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NZ Army officer detained, released in Syria
A New Zealand Army officer serving as a United Nations military observer was detained and released by armed men in Syria on Monday.
Airstrike kills Taliban boss - Key
A senior Taliban leader thought to be behind a roadside bombing in which three New Zealand soldiers died has reportedly been killed by coalition forces.
Kiwi flees Gaza Strip
A New Zealand documentary maker has escaped the Gaza Strip in a taxi as Israeli air strikes began while he was filming.
Zuckerberg to feature at G8 summit opening
Leaders of the 'real' and 'virtual' worlds will meet, en masse, for the first time in northern France today.
High hopes for rich nations' G8 talkfest
Could this year's G8 summit, in the French seaside resort of Deauville, break with tradition?
Tyrants' crude tools of power fail as era of classic security state ends
Oil states are, by their nature, undemocratic.The despots who have ruled the Arab world for half a century are not giving up without a fight.
Linchpin Arab state at crossroads
Through the cobbled alleys of Damascus' old city and beyond into the drab jungle of Soviet-style apartment blocks, nothing, it seems, misses the Syrian President's gaze.
<i>Gwynne Dyer :</i>Western allies driven by guilt
Gwynne Dyer examines the western coalition's motives for taking action against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya.