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Ministry cancer alert on soy sauce
The Ministry of Health has warned New Zealanders not to use soy sauce after a British survey found almost one in four bottles contained high levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals. The survey, by the British Food Standards Agency, sampled 100 soy sauce products and found 22 with levels of a chemical called 3-McPD that were well above a limit to be introduced in the European Union next April. Two-thirds of these samples also contained a second chemical, 1,3-DCP, which is also likely to cause...
Walkout strangles Auckland port
The Auckland waterfront, gateway for most of the
nation's trade, has been hit by industrial action that could
disrupt the port for weeks... Drunk pilots to be
grounded
Air safety regulators are working on a law change to help them prosecute pilots who fly while drunk. The move comes amid the dropping of charges...
New Zealand News
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Doctors raise hopes for baby• Trail planned to link Ruapehu skifields
• Burns, injuries to teacher heighten fears of prowler
• Cullen rejects home tax proposal
• Sixth-former convicted for stalking 14-year-old
• Universities take cash row to ministers' table
• Herald considers bid to lift secrecy order
World News
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Five children killed in bath• TV ham in court battle to save bacon
• West boycotts Pakistan Army leader's change of job
• Nato soothes Balkan worry over troops
• Guerrilla tape says bin Laden destroyed US warship Cole
• Bush appeals to Arafat, Sharon
• Iraq claims British, US air strikes kill 23 on football pitch
Business News
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New owner for Ford's wheels• Commerce Commission seeks ruling on new merger laws
• Super six to drive Auckland region out of gloom
• On Energy losses spread to Australia
• Animators hole out with TV golf deal
• Dialogue: Export growth lags booming prices
• Dialogue: Lion, Allied - why not both?
IT News
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Animators hole out with TV golf deal• Kiwis get a kick out of Computex
• More gloom as Commsoft's optimism takes a dive
• Dispute rages on calls to mobiles
• Multi-machine clusters promise to slash costs
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