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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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