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2Kiwis who buy shares in the Government's partial sales of state energy companies will get free loyalty shares if they hold them for three years. However a small but vocal group of protestors have gathered outside the National Party annual conference.
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4Serious questions are being asked about the troubled Kaipara Council as the rates revolt in the region deepens.
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6Rupert Murdoch has resigned as Director of a number of boards controlling his scandal-hit newspapers.
7A battle is raging for Syria's second city of Aleppo, which has previously escaped much of the fighting.
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