David Barber Wellington (dpa) – The state welfare system in New Zealand, which pioneered cradle-to-grave care of its citizens 72 years ago, is “unsustainable, outdated and fragmented”, an official inquiry reported Monday. It said that […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – New Zealand police have decided to continue with an assault charge against a Turkish man despite his claim that he was dancing with his wife, not assaulting her. Prosecutor Steve […]
By Sid Astbury Sydney (dpa) – An Australian grandmother claimed a record Tuesday for the oldest woman to swim the English Channel. Sue Oldham, 64, completed the crossing from Dover to the […]
Hong Kong (dpa) – A self-proclaimed gang member who injured 11 people after throwing acid in a busy market was sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison, a news report said Tuesday. […]
By Ethan Kim Los Angeles Times SEOUL – On the 100th anniversary Tuesday of Japan’s annexation of the Korean peninsula, office worker Hwang Jung-won listened as Japan’s prime minister apologized for his nation’s role in […]
Dominika Maslikowski Warsaw (dpa) – A fire on Monday night destroyed some 7,000 shoes of Nazi victims at a former death camp in Majdanek, southern Poland, local media reported Tuesday. The fire broke out at […]
By Keith Herbert MELVILLE, N.Y. _ JetBlue flight attendant Steve Slater broke the bad news to the passenger long before the John F. Kennedy International Airport-bound jet left Pittsburgh: Her carry-on bag was too […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – New Zealand diplomats fear terrorists will attack a “soft target” in India ahead of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, according to cables reported in a newspaper on […]
By Pham Trung Bac Hanoi (dpa) – An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced a Vietnamese-Australian woman to seven years in prison for failing to declare 10.5 kilograms of gold when entering the […]
By Michael Logan Nairobi/Lagos (dpa) – At least 40 people have died in a flaming multi-car pile-up near the Nigerian city of Lagos, reports said Monday. The Nigerian Tribune, quoting witnesses, said an articulated […]
By Sid Astbury Sydney (dpa) – Prime Minister Julia Gillard was rapped Thursday for linking the future death of Queen Elizabeth II to constitutional change in Australia. Gillard, who supports severing ties with the […]
By Alvise Armellini, Ralf Krueger and Elena Lalova dpa PARIS – France was getting ready Wednesday to start the expulsion of Gypsy migrants despite hefty criticism at home and abroad of the action. Media reports […]
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) Rod Blagojevich behaved Tuesday evening as if he had won a grand victory: The massed resources of federal investigators and prosecutors couldn’t convince all 12 jurors of his guilt on 23 […]
By Nehal El-Sherif Cairo (dpa) – One of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, Poppy Flowers, has been stolen from a museum in Cairo, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture said on Saturday. In was not immediately […]
Wellington (dpa) – Nine pilot whales were successfully refloated after a mass stranding on a northern New Zealand beach, a conservation official said Monday. A 58-strong pod of 1-ton whales was found Friday on […]
By John Grafilo Manila (dpa) – Philippine radio listeners were shocked as a burst of gunfire rang out, while screams and cries reverberated on the background. After a few seconds of dead air, listeners then […]
Sydney (dpa) – Actor-director Paul Hogan will not be allowed out of Australia until the Crocodile Dundee star pays a tax bill of around 150 million Australian dollars (133 million US dollars), news reports said […]
By Andy Goldberg Los Angeles (dpa) – Socialite Paris Hilton was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after police allegedly found 0.8 grams of cocaine in her purse when they arrested her on […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – Pakistan, which has players subject to investigations into illegal betting scams, should be thrown out of international cricket, according to former New Zealand captain and match referee John Reid. “I […]
Mike McCarthy Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first of a series of meetings Wednesday with leaders from the Middle East as he relaunches the […]
By Michael Doyle McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Illegal immigration into the United States has slowed considerably in the past several years, a study released Wednesday concludes. The decline marks the first significant turnaround in two […]
SILVER SPRING, Md. _ Police shot and killed a gunman wearing explosives after he took three people hostage at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters Wednesday afternoon, officials said. A spokesman for the company said it […]
Albert Otti Vienna (dpa) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that Iran has complicated its work in the country by repeatedly vetoing certain nuclear inspectors. It was only one example of the […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A police cordon remained in place around several blocks in the centre of quake-hit Christchurch Friday following continuing aftershocks overnight. Civil defence officials abandoned plans to end the cordon at […]
By John Boudreau San Jose Mercury News (MCT) SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope that tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a […]
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi (dpa) – Police have arrested a man accused of threatening to bomb the US embassy in Hanoi in August, police said Thursday. Police in the port city of Haiphong said […]
By Farhad Peikar Kabul (dpa) – More than 40 people, including civilians, security forces and Taliban fighters were killed Saturday as Taliban militants tried to derail the second post-Taliban parliamentary polls, officials said. Among […]
By David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A storm lashed New Zealand Saturday, cutting power to thousands of homes and bringing down the roof of a sports stadium in the south of the country. Police […]
By Jonathan S. Landay and Saeed Shah McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) KABUL, Afghanistan – Pakistan protested angrily Monday after the U.S.-led international force in Afghanistan confirmed that its helicopters staged cross-border air strikes last week against […]
By Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times (MCT) WASHINGTON – In a region where Confucian thinking about seniority still holds sway, where political life generally begins at 50, it isn’t easy to sell the public on […]
By Alex Rodriguez Los Angeles Times (MCT) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – U.S. and British officials are investigating how a British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan was killed during a failed rescue attempt by American troops, a […]
Jeff Abramowitz Tel Aviv (dpa) – Arab states have been urging the United States to halt Iran’s nuclear programme by any means, including military, and Israel believes time is running out to stop Tehran’s pursuit […]
Dirk Godder Seoul/Beijing (dpa) – China on Sunday proposed an emergency meeting of the six-party group on North Korea in an apparent bid to help defuse tensions on the peninsula, but Seoul in an initial […]
Chaos theory rules Education In physics, things left to their own devices eventually atrophy. ‘Ever-decreasing circles’ is another analogy. Without constant energy, input and correction, systems lose balance and accuracy. It’s a lesson apparently lost […]
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Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama dedicated the Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial in Washington Sunday, in a speech linking the civil rights leader’s legacy to current issues facing Americans. Obama called on the […]
The New Citizens Party executive board have confirmed the Party is withdrawing from the 2011 Election campaign. Mr Paul Young, the New Citizens candidate who came a credible third behind National and Labour in the […]
MISURATA, Libya, Oct. 25 (UPI) — Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was to be buried in an unmarked grave in a secret desert location Tuesday, a transitional government official said. The burial announcement came as […]
RANLO, N.C., Oct. 24 (UPI) — Police in North Carolina say they believe there may be more bombs hidden in a rural Gaston County field and will conduct searches. A bomb pulled from the woods […]
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 26 (UPI) — The bodies of a police officer swept away as he tried to help motorists and a woman drowned in a Dublin house were found Tuesday, authorities in Ireland said. […]
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