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Transiting uranium for 'peaceful purposes' - Smith

Nick Smith says uranium transiting through NZ ports will only be used for "peaceful purposes", despite one of its recipients being involved in making nuclear weapons.

<i>Jim Hopkins</i>: Worrier Norman needs to be a warrior

Blokey mateship hard to match

Freedom or disrespect? Norman's protest debated

NZ-Chinese representatives and a pro-Tibetan group are at odds over Russel Norman's anti-Chinese protest last week.

Green Party leader accused of being aggressor in scuffle

Russel Norman, has been accused by National and Act of being the aggressor in his bust-up with Chinese security guards.

<i>Editorial</i>: Right of MPs to protest mustn't be lost

Opinions divided over MP's scuffle with Chinese delegation

We poll readers, academics and politicians on the apology to China by John Key over the Russel Norman scuffle.

IWC takes negotiations behind closed doors

<i>Liz Slooten:</i> Bad deal lets whale exploitation slip through the net

Israel rejects UN multinational inquiry

Israel has said it will not accept a UN plan for a multinational investigation into the lethal commando raid on an aid flotilla.

Clinton's birthday greetings premature

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Israel visit prickly issue for Key

Detained NZer saw activist killed

NZ activist Nicola Enchmarch says she saw a man shot in the head by Israeli forces after they stormed her Gaza-bound aid ship.

Detained Kiwi deported from Israel

The NZ woman detained in Israel after a raid on an aid flotilla headed for Gaza has been released overnight.

Detained NZer in Israel set to be deported

The Israeli Embassy in Wellington says Nicola Enchmarch is about to be deported from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport but her destination is unknown.

Detained Kiwi is safe, says mum

The mother of a New Zealand woman held by Israel was last night anxiously waiting news of her daughter.