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A man arrested after the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old woman yesterday has been charged with illegal possession of a pistol. The man, who was remanded in custody, was granted name suppression in the North Shore District Court, the New...

Angry bikers have vowed to step up protests against the Government's plans to ramp up their ACC levies. Thousands of bikers descended on Parliament yesterday over the issue and shouted down ACC Minister Nick Smith as he tried to address...

Two crates of Scotch whisky which belonged to the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton are to be recovered after a century buried in the Antarctic ice. The McKinlay and Co whisky was found buried under a hut built and used during...

Starting in the Brezhnev period, Russia has been pursuing construction of a massive underground facility at Yamantau Mountain and the city of Mezhgorye (formerly the settlements of Beloretsk-15 and Beloretsk-16). The complex, reportedly being built by tens of thousands of...

Man's death referred to coroner 18/11/2009 11:24:01 The case of a Tauranga man run over by a train on Monday night, has been referred to the coroner. Gareth Hotham from Greerton, was crossing the tracks at Collins Lane near Te...