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Key silent on meeting with Dalai Lama

Two months after sending John Key an invitation to meet the Dalai Lama, organisers of the Buddhist leader's NZ visit say they have not received a response.

Owners, pets together for SPCA blessing service

<i>Editorial</i>: Dialogue best approach to Iran stand-off

Customs searches spark protest

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Sanctions against Iran now seem inevitable

Western intelligence agencies have known about Iran's second uranium enrichment plant, hidden in the mountains west of Qom, since construction began in 2006.

Stop humiliating me, traveller pleads

A NZ citizen of Middle Eastern origin says he is discriminated against by Customs officials who interrogate every time he returns home.

Church fears being overshadowed

Church gunman sent 'alarming' emails

A man who allegedly held a gun and knife at staff of a church close to a daycare centre had previously sent two angry emails to the church.

Gays hunted and tortured in Baghdad

Church lifts restrictions

Vicar speaks in vile tongues

An Auckland church leader allegedly used phrase "Jesus Christ" during a foul-mouthed outburst at Sunday School children.

Trio's plot for massacre in the skies

Silent film wins Blake Prize

Muslim's barring a mistake, says judge

Muslim woman furious at courtroom ban

A Hawkes Bay judge has been criticised for telling a woman wearing a headscarf to leave his courtroom.

Bibles offer words of wisdom for NSW cops