News Archive

The Government is moving to restrict sales of DMAA, an ingredient in a new generation of party pills.November 7, 2009, 10:59 am

A sculpture of ACC and Environment Minister Nick Smith made out of cow manure has sold for $3080 on auction site TradeMe.co.nz.November 7, 2009, 10:58 am

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer/guitarist Dave Rawlings has spent the past decade establishing himself as one of the most prominent sidemen in roots music, working in the studio and on the road with the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show, Bright Eyes and his longtime partner Gillian Welch.November 7, 2009, 10:58 am

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a senior opposition source said.November 7, 2009, 10:57 am

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says that he would soon transmit to the Security Council a report alleging that Israel and the Palestinians committed war crimes.November 7, 2009, 10:50 am

Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published on Friday.November 7, 2009, 10:47 am

The WHO rebuked in unusually strong terms advice by a Swiss homeopathic doctors association that pregnant women should avoid getting vaccinated against H1N1.November 7, 2009, 10:45 am

Scientists have found 70-million-year-old dinosaur footprints in northwest Nelson.November 7, 2009, 10:43 am

A sculpture of a New Zealand Environment Minister Nick Smith crafted from cow manure has sold for $NZ3,080 ($A2,445) on an auction website.November 7, 2009, 10:43 am

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cable television network A&E on Friday unveiled plans for a new reality TV show starring four brothers of late pop star Michael Jackson depicting them dealing with his death and rehearsing for an upcoming concert.November 7, 2009, 10:41 am

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An agreement to end a four-month political crisis in Honduras collapsed on Friday after two rival leaders failed to form a government of unity to heal the damage from a June coup.November 7, 2009, 10:34 am

Sri Lanka has accused the spokesman for more than 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers still onboard a wooden cargo boat in Western Java of being a people smuggler.November 7, 2009, 10:32 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - No one knows better than Yoko Ono how far celebrity activism has come in the last 40 years.November 7, 2009, 10:30 am

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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.November 7, 2009, 10:26 am

The Race Relations Commissioner says Hone Harawira may not have broken the Human Rights Act in his racially charged email.November 7, 2009, 10:24 am

ARCADIA, California, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Dejected Rosemary Homeister Jr narrowly failed in her bid on Friday to become only the second female jockey ever to win a Breeders' Cup race.November 7, 2009, 10:22 am

The Flemington track is likely to be a Good 3 rating by the time racing starts on Stakes Day, the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival...November 7, 2009, 10:20 am

NEW YORK (AFP) - The World Series champion New York Yankees paraded through the streets of Manhattan Friday, two days after their six-game series victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.November 7, 2009, 10:18 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - No one knows better than Yoko Ono how far celebrity activism has come in the last 40 years.November 7, 2009, 10:11 am