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![All Blacks: Hooker and halfback backups face chop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
All Blacks: Hooker and halfback backups face chop
The All Blacks selectors will seriously consider ditching a backup hooker and halfback from their year-end tour squad to make room for more rugby World Cup fringe contenders.
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Swimming: Amputee conquers Channel
A French quadruple amputee has swum the English Channel in 13.5 hours with the help of flipper-shaped prosthetic legs.
![Yachting: Team NZ looking to sign off in style](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Yachting: Team NZ looking to sign off in style
Team New Zealand, who have a second Med Cup title almost in their grasp, will look to finish the season off in style.
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Bar manners go a long way in a busy pub
Many years ago I was sitting with a friend at a pub in Ireland when an American tourist came in and began studying the menu. He approached the bar and asked the barmaid for "a quicky".
![Scientists identify brain's region for introspection](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Scientists identify brain's region for introspection
Researchers found people who were more introspective tended to have larger volumes of nerve tissue in an area of the prefrontal cortex.
![Cycling: Henderson in the mix again](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cycling: Henderson in the mix again
Kiwi cyclist Greg Henderson has turned in another good performance in the UK.
![NZ athlete slain in street](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZ athlete slain in street
A man has been arrested for the murder of a NZ athlete, stabbed to death in Hungary after the Triathlon World Championships.
![Study links Voltaren to strokes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Study links Voltaren to strokes
A Danish study has called for the popular anti-inflammatory drug Voltaren to be sold only with a prescription.
![Sarkozy accused of Watergate-style tricks to muzzle press](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sarkozy accused of Watergate-style tricks to muzzle press
President Nicolas Sarkozy was accused by France's most prestigious newspaper of illegally using the counter-intelligence service to muzzle the press.
![Motorsport: We don't want Lewis to change, insists McLaren](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Motorsport: We don't want Lewis to change, insists McLaren
McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has made it clear that he does not want Hamilton to curb his aggressive style despite the high cost of it on Sunday.
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World shares surge on optimism
World share prices surged overnight, bolstered by solid data from US, China and a good European growth forecast.
![Motorsport: Hamilton apologises for overtaking disaster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Motorsport: Hamilton apologises for overtaking disaster
Lewis Hamilton admitted that his calamitous decision to try to overtake Felipe Massa at Monza may well end up costing him the world title.