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Basketball: Breakers head to China
The NZ Breakers basketball team leave today for a hastily arranged trip to China to play in an annual pre-season tournament.
Indonesia: Stalking the world's most magical bean
Winston Aldworth finds a coffee culture of a different kind in this Balinese village.
Chilli may lower blood pressure, scientists say
Spicy food flavoured with hot chilli peppers contains a natural chemical ingredient that may lower blood pressure, the study revealed.
Shaolin temple on heritage list
Shaolin temple, the Buddhist monastery that's also the birthplace of Chinese kung fu, is now a World Heritage site.
A painful but necessary reminder
Five years on I still get a lump in my throat when I think about visiting the Khmer Rouge's main torture centre in Phnom Penh.
Indian activists threaten to burn ship carrying NZ milk
Protests in India against imports of New Zealand dairy products have turned ugly.
Live updates: Pakistan plane crash
Get the latest on the crash which saw a passenger plane plunge into the isolated hills in Pakistan's capital.
Seoul: Frosty relations between North and South
Jill Worrall visits the DMZ and finds tensions heating up.
Seoul: A warm welcome without words
South Korea's capital is greener than I expected, the air cleaner. There's also rather more fried chicken than I expected.
Mongolia: A lesson in turning the tables
As I watched my bike disappear down the dusty road and out of sight, I began to feel rather stupid.
Mongolia: Broken leg spells end of a dream
A mishap on the road sees one of the 51st Traverse team members being sent back to NZ.