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On Monday June 2 an Air France jet carrying 228 people crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, the airline's worst disaster in its 75-year history.

The Government has reined in spending and scrapped tax cuts in a budget it says will bring debt under control and set New Zealand on the road to recovery.

New Zealand is mourning the death of the 29th police officer killed on the job. On May 7 2009, a police officer was shot dead in Napier during what was thought to be a drug bust gone wrong.

As Mexico came to grips with the impact of a deadly swine flu outbreak, New Zealand faced up to the fact that the disease had spread here with the exposure of numerous Auckland secondary school students returning from central America.

In 1994 five members of a Dunedin family were found murdered; David Bain was convicted of the crimes. The Privy Council quashed that conviction and ordered a retrial. On 5 June 2009, a jury found Bain not guilty on all five counts of murder.

Barack Obama has historically taken his place in the White House as the first black US President. With millions watching on he signaled he would carry the US and the world out of the current crisis. "On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord."

The Earth is heating up, the rain forests are being milled and destroyed, the polar ice cap is melting, whales are being slaughtered and the world's population continues to grow. Is there a climate crisis? Yahoo!Xtra brings you all the latest environmental news.

On Friday, November 28, New Zealand woke to the news that an Air New Zealand Airbus A320 being operated by a German airline had crashed in to the sea off the French coastal town of Perpignan.

New Zealand has spoken - on November 8 this year National convincingly won the General Election. Keep up to date on the latest news as a new government is formed here on Yahoo!Xtra.

Time is money! Get all of the up-to-the-minute news and details regarding the global financial crisis.

The world's top athletes converged on Beijing in August to compete for Olympic glory. Check out all the action from the 2008 Olympic Games on Yahoo!Xtra.

Fashion events in the world's most stylish capitals are well and truly underway for 2008. Get all the latest news as it arrives, straight from the catwalks!

Americans have voted and they voted for change. Democrat Barack Obama has beaten Republican John McCain and change is coming to the White House. Check all of the latest news and features here.