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IRAQ CHILDREN: Child mortality rates in Iraq have risen dramatically in Iraq. One in 10 child dies before reaching 5 years old.
PETROL AND INFLATION: Treasurer Bill English says rising petrol prices are unlikely to have an impact on interest rates because they were widely expected.
AUSTRALIAN TRADE: Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has held talks in Australia with his counterpart over imports of salmon.
LIBERIA: Britain is to send a group of officials to Liberia to deal with another kidnapping.
MARLBOROUGH MARINE FARMS: Maori tribes battling a decision to lift a ban on new marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds have suggested they may oppose every application to the district council after losing their claim in the High Court.
FISHERIES COMMISSION: Nominations for new commissioners for the new Fisheries Commission close today.
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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