Topix: Latest and Most Recent News from Oceania [March ‘11 Diet]

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New Zealanders mark two minutes of silence exactly one week after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch.

Source: NZ quake: No news of South Africans

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Crowd gathers at the Havelock North cenotaph to pay their respects to Christchurch earthquake victims during anantional 2 minutes silence vigil at 12:51 one week after the earthquake.

Source: Christchurch Earthquake: Silence falls as Hawke's Bay remembers

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Anguished family members visited collapsed buildings where bodies of their loved ones lie trapped Wednesday more than a week after New Zealand's earthquake, as officials said some remains may never be recovered from the rubble.

Source: NZ quake remains - may never be recovered'

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THE Asian honey bee is the 21st century's cane toad and the federal government should eradicate it before it threatens Australia's food supply, the Australian Greens say.

Source: Asian honey bee is the new cane toad

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The body of a world-renowned cave diver has been recovered from the underwater channels where she was trapped.

Source: Diver's body recovered from SA cave

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A Victorian teacher stranded in strife-torn Libya felt abandoned by the Australian government when her emails to the Consul-General went unanswered and phone calls to DFAT were put on hold during a desperate escape bid.

Source: Victorian teacher escapes Libya bloodshed - no thanks to DFAT

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Disaster specialists remain in rescue mode in devastated Christchurch, with police insisting survivors could be found in the rubble 10 days on.

Source: NZ quake survivors still a possibility

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In this Sept. 11, 2009 photo supplied by the Royal Australian Navy, World War I Navy Veteran Claude Choules sits in the Gracewood Retirement Village lounge room in Salter Point, on the suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Source: One of last 2 known WWI veterans, a Chucklesa Choules, celebrates 110th birthday in Australia

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New Zealanders love eating bananas but how many of us have thought about the people that grow them? According to the latest Statistics New Zealand household economics survey, New Zealanders spent $142.9 million on bananas last year.

Source: Bananas go green

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The Government's budget in May will show the cost of the Christchurch earthquake, Prime Minister John Key says.

Source: Christchurch Earthquake: Expect `red streaks' in the May budget, Key says