A wide cross-section of the Feilding community turned out for a candlelit service tonight in response to recent tragic deaths, and to celebrate the town's strength of spirit.

The shadow of Afghanistan again fell across the formation of Australia's new Government yesterday.

Life can be tough, being an arms dealer.

An Australian soldier has been shot dead in a fierce firefight with Taleban insurgents.

A former Israeli soldier has been condemned for mocking Palestinian prisoners on her Facebook page.

The Green Party wants to bring our most elite troops home from Afghanistan following reports of links to the torture of prisoners.

An Australian special forces soldier has become the 18th to die in Afghanistan after being shot in northern Kandahar.

TV3 presenter John Campbell. The War Medals case has raised questions about police attempts to force journalists to reveal confidential sources.

The death of an Air NZ pilot, found after he went missing on a bush walk last week, is "not suspicious", say Hong Kong police.

The body of an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing a week ago while trekking in rural Hong Kong has been found, police said today.

Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell was described as a striking example of a young man with positive and irrepressible energy at his funeral today.

Hong Kong police will continue to look for missing Air NZ pilot until at least tomorrow night despite reports that the search has been scaled back after six days of searching.

A hat found in the search for an Air New Zealand pilot missing in Hong Kong is not his, local police say.

NZ's first Afghanistan war casualty has been returned to his home town of Feilding, after an emotional ceremony at nearby Ohakea Air Force Base.

The body of Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell landed at Ohakea this afternoon. A full military funeral will be held on Wednesday.

Dr Woo and her colleagues had been asked by elders in Nuristan for medical aid. It was, she maintained, a duty for them to go