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The Marines, MI5, the Olympics... CV 'lies' cost top scientist his job
Stephen Wilce, New Zealand's most senior defence scientist, had an impressive CV. He had seen combat duty in the Royal Marines, worked for MI5 and MI6, and been a member of an Olympic bobsleigh team, competing against the Jamaican team whose story inspired the film Cool Runnings. The trouble was that, it appears, none of it was true. 
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The Marines, MI5, the Olympics... CV lies cost top scientist his job
Stephen Wilce, New Zealand's most senior defence scientist, had an impressive CV. He had seen combat duty in the Royal Marines, worked for MI5 and MI6, and been a member of an Olympic bobsleigh team, competing against the Jamaican team whose story inspired the film Cool Runnings. The trouble was that, it appears, none of it was true. 
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Scientists go on attack over reduced research spending
Ministers and scientists traded blows yesterday over the Government's threatened cuts to science funding. 
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Discovery of 'killer' shrimp alarms experts
 For the first time the vicious shrimp Dikerogammarus villosus has been found in Britain, causing consternation among scientists charged with keeping the country's waterways stocked with native wildlife. 
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New Zealand's top defence scientist quits over 'embellished' CV
Stephen Wilce, New Zealand's most senior defence scientist, had an impressive CV. He had seen combat duty in the Royal Marines, worked for MI5 and MI6, and been a member of an Olympic bobsleigh team, competing against the Jamaican team whose story inspired the film Cool Runnings. The trouble was that, it appears, none of it was true. 
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