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How far can you go to lawfully protect yourself in a home invasion?

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Over the weekend, New South Wales police charged a man with murder after an alleged burglar died following an incident in the man’s home in the early hours of Saturday. Conversely, in a separate...

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Chemical messengers: how pregnancy hormones affect the body

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The breasts go first, and then the waist and then the butt. Nobody ever tells you that you get a butt when you get pregnant. – Elle Macpherson.

Multiple hormones produced by the mother, placenta and the foetus drive and coordinate the amazing...

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