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NewZealandStar.com Saturday 4th September 2010 Issue 2010/0247
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"This historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. We have now been through nearly a decade of war. We have endured a long and painful recession. And sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation - a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity - may seem beyond our reach"
Barack Obama
US President Obama was making a national address Tuesday to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq

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Australia, Dollar 0.916 0.710 1.270 - 77.25
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Emergency declared after massive 7.1-magnitude earthquake hits Christchurch
Emergency declared after New Zealand quake
Massive quake damages New Zealand's Christchurch city
7.4-magnitude quake hits New Zealand
Light plane crash reported at Fox Glacier

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Pakistan cricketers say they knew Majeed as agent not bookie
England and Pakistan captains vow to put fixing scandal behind
India go down 0-1 to Thailand in international friendly
Pakistan replace tainted trio with Mohammad Irfan, Asad Shafiq

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Bigger earthquake predicted to come
'Sad and bleak day' for South Island - PM
Christchurch still reeling after quake
Why so few casualties in Canterbury quake?

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No deaths following quake, a miracle, say New Zealand officialsNo deaths following quake, a miracle, say New Zealand officials
Christchurch residents are taking stock of the damage to their city following the major earthquake that struck in the early hours of Saturday morning with local officials calling the lack of fatalities a...

Katy Perry is a pillow thief!
Singer Katy Perry has admitted that she can't repel stealing pillows from the places she stays all over the...
New Zealand quake survivors feel lucky to be alive
Survivors of a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand Saturday said they feel lucky to be...
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Food shortage crisis building in many developing countriesFood shortage crisis building in many developing countries
As natural disaster batter the world's agricultural industry, fears are growing that we may be heading into the dark food crisis days of 2007 and...

UN struggling to protect women and children in DRC from rapeUN struggling to protect women and children in DRC from rape
Over 200 women and children have been raped by rebels in the Congo in recent weeks, according to UN...
Plane goes down in UAEPlane goes down in UAE
A plane has crashed in the United Arab Emirates in the city of Dubai, it is unknown how many...
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Greece risks civil war if it does not leave Eurozone, German economist warnsGreece risks civil war if it does not leave Eurozone, German economist warns
An influential German economist, Hans-Werner Sinn, has argued Greece should leave the Eurozone or risk a civil...

Employment figures for August reveal different economy for Obama and RepublicansEmployment figures for August reveal different economy for Obama and Republicans
Obama and Republicans are divided over what the new unemployment data from the Department of Labor means to the economic...
Prices for food soar in Russia Prices for food soar in Russia
Russia's government is holding out on freezing the price of certain food goods as prices continue to...
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Singer Katy Perry has admitted that she can't repel stealing pillows from the places she stays all over the world.

"I do steal pillows from every single place I stay. It's like 'Princess and the Pea' and I'm just laying on a bunch of pillows in a big room," Stuff.co.nz quoted Katy as saying.

"When I was 17, I went to a really fancy hotel in Japan and stole everything. I was saying to the chambermaid, 'More lotions please, more fancy chocolates please," she added.

The brunette has been travelling across world to promote her second studio album 'Teenage Dream'.

"In the past four weeks alone I've been to Los Angeles, Malaysia, Singapore, London, Paris. My family are always asking me for my air miles, at least I never run out," Perry added to BBC radio one. (ANI)


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