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Justice ministry slams three strikes changes

Changes to the Govt's three strikes justice policy risk breaching NZ's Bill of Rights, the Justice Ministry warns.

Wearable clothes - a novelty for fashion week

Stylish, wearable clothes which do not demand a model's body or a film star's lifestyle: that was what several designers delivered at London Fashion Week yesterday.

NZ films take major prizes at film festival

NZ films have won three of the six major awards in the Generation section of the Berlin International Film Festival.

Afternoon naps boost brain power, study finds

Scientists have found that a Spanish-style siesta after lunch makes it easier for the brain to store and retrieve short-term information.

Berlusconi support falls in earthquake bribe scandal

Political wing urges Eta to stop

Longest-serving 'chained wife' breaks free after 48 years

Susan Zinkin divorced her husband in 1962 but was forbidden from looking for new love for almost 50 years.

Dollar lower as euro, Aussie weaken in Asia

Woman who crashed car into ditch named

Emotional Lady Gaga sweeps Brit Awards

Flamboyant chanteuse Lady Gaga has swept the boards at the Brit Awards, winning three categories.

Bomb outside JP Morgan bank in Athens

Susan Boyle embraces fame

Singer Susan Boyle has revealed that she is 'not the scared person' she was when she first found fame.

EU denies it knew about budget woes

Obama mother-in-law likes White House life

Sharemarket warms to SkyCity's flutter

Train crash passengers speak of horror

A commuter train ran a stop light during morning rush hour and collided head-on with another train in a Brussels suburb overnight.

UK man speechless after scooping Britain's largest-ever lottery prize

Skydiving enthusiast shocked to learn of $126m win.

Train collisions 'should not be possible'

Crash investigators will want to know how two Belgian commuter trains came to collide head on.