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Afghan war on Key's summit list
Afghanistan will be on the agenda when Prime Minister John Key meets United Nations and Nato leaders in New York this week.

Shame of the elders abandoned by family
Some Indian grandparents are being brought to NZ by their families only to be used as babysitters and then 'practically abandoned'.

Key: It wasn't easy sending SAS into danger
John Key says he is well aware of the danger New Zealand's Special Air Service (SAS) troops face in Afghanistan.

Greenpeace moves palm kernel protest to port
Greenpeace is trying to keep up pressure on Fonterra to limit its use of palm kernel feed with a public rally outside the Ports of Tauranga.

Outlandish, outrageous fashion show hits town
Japan's outlandish, and sometimes outrageous, fashion will go on show in Auckland this week.

Police: All 14 protesters removed from ship
Farmers have described Greenpeace's occupation of an inbound cargo vessel as 'economic treason.'

Meat-flavoured chocs hit with men
A NZ chocolatier claims men "can't get enough" of her new salami-tinged choclates.

Second activist arrested from animal feed cargo ship
Police make second arrest while expressing serious safety concerns for activists aboard a cargo ship off the Tauranga coast.

Tokyo cracks down on train gropers
In what is being described as "groping prevention week," Tokyo police have begun a week-long crackdown against the scourge of gropers on commuter trains.