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After the bombing, drug addiction strikes Gaza
Mental health professionals say use of the synthetic opioid Tramadol has risen sharply in Gaza since Israel's three-week Operation Cast Lead offensive.
<i>Chris Rattue</i>: All Whites should be careful what they wish for
It's impossible to envisage the All Whites living on the same planet as the world's best soccer sides.
Tallest tower set to open in Dubai
Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, will open on December 2.
Man given smoker's lungs in bungled transplant
A young war veteran dies after receiving cancerous lungs from a heavy smoker in a transplant.
Critics vocal on Obama's peace prize
US President Barack Obama's recent Nobel Peace Prize has generated much praise as well consternation around the world.
Soccer: Nelsen's pluck is key to huge payback
There was a deserved "mission accomplished" tag to the New Zealand performance in holding higher-rated Bahrain to 0-0 in Manama yesterday.
Soccer: Only a win will do for All Whites
Come November 14, NZ soccer will be hoping for a dose of the foulest weather the capital can muster.
NZ ranked 20th in UN quality of life survey
New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.
Flight crew fight, passengers watch
As an Air India aeroplane flew at 30,000ft, passengers were witness to scuffle between the pilots and cabin crew.
<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Sanctions against Iran now seem inevitable
Western intelligence agencies have known about Iran's second uranium enrichment plant, hidden in the mountains west of Qom, since construction began in 2006.
Stop humiliating me, traveller pleads
A NZ citizen of Middle Eastern origin says he is discriminated against by Customs officials who interrogate every time he returns home.