Australia News API

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            "title": "Predator and provider: new research reveals how polar bears feed ecosystems",
            "description": "A new study co-authored by a U of A biologist shows that polar bears leave behind more than seven million kilograms of seal carrion every year, enough to feed a wide range of scavengers.",
            "content": "It’s well known that polar bears are the top predator in the Arctic, each one killing a seal every three to five days.\nWhat hasn’t been well understood is just how much carrion the estimated 26,000 polar bears leave behind once they finish dining on ... [2420 chars]",
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            "title": "Imam thanks police after alleged roadside assault in Melbourne's south-east",
            "description": "An imam who was allegedly the victim of racial abuse during a roadside assault has thanked the police who helped him and his wife, and urged Australians to reject hate, Islamophobia and antisemitism.",
            "content": "An imam who was allegedly the victim of racial abuse during a roadside assault has thanked the police who helped him and his wife.\nIsmet Purdic, a respected Islamic community leader from Noble Park in Melbourne's south-east, was driving on the South ... [2311 chars]",
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            "title": "Summernats ends with 19 cars seized as police crack down on burnouts",
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            "content": "A four-day car festival in Canberra has ended with police seizing 19 vehicles, evicting 25 spectators and making multiple arrests.\nDetective Inspector Mark Steel said police were disappointed by the number of drivers doing burnouts outside the festiv... [2461 chars]",
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