuels movies and headlines, but despite this, writes Rachel Hills, it remains poorly understood.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Fair Work boss to face grilling over Thomson saga]]></title>
<link>http://www.maribyrnongweekly.com.au/news/national/national/general/former-fair-work-boss-to-face-grilling-over-thomson-saga/2446369.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The former head of the government's industrial relations watchdog has been ordered to appear at a Senate estimates hearing next Wednesday and will face a grilling over what the opposition says has been three years of inaction relating to an investigation into the embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:45:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Blow for Magpies with Didak sidelined]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Collingwood 2010 premiership forward Alan Didak has torn an adductor muscle in his groin and will miss at least four weeks of training.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:44:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine's moderate Mornings kick off]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nine's pricier, higher profile morning show switcharoo yields slight ratings improvement.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:42:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than skin deep: tattoos mark Black Saturday]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THREE years after the Black Saturday fires, green and black remain the dominant colours on the approach to Flowerdale. The green can be seen in the fringes of leaves that jut from the blackened trees that line the road. The new growth appeared within weeks of the fires ending.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Missing 'safety pin' blamed as excavator scoop crushes husband waiting for news of new baby]]></title>
<link>http://www.maribyrnongweekly.com.au/news/national/national/general/missing-safety-pin-blamed-as-excavator-scoop-crushes-husband-waiting-for-news-of-new-baby/2446295.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The wife of a construction worker who died after being crushed by a scoop bucket at a south-west Sydney demolition site yesterday was due to give birth today or tomorrow, his union says.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:19:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Heartbroken': family in shock as teenager feared drowned]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The family of a teenager feared drowned off a central coast beach have spoken of his "heartbroken" twin, as emergency services resume their search for the boy and a rock fisherman missing off the far south coast.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Muggled out of his mind: Radcliffe turned up to Potter set drunk]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Daniel Radcliffe says he turned up to the Harry Potter set drunk, with many scenes where he was "dead behind the eyes''.
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Train commuters to try a little less conversation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[TRAIN commuters travelling between Newcastle, the central coast and Sydney will soon be able to ride in ''quiet carriages'' where talking is discouraged.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RSPCA probe: eight dogs 're-homed' by owner]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RSPCA inspectors discover that eight dogs have been removed from the property of a man who was allegedly slaughtering dogs for meat.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bacchus Marsh drill site sparks protest]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest in a series of protests ends with the arrest of a man who chained himself to a drilling rig eight metres above the ground.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's all fare comment]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The city's diners are fired up - and they're not afraid to tell it like it is. Read what they had to say, then share your experiences both good and bad.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Parents fight for right to manage child's gender]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE parents of an 11-year-old child who was born a boy but identifies as a girl oppose statutory intervention.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Backbenchers want dole payments lifted]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lifting the dole should be a key focus of the Gillard government this year, backbenchers have told caucus.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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