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Ex-mandarins rebut Blair's claims on Iraq

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's claim that his Cabinet colleagues were fully aware of his determination to deal with Saddam Hussein has been bluntly called into question by testimony from two of his most senior officials.

Tamils call for mine-making inquiry

Spy who trained Taliban dies

The godfather of the Taleban, one of Pakistan's most prominent retired spies, has died of a heart attack in the wilds of Waziristan while held captive by Islamist militants he helped spawn.

NZ AFS student evacuated from Tunisia

<i>Catherine Field</i>: Small political crisis, not many interested

Surgeons learning from the war zone

NZ AFS student to be evacuated from Tunisia

Iraq memos to be kept secret, inquiry told

<i>Noelle McCarthy:</i> So many reasons for social inequity, so few questioning it

Nobody wins unless everybody wins. It's a phrase on a post it that's been stuck to my computer monitor for weeks.

NZ SAS 'too disciplined' to have fired first, says former top soldier

Major General Lou Gardiner, the Chief of Army for three years until he retired last year after 39 years service, said he would back what the SAS troops said over anyone else.

Sudan conflict surveillance

SAS 'fired on first' in Kabul battle

The Defence Force insists that New Zealand SAS troops in Afghanistan involved in a fatal shootout were fired upon first.

Sale scrapped of $9m looted mask

Solider makes mercy dash to sick dad from Afghanistan

When his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer this week, Squadron Leader Steve Hall was determined to make it home from Afghanistan.

US envoys were bullies: Clark

Former PM Helen Clark says concerns by the US Embassy over the screening of Michael Moore's film <i>Fahrenheit 9/11</i> for a Labour Party fundraising event showed "outright bullying" and "unprofessional" conduct by officials.

Generosity of spirit in a rugged land

Dr Marc Shaw, serving in Afghanistan, writes about his experience of a Christmas far from home.