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Dotcom's lawyer hits out at US authorities

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:40:49 GMT

A NEW Zealand High Court ruling that the armed police raid on piracy accused Kim Dotcom's Auckland mansion was illegal is a major blow to US authorities trying to extradite him, his US lawyer said.

Dogs wipe out blue penguin colony

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:47:33 GMT

IT took years to build up a colony of blue penguins on New Zealand's West Coast, but it took dogs just a matter of days to kill the lot.

Record radiation levels at Fukushima reactor

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:26:14 GMT

TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said overnight record amounts of radiation had been detected in the basement of reactor number one, further hampering clean-up operations after last year's earthquake and tsunami.

Is it a crime to cook one's own genitals?

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:04:40 GMT

POLICE investigating whether a man who cooked his own severed genitals and served them to five paying diners committed a crime.

Is it a crime to cook one's own genitals?

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:04:40 GMT

POLICE investigating whether a man who cooked his own severed genitals and served them to five paying diners committed a crime.

DNA sample provided in NZ rugby rape probe

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:20:48 GMT

NEW Zealand Rugby Union co-operating with a police probe into claims a member of the Baby Blacks raped a woman in South Africa.

Fukushima seafood goes on sale after tests

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:31:01 GMT

THE first catch of seafood from Japan's Fukushima coast since last year's nuclear disaster is being sold after passing radiation tests.

Murder investigation into Aussie's death in Bali

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:01:05 GMT

POLICE have opened a murder investigation into the death of an Australian found on the side of a road in Bali.

Murder investigation into Aussie's death in Bali

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:01:05 GMT

POLICE have opened a murder investigation into the death of an Australian found on the side of a road in Bali.

Warrants issued for Thai murder suspects

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT

THAI police have issued arrest warrants for two suspects in the murder of Perth travel agent Michelle Smith.

Australian woman appeals Thai jail time

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:05:13 GMT

WOMAN sentenced to 15 days jail in Phuket for falsely claiming she was assaulted by a taxi driver has been granted bail.

Thailand probes radar blackout at airport

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:33:17 GMT

THAILAND has launched a probe into a radar blackout at its main international airport, a minister said today, after the incident threatened to tarnish the nation's image as a regional aviation hub.

South Korea, US stage major naval exercise

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:02:13 GMT

SOUTH Korea and the US have launched a major naval exercise in the tense Yellow Sea, a spokesman said today.

Endangered Sumatran rhino gives birth

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:59:16 GMT

A CRITICALLY endangered Sumatran rhinoceros was born today at an Indonesian sanctuary, only the fourth birth in captivity in more than a century, boosting survival hopes for the species, say conservationists.

6.6 magnitude quake hits Indonesia

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:06:08 GMT

A 6.6-MAGNITUDE earthquake hit Indonesia's Aceh province on Sumatra island today, the Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency said.

Voting starts in troubled PNG

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:20:31 GMT

VOTING has began in Papua New Guinea today in polls seen as a watershed moment after months of political uncertainty in the struggling Pacific nation which is on the brink of a huge resources boom.

10 killed in Indonesian plane crash

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT

SEVEN crew, two children and an elderly woman on the ground have died after an air force plane crashed into houses.

Ten dead after plane crashes into houses

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:42:06 GMT

AN Indonesian air force plane crashed into a military housing complex in Jakarta yesterday, killing all seven crew on board and two children and an elderly woman on the ground, officials said.

Court convicts Umar Patek over Bali bombing

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:55:45 GMT

THE last member of the 2002 Bali bombing plot to face justice has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

10 killed in Indonesian plane crash

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:54:24 GMT

SEVEN crew, two children and an elderly woman on the ground have died after an air force plane crashed into houses.

Aussie killed in stabbing in Thailand

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:35:44 GMT

POLICE are hunting two killers who knifed to death an Australian woman in a bag snatch gone wrong on the Thai holiday island of Phuket last night.

Report admits flaws worsened nuclear crisis

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:02:15 GMT

THE operator of the Japanese nuclear plant devastated by last year's tsunami has issued a final report on the disaster, outlining organisational and communication problems that have not yet been resolved.

Group challenges Corby clemency in court

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:17:31 GMT

AN anti-drugs group challenges a presidential decision to slash the jail term of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby.

Smith welcomes US-NZ defence agreement

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:22:53 GMT

DEFENCE Minister Stephen Smith has welcomed the latest step in the three-year thawing of United States and New Zealand defence relations.

Powerful typhoon cuts across Japan

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:11:56 GMT

A POWERFUL typhoon bringing heavy rain and strong winds has cut across Japan's main island of Honshu, injuring some 20 people and causing major traffic delays.