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19:28 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Women's groups in PNG have pledged to fight on and contest the June 2012 elections, after the government failed to pass a law giving women 22 seats
18:54 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Security forces have mobilised outside Bali's Kerobokan jail where they are set to evacuate all foreign prisoners, including 12 Australians.
18:22 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Sea Shepherd anti-whaling campaigners have again attacked a Japanese whaling ship in the icy waters off Antarctica, Japan's whaling body says.
18:09 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Attorneys general from across the US have urged Google to put the brakes on plans for a major change to its privacy policy.
'Rude' reporter apologises to Gillard
17:30 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Julia Gillard has hit back angrily at a question from a "rude" journalist about whether she was positioning herself to take over the leadership before Mr Rudd was ousted.
16:05 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Ten people have died and 10,000 families are affected by torrential rains in Bolivia, where a state of emergency has been declared.
15:49 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Milan Fashion Week has kicked off with flair with a Gucci show featuring stunning velvet capes and see-through dresses.
15:47 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A former Somare government minister says Sir Michael was ousted because he failed to consult with his back bench.
15:46 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Police in East Timor are on alert after firebombs were thrown at electoral administration buildings in the capital weeks out from a presidential poll.
15:28 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
HIgh voter turnout and violence have marked elections in Yemen that have ended Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule.
Scientists find limbless amphibians
15:00 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Scientists believe they have discovered a new type of limbless amphibian that looks like an earthworm in northeastern India.
Girl, 8, shot at US school by student
14:30 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
An eight-year-old girl has been shot in the stomach at a US school and one of her classmates detained by police.
13:40 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Kevin Rudd says he has received support to challenge for Labor's leadership.
13:19 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Queen Victoria's Faberge notebook will go on public display in the UK as part of an exhibition to mark Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.
Oxford student speaks 11 languages
12:00 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A 20-year-old Oxford University undergraduate has been named the most multi-lingual student in the United Kingdom, speaking 11 languages.
11:58 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A new drug tested in the US and Australia has proven to almost double the survival time of melanoma sufferers.
NASA captures solar eclipse footage
11:30 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A NASA satellite orbiting the Earth has captured rare footage of the moon eclipsing the sun.
11:00 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
Internationally renowned journalist Marie Colvin, who worked for the UK's Sunday Times newspaper, has been killed in shelling in the Syrian city of Homs.
Teen lifts car weighing over 900kg off grandad
11:00 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A Michigan teenager has put on a display of superhuman strength, lifting a car weighing more than 900kg that had fallen on top of his grandfather.
High-speed couch ride ends in road death
11:00 NZDT Thu Feb 23 2012
A 22-year-old Canadian man has died after riding on a couch tied to a van and towed down a road at high speed.
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