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Three people were arrested Sunday when dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators stormed a Melbourne hotel, officials said. The arrests came when about 100 protesters jammed against a side door at the Park Hyatt Hotel, where Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard...

The New Zealand dollar faces a tough week ahead of the central bank's monetary policy statement on Thursday after falling U.S. unemployment unexpectedly stoked the prospect of an early rate hike by the Federal Reserve. All seven economists and strategists...

He played in the two Twenty20 internationals against Pakistan in the UAE. Share this Article: Eldred Stebbing, the founder of New Zealand's Stebbing Recording Centre, has died at the age of 88 Read More A review of the anti-smacking law...

Three of the lawmakers will leave the legislature to take up their local government positions: John Wu of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), who was elected Taoyuan magistrate; the KMT's Chiu Ching-chun, who became Hsinchu magistrate; and Fu Kung-chi, an independent...

Concerned mother of four Nicky Chapman petitioned for Government climate change policy at Parliament grounds today. The Dunedin woman took up the cause after reading about "ocean acid" -- "I want my kids to enjoy the ocean as I have,"...

Senator Rodolfo Biazon is seeing a ``sinister plot'' behind the move of the government to file rebellion charges against several members of the Ampatuans who had been charged for the Nov. 23 slaughter of 57 people in Maguindanao. While the...

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for January delivery gained 20 cents to 75.67 dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for January delivery advanced 30 cents to 77.82 dollars a barrel. Oil markets were buoyed by a weakening...