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<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Cancun talks highlight climate dilemma

In contrast to the train wreck at Copenhagen a year ago, decent progress was made at Cancun, writes Brian Fallow.

NZ harming climate talks in Mexico

Stolen vehicles in blockade

Climate talks 'on a knife edge'

Progress but agreement unlikely at Cancun - Smith

Activists take climate change protest underwater

Four hundred life-sized human statues have been installed under the sea off the coast of Mexico.

Kiwi spills tale of drug lords, crooked deals and death

NZ diplomats for Mexico, Brazil named

Newspaper accepts: drug cartels in control

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

Claims less than $27b, says BP

Another scalp in Mexican drug war

<i>Gill South</i>: The lesson from BP It doesn't pay to lose focus on sustainability

Large and small business must embrace green concepts to help the bottom line, say authors of a new book.

NZ scientist Russian spy suspect

One of NZ's greatest scientists was investigated by Britain's MI5 as a suspect in passing information to Russia on the first atomic bombs, according to newly released files.

<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Drug decriminalisation makes sense

The War on Drugs makes the Afghan campaign seem like a blitzkrieg akin to 1967 when Israel cleaned up Egypt, Syria and Jordan in six days and rested on the seventh.

Govt didn't look at environment when awarding oil permit

Official documents show the Government did not consider the environment when awarding an East Cape off shore oil exploration permit.

Twice dead in Mexico

Authorities in central Mexico say a newborn baby girl, who was declared dead but later revived inside her coffin, has died.