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/ 27 July 2006

All Blacks keep rivals guessing ahead of World Cup

New Zealand, with one eye on the grand prize of next year’s rugby World Cup, are switching game plans to keep rival teams off the scent, assistant coach Wayne Smith said in Brisbane on Thursday. The All Blacks take on the Wallabies on Saturday, but rugby’s top-rated team is keen not to show too much in the countdown to the World Cup in France.

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/ 27 July 2006

Viva la diesel!

Come on, admit it. There wasn’t a diesel car owner in the country who didn’t have a tear in his eye when Audi won the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans in their diesel R10 sports car. After years of being condemned to use the leaky old diesel pump around the back of the service station, drivers of oil burners have finally earned the right to be accepted at all levels!

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/ 27 July 2006

Honda’s Civic Hatch arrives

Honda’s newly launched Civic hatchback makes a refreshing departure from the norm, where the succeeding generation of virtually any model grows a little larger than the car it replaces, eventually leaving room at the bottom of the ladder for an all-new small car.

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/ 27 July 2006

The summit fails. War rages

Israel on Wednesday suffered its worst day since the Lebanon conflict began when 14 of its soldiers were believed to have been killed in fighting with Hezbollah, a military calamity that could prove to be a turning point in the war. The setback appeared to unnerve Ehud Olmert, Israel’s Prime Minister. Less than a day after he had vowed to fight Hezbollah to the end, he spoke on Wednesday for a need for a quick end to the conflict.