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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: The response among New Zealanders to the most devastating quake in decades has been "tremendous", with an "astonishing atmosphere of resilience" among affected communities, politicians and media said on Sunday.

New Zealand quake victims remain positive amid destruction

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CORRECT DOSAGE: Electronic prescriptions will be trialled in 2011. Electronic prescriptions will be trialled next year ahead of what could be a national rollout of the service.

Trials of electronic prescriptions set for next year

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Australia's ecotourism industry is paying the price for taking a lazy ride on the back of past glories, an industry figure said on Monday.

Australia's ecotourism industry being outperformed by international competitors: expert

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A Farnborough man killed when a skydiving plane crashed in New Zealand was "living life to the max", friends said.

Tributes paid to plane crash tourist

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard listens to question during a press conference after the day after Australia's general election in Melbourne on August 22, 2010.

Australia election impasse expected to end Tuesday

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A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts warned Tuesday that another powerful tremblor might hammer the region in coming days.

Sharp series of aftershocks strike New Zealand

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Tens of thousands of Australians were poised to flee their homes in the country s southeast yesterday as worsening floods inundated at least 300 houses, officials said.

Evacuation alert put in place for floods in southeast Australia, 53,000 affected

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Residents look at a seismic rupture in a road in Christchurch on September 4, 2010 after a powerful earthquake.

New Zealand Rattled by 20 Aftershocks

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Building Minister Maurice Williamson cracked jokes about Muslims at an awards ceremony just days before he accused Kiwis of racism over foreign ownership.

Minister made Muslim jokes before his racism remarks

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Three teenagers died after a two-vehicle smash on one of New Zealand's worst accident blackspots last night.

Three teens die in accident at blackspot south of Auckland