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Author: Reuters

A Portuguese court jailed a British pensioner couple for eight years on Thursday for smuggling nine kilos of cocaine into Europe in their luggage on a luxury cruise from the Caribbean.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/elderly-couple-jailed-in-portugal-after-cocaine-smuggling.html
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Author: Mark Quinlivan & Jamie Ensor

As if texting and driving wasn't dangerous enough, one woman has been filmed reading a book while commuting to the capital.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/09/woman-filmed-reading-a-book-while-driving-in-wellington.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

A US family have claimed their five-year-old son with autism has been labelled a "sex offender" by his school after he hugged another classmate.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/09/family-of-autistic-boy-5-claim-he-was-labelled-a-sex-offender-after-hugging-classmate.html
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New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless says the now US President Donald Trump "crossed a line" when he asked her out for a date back in 1997.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/entertainment/lucy-lawless-recounts-time-donald-trump-crossed-line-asking-her-date-v1
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Two people have been arrested following the assault of a young girl in Invercargill at the weekend which circulated on social media.

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Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/163124-two-arrested-after-assault-circulated-on-social-media.html
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‘So much for spring’ is a comment we get each time a cold blast comes during spring. But it's spring not summer, says WeatherWatch.co.nz.

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Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/163127-wintry-blasts-are-normal-spring-weather.html
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Author: Jessica Long

Nine people have been arrested and a sophisticated drug dealing and money laundering operation smashed.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/116135186/nine-arrested-in-manawatu-as-37-vehicles-5-properties-and-cash-seized
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Author: Hamish MacLean

A man who has been in a vegetative state since he was beaten on a Dunedin service station forecourt in July last year has died.

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Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/death-falls-outside-legal-limit?fbclid=IwAR3FLOvDzTEwCzTFqDGyueCpJ6kgLpLHVyBrOSRhHSF1cn4dkvcJj8hX3H4
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