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Hong Kong: Street level fare
Nothing goes to waste at a Hong Kong market stall, finds Peter Calder.

Malaysia: Tourism hopes pinned on Legoland
Asia's first Legoland theme park opened to packed crowds in southern Malaysia on yesterday.

Vietnam: A holiday for the ages
Jane Jeffries and her elderly parents look to access all areas in Hanoi.

China: Finding peace amid the haste
Graham Reid leaves the clash and chaos of Kunming behind for a day of quiet.

Up to 140 jobs to go at paper mill
Norwegian newsprint giant Norske Skog confirmed today that it will halve newsprint production at its Tasman Mill at Kawerau. A union claims more than 100 of the 280 employees may lose their jobs.

Lifestyle beats money
To mark the Herald relaunch we're taking an in-depth, week-long look at what it means to be Kiwi. Today - why we choose NZ over anywhere else on the globe.

Laos: Lives on the line in river revelry
Boozy fun in Laos comes laced with danger, writes Belinda Merhab.

Foreigners suspected in crime plot
A group of Romanians have been prevented from entering New Zealand amid suspicions they were planning a crime spree down Auckland's Queen St.

Japan: Where a tattoo paints a dangerous picture
Getting a tattoo in Japan means forever entering the world of other people with tattoos and staying within it.

Palangan village, Iran
New Zealand photographer Amos Chapple visited the remote, near-vertical Iranian-Kurdish village of Palangan last winter. The images he captured paint a picture of life in this remote region, which is one of the main routes for smugglers seeking to bring alcohol across the mountain passes from Iraq into Iran.