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New Zealand's oldest immigrant feeling at home

Banks swoop on $832b funding pool

World markets dip despite ECB liquidity boost

Breast implant panic spreads to Britain

Cordoba and Cadiz: Two special Spanish cities

Cordoba is recapturing the buzz and reputation it had a thousand years ago, while Cadiz likes to describe itself as the oldest in Europe.

World markets rally on US housing, Spanish bond news

Stocks in Europe and the US rallied overnight, with a big jump in US housing starts, good German business confidence and a healthy appetite for Spanish debt.

EU woes linger over world markets

Worries over the fate of the euro and the EU's member states continue to drag on the single currency and equities in Europe and on Wall Street.

Stonehenge mystery finally solved?

For centuries, scientists and historians have argued over why Stonehenge was built and, even more puzzlingly, how.

Supershorts: December 16

Euro plunges, Wall St drops overnight

The euro has fallen to an 11-month low versus the US dollar and global equities are extending losses on Wall St.

Teenage rugby streaker named

Editorial: Middle class unrest bodes ill for Putin

World shares up on surprise German confidence boost

World markets down on Moody's, Intel warnings

Bryan Gould: Most countries in Europe are victims, not culprits

Bamburgh Castle: Guardian of England's north

Dana Johannsen visits a living piece of Northumberland history that vanquishes all traces of castle fatigue.