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Bernard Hickey: Japan-style slump scare

The day the nightmare scenario came true

Ed Vulliamy was only 20 blocks away when the twin towers were attacked by al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001. Here, in this highly personal account, he recalls those devastating first moments and the eerie days that followed.

Ambition is the tie that binds

Fran O'Sullivan: Bluster won't bury Hager's revelations on military

Hager: Our spies cogs in US war on terror

Rugby World Cup: High hopes for opening ceremony

<strong>What goes into the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup? More than you'd think. Rebecca Kammgoes behind the scenes with some of the busy key players charged with bringing it all together</strong>

Alaska: Breaking the ice

A cruise ship is the perfect way to see Alaska, much of which is inaccessible by land - but keep an eye out for falling ice from glaciers, writes Jared Savage.

Maire Leadbeater: Pacific Island Forum ignores deadliest issue in its patch

Mexico manufacturing to ramp up

Weekend leisure: Go out and have a ball

This softball team of American expats and friends treat their game as a social event, on and off the field, writes Kirsten MacFarlane.

Back to the land: Putting faith in farms

Media: No sex please, we're over sleaze

Stock Takes: Soldiering on in the markets

Websites enter ABs jersey price war

Drug offers hope for spinal cord patients

Superyachts sail down under for Cup