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Morning teatime

• The UK Home Office signs extradition order for UK citizen accused of breaking US laws. Yes, you read that right.
• Syria's Assad has expressed regret for downing of Turkish warplane.
• Lance Corporate Leon Smith receives posthumous Award for Bravery.
• Criminal lawyer says prosecution had nothing on Ewen Macdonald.
• John Key has played down the US Navy's snub at Pearl Harbor.
• The trailer for the Halo 4 live action webseries, Forward Unto Dawn, is out.
• Apple removes 'no virus' claim from their website.
• Meet Brad Pitt's brother, Doug.
• Teatime list: Better names for snack foods.

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Morning teatime

• The Church of Scientology will not recognise TomKat's divorce. Meanwhile, the internet reacts.
• The Syrian transitional plan has faltered already.
• A set of animatronic cat ears? Yes, yes I will.
• Another day, another Freudian slip by a reporter.
• IGN covers the changes to Mass Effect 3 in the latest DLC.
• Apple's Chinese suppliers are *still* mistreating their workers.
• The new Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment was established yesterday.

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Morning teatime

• Yahtzee reviews Lollipop Chainsaw.
• Google unveils its new tablet, the Nexus 7.
• In other Google news, prototypes of the Google Glasses are being made available to developers.
• Martin McGuinness, former senior IRA member and Deputy First Minister of Ireland, shakes hands with The Queen.
• John Mayer's new music video, entirely in Draw Something.
• Oh dears: Lara Bingle's latest photo controversy.
• Fire of 'epic proportions' rages through Colorado.
• Russian Egg Roulette is exactly what it sounds like.
• A judge in the US has halted sales of Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 Tablet.
• 'Funeral' procession for TVNZ7 planned for Wellington's Lambton Quay at 12.15pm today.
• List: 12 pictures of space you won't believe aren't photoshopped.

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Morning teatime

• Were you unimpressed by E3? Nintendo blames you.
• Government's Mixed Ownership Model Bill passes by one vote.
• RIP: Major Hone Hikitia Te Rangi Waititi, last survivor of 28th Maori Battalion.
• Oreo supports gay rights, divides Facebook fans.
• The Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut is available for download.
• This Danish supermarket offers you over $300 in free groceries if you shop naked (NSFW and a little NSFL).
• That Spice Girls musical you've been waiting for is coming to Broadway.
• List: 8 stupid arguments that internet debates always devolve into.

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Morning teatime links

• Egypt: Thousands rally as military council assumes all legislative power.
• Syria: Russia sends two warships to protect military base.
• NZ: US and NZ sign defence pact.
• NZ: NZ criticised in US report over underage prostitution and forced labour.
• Entertainment: Alec Baldwin attacks photographer, becomes animated GIF.
• Entertainment: First pictures released of Angelina Jolie in Maleficent. Wow.
• Australia: Melbourne hit by 5.3 quake last night, more than 60 aftershocks.
• Updated: The Oxford English Dictionary, to include bogan.
• Wikileaks: Julian Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador.
• The new Dark Knight Rises trailer is out.
• Nature: Where are the Chinstrap Penguins?
• Science: Isle of Man-based company ready for space tourism by 2015.

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Morning tea

• New standards mean companies can no longer use the words "sunblock", "sweatproof", or "waterproof" to describe their products.
• Rodney King's neighbours claim they heard a commotion before he was found dead at the bottom of his pool.
• Greece: Pro-austerity party snubbed by potential coalition partners.
• Syria: Government resumes shelling rebels, despite UN plea to allow evacuation of women and children.
• Tech: US once again the home of the World's most powerful supercomputer.
• NZ: Police examine link between murder in Paeroa and burglaries in Waihi.
• FunnyJunk vs Oatmeal: Now the lawyer's gone after the charity recipients.
• Tech: Barnes & Noble denies involvement with Microsoft tablet, Microsoft to release "surface" controller for Xbox 720?
• Unsurprising: G20 summit devolves into bickering over World's ills.
• Swedish explorer mission answers question about disc at the bottom of the ocean, asks a million more.
• Heard of that new game show? It's called "Draw Something".
• List: 20 things you need to stop doing. Like, now. Yes, you.

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Morning tea

• Europe: Pro-austerity party wins by a slim margin in Greece. Future in the Euro depends on coalition negotiations.
• Also in Europe: Socialist President Francois Hollande projected to win absolute majority in French Parliament.
• NZ: Energy price increases bite this Winter.
• NZ: Air NZ 777 pilot has suspected heart attack, forces flight back to Los Angeles.
• Box office: Animals and aliens hot, Cruise and Sandler not.
• Gaming: Wii U to try to attract hardcore gamers with multiplatform titles. Does no-one remember Dead Rising for the Wii?
• Gaming: An inconvenient truth.
• Sports: David Nalbandian shows us how to get disqualified from a tennis final.
• The 7th Annual Surfing Dog Competition was held in San Diego this week.
• List: 5 things we found out from Reddit this week.

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