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Adelaide CBD siege accused to front court
2015-06-13 20:40:13| Real Estate - Topix.net
Two men are expected to appear in court on Monday charged with a string of offences over an alleged break-in and 11-hour siege in a central Adelaide real estate agency. One of the men was shot and wounded by police in a confrontation on Saturday on the roof of the East Terrace office of Ouwens Casserly Real Estate.
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No conviction for Sydney siege survivor
2015-05-01 07:16:24| Apparel - Topix.net
A young survivor of the deadly Lindt cafe siege has escaped conviction over a charge of aggravated break and enter. Jarrod Robert Morton-Hoffman, who was among those held hostage by gunman Man Haron Monis in December, was sentenced for the crime in Sydney's District Court on Friday.
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Mighty Rio Grande now a trickle under siege
2015-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: On maps, the mighty Rio Grande meanders 1,900 miles, from southern Colorados San Juan Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. But on the ground, farms and cities drink all but a trickle before it reaches the canal that irrigates Bobby Skovs farm outside El Paso, hundreds of miles from the gulf. Now, shriveled by the historic drought that has consumed California and most of the Southwest, that trickle has become a moist breath. Its been progressively worse since the early 2000s, Mr. Skov said...
Uber sorry for Sydney siege prices
2014-12-24 08:21:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Taxi booking firm Uber has apologised for raising fare prices during a deadly cafe siege in Sydney last week, saying its decision was wrong.
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$1 loaves put bakers 'under siege'
2014-12-21 19:22:30| Food - Topix.net
One-dollar loaves of bread are flying off the shelves in the millions - but a bakers' union says Kiwis' love of a cheap deal could put jobs at risk. Fierce competition between the country's two main supermarket owners saw the price of bread drop to just $1 earlier this year.