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<description><![CDATA[The latest from The Examiner Newspaper]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hydro gives Basin a flush]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/hydro-gives-basin-a-flush/2449118.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Further high readings of contaminated water at Launceston's biggest tourist drawcard saw 250 million litres - enough to fill about 100 Olympic swimming pools - released through Trevallyn Dam yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drink-drive apology by senator]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Another Tasmanian politician has publicly apologised after being caught drink-driving at the weekend - the second to do so in six months.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese lantern or intergalactic visitor?]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/chinese-lantern-or-intergalactic-visitor/2449056.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Strange lights in the sky over Legana caused a stir among residents on Saturday night.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why he went free: baby neglect sentencing]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Supreme Court judge who let a Ravenswood man walk free after he was convicted of child neglect said he was hamstrung by the facts presented by the prosecution.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Suspended jail for drug trafficking]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A NORTHERN man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking after making 70 sales of methylamphetamine to subsidise his own habit.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Maskiell bid to break  cup drought]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[TASMANIA'S most successful big-race jockey Stephen Maskiell has been given a chance to break a 10-year Hobart Cup drought.
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Russia says Syrian ruler wants peace]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/russia-says-syrian-ruler-wants-peace/2448877.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ''fully committed'' to ending the bloodshed, as his regime pounded the city of Homs for a fourth day.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven-tonne fish pulled from water]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 10-metre long whale shark has been pulled from the water off Karachi, Pakistan, with plans to put the giant on display.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hydro to flush First Basin]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hydro Tasmania will release water  from the Trevallyn Dam this afternoon in a bid to flush the contaminated First Basin.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Basin flush: option to clear bacteria]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hydro Tasmania may be asked to release water through the Trevallyn Dam to try to clear bacteria that has closed Launceston's First Basin to swimmers.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Restaurant vows to dish it up in style]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Launceston restaurateur Freddie Anis said having a stall at Festivale was an invaluable opportunity for his business.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pair of pigs put pub on popular list]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/pair-of-pigs-put-pub-on-popular-list/2447351.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Beer-guzzling pigs have helped the Pub in the Paddock at Pyengana to make the grade in a new publication, Great Australian Pubs.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Age proves no barrier to footy fever]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/age-proves-no-barrier-to-footy-fever/2447468.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[When a bus load of Hawthorn footy players pulled up at the Sandhill Aged Care Facility yesterday, they received a hero's welcome.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lost  tourists were in state car]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two tourists who spent the night lost in the bush at the weekend were driving a government car borrowed from an on-call doctor who was meant to be using it to get to patients in need. 
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kiwi billionaire eyeing Gunns]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Gunns is this morning expected to announce it has sold up to a 40 per cent stake in the company to a Kiwi billionaire with a history of taking over companies in distress. 
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Church to be blessed by restoration]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[STAINED glass windows more than 140 years old are being restored as part of major conservation work at the Anglican Holy Trinity Church in Launceston.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mum and daughter duo cast for catch]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE South African women's fly-fishing team has a secret weapon for the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships.
The six-member team includes a keen mother and daughter angling duo, ready to tie, cast and catch next Wednesday.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lethborgs snag sausage king title with prized pork]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT took more than a century but Launceston-based Lethborg's Smallgoods has taken out best pork snag in Australia.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Skills training under review]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Representatives from education, business and unions will help to guide the consultant reviewing Tasmania's vocational education and training.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rescuers search for quake survivors]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DUMAGUETE, Philippines - Rescuers in the Philippines are digging through rubble with shovels and their bare hands after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and killed dozens of people.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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