China mine blast kills 31
At least 31 miners were killed and 78 remain trapped 500 metres underground following a gas blast at a mine in China, state media have said.Kiwi dies after Bali accident
A New Zealand woman has died five weeks after suffering head injuries in a cycling accident in Bali.
Healthcare bill gains ahead of US Senate test
Reuters
A broad healthcare overhaul moved closer to clearing its first US Senate hurdle when one of two wavering Democrats said she would vote to begin debate on the landmark legislation.
Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai links arrested
Reuters
Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the Islamic militant group responsible for the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, that killed 166 people.
NATO takes command of Afghan army
Reuters
NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops.
Bushfires roar in New South Wales
Up to 100 fires are burning across New South Wales as a large swathe of the Australian state begins a day of total fire bans.
Further charges after shooting at funeral
Police have laid further charges after two people shot into a crowd that had gathered for a funeral in a West Australian town.
Pilot on road to celebrity
Jailed for student sex
Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns, one dead
One person was killed when a tour bus belonging to Miley Cyrus overturned, but the 16-year-old Hannah Montana star was not on board, Virginia State Police said.
People killed for fat to make cosmetics
A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics, say police.
Obese man dies after eight months in chair
Probe after Fort Hood deaths
Obama billboard stirs debate
A billboard showing US President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.
Bear attacks as man leaps into enclosure
A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder.
Air NZ plane crash report still awaited
The release of a report into the cause of the crash of an Air New Zealand Airbus off the French coast a year ago has been delayed.
Sleepwalker found not guilty of wife's death
Drug resistant swine flu spreading
62 years of marriage
Buckingham Palace says the Queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly.
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Iran to hold war games to protect atom plants
Iran will begin large-scale air defence war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said.
More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts
A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan has killed 17 people, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were killed.
Children's song branded 'racist'
Kiwi hostage heads back to Iraq
Karzai sworn in
Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as president, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country's security before his five-year term ends, after a fraud-marred election left his image in ruins.
India doubles billionaires
A buoyant stock market and a still-robust economy have nearly doubled the number of billionaires in India, according to the Forbes' Rich List.
China's reaction to Obama visit
State media hailed President Barack Obama's maiden trip to China as a triumph, but ordinary Chinese were largely shielded by their government from his most critical remarks and activists were disappointed by the measured tone of those they did hear.
Army shell kills six civilians
Cloud disappoints Asia stargazers
UN fears N Korea violations
A key United Nations committee is expressing very serious concern at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea.
Plane overshoots runway
A passenger plane has overshot a runway, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people.
Soldiers pulled off diamond fields
Zimbabwe has started withdrawing soldiers from diamond fields in the east of the country after recommendations by the Kimberly Process and criticism over rights abuses, state media reported.
Stoned to death for adultery
Hungry, hungry hippo
200 million children 'starving'
Twenty years after the UN adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished
All Blacks beat England in dour test
Police dob in drink driver to Air NZ
Wallabies humiliated by Scotland
Teacher has baby with 17-year-old student
Shyla's a purr-fect little mum
Bitter MP seeks reconciliation
Nice Kiwi blokes - shame about the women
Concern over missing South Auckland teen and baby
Griffin's moves biscuits to Fiji
$450,000 march is political manipulation
Cyclists gone but their trash lingers
Mall campaign pays for 'protesters'
Playing chicken with the markets
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