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Last Kiwi troops leave Afghanistan base

New Zealand's Provincial Reconstruction Team has withdrawn from its Afghanistan base in Bamyan province after a decade.
April 11, 5:50 pm
Uruguay legalises gay marriage

Uruguay has become the third country in the Americas after Canada and Argentina to legalise gay marriage.
April 11, 12:54 pm
KFC China sales hit by new bird flu fear

Still recovering from an earlier controversy over its chicken suppliers, KFC in China notes the new bird flu scare has had a significant impact on sales.
April 11, 11:09 am
Flavor Flav assault case headed for trial

Clock-wearing former rap star Flavor Flav is to face trial for allegedly threatening his longtime girlfriend's 17-year-old son with a butcher knife.
April 11, 10:54 am
Putin on Finland's criminal blacklist

Finnish police say the Russian president Vladimir Putin's name was mistakenly placed on a secret criminal register.
April 11, 9:45 am
Dane cleared of crimes due to 'sexsomnia'

A Danish man has been acquitted of molesting two 17-year-old girls after he was found to suffer from a rare sleep disorder known as "sexsomnia".
April 11, 5:07 am
Falklands vets given Thatcher funeral role

Veterans of the Falklands War will carry Margaret Thatcher's coffin at her funeral next week.
April 10, 11:14 pm
New bird flu kills two more in China

Two more people in China have reportedly died of a new strain of bird flu, called H7N9, bringing the death toll to nine.
April 10, 9:29 pm
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile

As the world waits for a possible North Korean missile test, Pakistan has test-fired a ballistic missile.
April 10, 6:22 pm
PNG falls short on sorcery crimes: Amnesty

Amnesty International has slammed the response of PNG police to the forcible detention of a woman by a group that accuses her of practising "sorcery".
April 10, 5:47 pm
Student arrested in Texas college stabbing

A deaf student went on a stabbing attack at a Texas college, injuring 14 people.
April 10, 4:35 pm
US father 'tried to save kids' from hole

A US man whose daughter and her cousin were killed in a hole he was digging says he tried to dig them out but they were just beyond his reach.
April 10, 4:31 pm
Trial date set for bin Laden son-in-law

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and al-Qaeda spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, will face trial in January for urging the death of Americans after September 11.
April 10, 1:11 pm
US aides heard lampooning actress

A recording has surfaced where aides to US Republican Senator Mitch McConnell talked and laughed about actress Ashley Judd, who was considering politics.
April 10, 12:37 pm
Killer mum arrives back to Sydney

Despite protests from her ex-husband and Canadian officials, Allyson McConnell has landed in Sydney on Wednesday after drowning her sons in a bathtub.
April 10, 9:38 am