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NZ dollar close to seven week high

Thousands flee Canadian bushfires

<i>Editorial:</i> NZ cannot ignore Afghanistan

The Watergate Hotel: Yours for just $1.5m

Pilot awarded $15,000 over discrimination

Key indicates SAS will return to Afghanistan

Beckham a Chelsea target : Report

Hiccup to cheerleader bid

Trump loses libel case

Mexico: Drug arrest retaliation

Microbe on a mission

<i>NZ stocks:</i> Market closes down

Turtles halt flights

San Francisco: Pedalling through thin air

You have ridden a bike before, haven't you?" asks the young assistant at the bike rental place as he watches me trying to pedal away.

<i>Editorial:</i> Moscow visit a fruitful start

<i>Cartoon:</i> An enduring image

<i>Aussie stocks:</i> Market closes flat

<i>Currency:</i> Dollar drifts lower