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Australasian police to review Tasers

Malawi bid to free 'witches'

Gypsies victims of the tide of politics

French burqa ban passes final test

Nobel Peace Prize for dissident

Guantanamo trial setback

Bethune and Sea Shepherd cut ties in bitter row

Pete Bethune has alleged Sea Shepherd ordered him to scuttle the Ady Gil after its collision with a Japanese whaling vessel.

TVNZ PR manager offers resignation

The TVNZ spokeswoman who defended Paul Henry's offensive comments about Sir Anand Satyanand has apologised to staff and offered her resignation.

<i>Fiji Times</i> gets new editor

In a move set to raise concerns about the newspaper's independence, <i>Fiji Times</i> publisher Dallas Swinstead said editor-in-chief Netani Rika had quit because of perceptions he was anti-government.

Kiwi haven for activist's kids

A hostage to her own past

Death of a simple woman

First woman executed in US in five years

Teresa Lewis, 41, was put to death for hiring two men to kill her husband and stepson in October 2002. Photos / AP

Governor unmoved by appeals for mercy

<i>William Pesek:</i> In a Twitter over Dear Leader's musings

Newspaper accepts: drug cartels in control

It's a sad day for journalism when a newspaper is pressured into stopping its reports on crime.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Road to riches could be ruination of all

The world has seen major improvements in key areas like literacy, access to clean water and infant mortality, writes <i>Gwynne Dyer</i>.

<i>All in a day's work:</i> The magic number - 90 days?

90 days is currently the magic number.