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<title><![CDATA[Newcastle council workshops go behind closed doors]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[FROM museum and art gallery redevelopments, to reviewing skate parks and hosting rock concerts in city parks. These are just some of the topics discussed behind closed doors in Newcastle City Council workshops.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Visiting cruise ship passengers experience Hunter delights]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NEW fleet of visitors sailed in to Newcastle yesterday and found plenty of reasons to return.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Attacks continue on overseas Newcastle Uni students]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AT least two overseas students studying at the University of Newcastle were assaulted at Jesmond on Sunday in the latest in a new string of attacks on students.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Elderly man in Charlestown shopping centre crash]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AN elderly man escaped with minor injuries after his car crashed through a barrier and teetered over the edge in the Charlestown Square car park yesterday.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mining halted as cracks appear in Camberwell Common]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ASHTON Coal has been forced to halt part of its mining operations after large cracks, believed to be caused by blasting, ripped through neighbouring Camberwell Common.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Newcastle coal loader sits quietly: $600m loss for industry]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NEWCASTLE's coal berths sat eerily quiet yesterday while 53 ships sat waiting for trains to bring coal to the port.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$55m sand mine plan for Salt Ash]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Stockton peninsula's sand industry continues to grow with plans for a $55 million mine at Salt Ash on display for public comment.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man's body found in shallow grave in Watagans]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A MURDER investigation has been launched following the gruesome discovery of human remains in a shallow bush grave in the Watagans.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coalition damned on Tillegra denial]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE NSW Opposition has denied weekend reports that it will can the Tillegra Dam project if it is elected.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sex checks plea as gonorrhoea explodes in Newcastle]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HUNTER health authorities have urged Newcastle residents to have regular sexual health checks and to practise safe sex following a 355 per cent increase in gonorrhoea in the past year.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Last-ditch plea to save Cessnock art gallery]]></title>
<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/lastditch-plea-to-save-cessnock-art-gallery/1776941.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[CESSNOCK Regional Art Gallery could close before Easter unless it receives emergency funding.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lonely Planet pens book on Newcastle Uni]]></title>
<link>http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/lonely-planet-pens-book-on-newcastle-uni/1776940.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[REPUTABLE travel book publisher Lonely Planet has written a book on the University of Newcastle.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chance to thank a second Maitland flood hero]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT'S the Hunter's own version of When Harry met Sally.
Only this time Harry met Joan, then Joan met Don.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Backpack army hits the Hunter]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THEY travel light, party hard and spend tourist dollars year-round in the Hunter Region.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Murder investigation: body found in the Watagans]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A murder investigation has begun following the discovery of a man’s body in a shallow grave in the Watagans.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tragic wrong turn takes life of Hunter grandma]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A WEST Wallsend grandmother who led an extraordinary life flying planes and rubbing shoulders with royalty has died in a car accident on the Charlestown bypass.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inner-city residents spitting chips over fallen King Street trees]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[INNER-CITY Newcastle residents were furious yesterday morning when arborists cut down two plane trees in King Street.
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wynter's supporting role in Oliver]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ACTOR Sarah Wynter was back in Newcastle yesterday to play a new role with the christening of her close friends' baby, Oliver.
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Housing projects in private hands]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THOUSANDS of controversial Department of Housing stimulus projects will be transferred to private sector housing providers under new laws passed last week.
Housing Minister David Borger said the pr]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Singleton rail accident cuts coal line]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THREE days of coal shipments worth an estimated $75 million have been lost after an empty grain train was derailed near Singleton on Saturday morning.
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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