Crackdown on loan sharks launched
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Business & money: Specialist teams to tackle illegal lending.
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Its plan to prevent overharvesting, slated to go into effect in March, mobilizes irked anglers who say they've already cut back.
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Sydney - Australian police and wildlife officers were ordered on Friday to destroy a large shark which killed a teenage surfer in a savage attack as his horrified schoolfriends looked on.
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to take action against five firms that sell sub-prime mortgages.
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Critics say the government is using dictatorship-era laws to crack down harshly on indigenous criminals.
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Medical chiefs call for a crackdown on cheap drink sales and a ban on alcohol advertising at sporting and entertainment events.
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The South Australian Government has authorised police and wildlife officers to destroy the shark which killed 18-year-old Nick Petersen off West Beach in Adelaide yesterday.
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Illegal lenders are siphoning money from state-owned banks, but they may do more good than harm
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Banks are being accused of pressuring customers into taking out costly loans to try to clear their debts.
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Environmental groups call on Australia to classify the Coral Sea as a marine park to ward off illegal shark fishermen.
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Recent arrests appear part of a new zero-tolerance policy toward anybody who challenges the governing partyâs monopoly on power.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Police are stepping up the hunt for up to 20 raiders who pulled off one of the world&#39;s biggest bank robberies in Northern Ireland.
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Â· Traditional owners protest at government crackdown Â· Police sent in after report of rampant child sex abuse
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A Â£20,000 reward is offered as police start a major crackdown on female genital mutilation.
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Britain's finance minister said on Wednesday he was working on a set of measures which will allow the government to launch emergency rescues if other banks run into trouble similar to that experienced by Northern Rock.
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The Bush administration has stepped up a broad effort to choke off Iran's ability to finance militant groups and acquire weapons technology by cutting off suspect banks and firms from the international banking system, U.S. officials said yesterday.
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Australian environmentalists urge state and federal authorities to do more to help grey nurse sharks.