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Is this the start of a backlash against circumcision?

The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.

Firing squad prepare for grisly duty

Condemned double murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has chosen the firing squad as his method of execution this Friday.

Cossie club votes to keep ban on turbans

Bloody Sunday soldiers face private prosecution

South Africa: Going home

Jane Phare talks to a South African living in New Zealand who is returning to Cape Town armed with lessons learned from Kiwis.

Soccer: The good, the bad and the football

Confront Iran on brutality, not nukes

Bloody shadow cast over bright future

<i>Cartoon</i>: The Gaza strip explained...

<i>Editorial</i>: Israeli overkill benefits only the extremists

Slave labour exposed

Shock over Maka 'slave' claim

Maka says slave claim a shame and untrue

The rugby star accused of modern day slavery in France says the claims made against him are fabricated.

Rudd Govt plans to hold asylum-seekers in desert

Former NZ rugby player accused of 'modern slavery'

Finau Maka has been accused of treating a young Tunisian man living with his family with 'utter indignity'.

iPad mania overshadowed by human cost concerns

Apple has been embarrassed by publicity surrounding 11 suicide attempts at the vast Foxconn facility which produces iPad and other products.