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newslist[0]=new Array("8:51 AM - Huth and Tuncay are Boro doubts","http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/?jp=MHOJAUAUGBGB&rss=javascript2");



newslist[1]=new Array("8:49 AM - Adebayor worry for Gunners","http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/?jp=MHOJAUAUGBOJ&rss=javascript2");



newslist[2]=new Array("8:45 AM - McCann's ask to see French 'Madeleine' video","http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/?jp=MHOJAUAUGBEY&rss=javascript2");



newslist[3]=new Array("8:44 AM - Obama defends speeches amid Clinton plagiarism claim","http://www.breakingnews.ie/weather/?jp=MHOJAUAUGBMH&rss=javascript2");



newslist[4]=new Array("8:41 AM - Ipswich prostitutes' murderer to be sentenced","http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/?jp=MHOJAUAUGBCW&rss=javascript2");


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