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    Paintings find home in city’s libraries

    A South African artist can return home satisfied her paintings inspired by the northern coast of Dunedin have found a "safe haven" in the city’s libraries.

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    Devotees bare their soles

    Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, with bare feet on tiny cotton fire balls spread inside a ring, as part of the Navratri festival celebrations in Jamnagar, India, yesterday.

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    Road spikes used as four arrested near Mosgiel

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    Man fails in $5m claim against bank over $18 dispute

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    Interpol arrests 260 online romance scam suspects in Africa

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    A crackdown on cybercrime coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrests across 14 African countries of 260 people suspected in online romance and extortion scams.

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    Cancer patients feel let down by Luxon promises

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    Trump vows Israel will not annex West Bank

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    Trump vows Israel will not annex West Bank

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    PM calls for faster vote count

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    PM calls for faster vote count

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    'I thought that was it': Mayday issued over possible fire on flight

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    Loafers Lodge blaze: Man found guilty of murder

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    Loafers Lodge blaze: Man found guilty of murder

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    Police detected Phillips but feared 'he was prepared to put children in harm's way'

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    Police detected Phillips but feared 'he was prepared to put children in harm's way'

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