Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital.
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Central Pulse recorded their first back- to-back trans-Tasman netball league wins in five years with a 58-50 win over Southern Steel in Dunedin on Monday night.
An appeal has been lodged against Tame Iti's conviction and sentence on firearms charges.
Lady Gaga told fans she was "devastated" at having to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following threats by Islamic hard-liners, who called her a "devil worshipper."
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to be grilled on his relationship with the press and Rupert Murdoch at an inquiry into media ethics.
Activists say troops have shelled several neighbourhoods in a central Syrian city, killing at least 24.
Prime Minister John Key will attend the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, on a whistlestop tour of the UK and Europe.
Allegations by a Christchurch veterans service that the Government is not doing enough to look after shell-shocked soldiers are unfounded, the New Zealand Defence Force says.
The New Zealand dollar rose above 76 US cents in local trading for the first time in a week.
New Zealand shares fell, led by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, as the company met analysts to discuss its annual results and an outlook that has disappointed some investors.
A Hamilton mum had a difficult choice to make this week. She could afford to buy either groceries or school shoes, but not both.
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Assets sales are never far from the headlines, and always, it seems, controversial.
In 2006, Kiwi children outnumbered elderly people by two to one, But by 2025, elderly people will outnumber children by two to one.
“He's just a big boy, he's not scared of running it up the guts too."
An update on the markets with ASB Securities.
The World Wildlife Fund says we have failed, but the Government says we're pretty much top of the class when it comes to saving the environment.
Kiwi rowers Eric Murray and Hamish Bond have confirmed their status as favourites for gold at the London Olympics.
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It was a happy ending for a stray dog spotted by a Chinese cross-country bike team, on a gruelling 1,800 kilometre journey.
James Tamou is free to play in State of Origin 2 after escaping a suspension for a late hit on Benji Marshall.
DIY fans are being warned not to trust the weight rating given to ladders unless it's clear they meet official safety standards.
Prime Minister John Key is holding firm to his promise not to raise the retirement age, despite evidence from last week's Budget suggesting the current age of 65 is unsustainable.
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Police in South Canterbury are appealing for sightings of a missing, heavily tattooed local man, who may have something to do with the bodies of a man and a woman discovered in the hills behind Waimate.
Australian prime minister Julia Gillard's leadership is once again in doubt, with claims of new divisions within her ruling Labor Party.
Opposition to New Zealand's 60-year-old adoption law is growing.
A former police officer convicted over his part in the pack rape of a Mount Maunganui woman 23 years ago has failed in his bid to have all of his parole conditions removed.
American veterans have returned to New Zealand to mark the 70th anniversary of their friendly invasion of the Second World War.
Prime Minister John Key says he is not bothered by gay adoption but it not a big enough issue for the Government to focus on.
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The jury in the George Gwaze murder trial has been allowed to go home for the night and will resume deliberations tomorrow.
A student has been arrested following an incident involving an imitation plastic pistol at Paeroa College.
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Two people are dead after a crash between a car and a truck on State Highway 3 in Taranaki.
The cost of going green is preventing New Zealand businesses from embracing cleantech solutions, according to a report.
The father of a man killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has hanged himself after two decades of failed attempts to seek government redress.
Aaron Smith is soaking up All Blacks training camp but the Highlanders halfback has more than half an eye on the Crusaders.
Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing in the US, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it.
Families who lost loved ones in the Christchurch earthquake are set to get a second $10,000 grant from the Red Cross.
A team of archaeologists working in Pachacamac discovered a 1,000-year-old tomb with over 70 remains, many of them children.
Police are crediting a Dunedin teenager with quick thinking which helped save lives, after a water rescue off Otago Peninsula last night.
The 45-year-old man accused of murdering a Hastings man has been found mentally unfit to stand trial and will be detained in a care facility.
Crowds gathered along San Francisco's waterfront, while San Francisco Bay was crowded with pleasure boats, tug boats and other vessels as the city celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into a deep North Canterbury lake has been found, but there's no sign of the pilot.
Three small tiger cubs have become the main attraction at a small zoo in Abony, 90km east of the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
A disgruntled Kiwi living in southwest New South Wales has been charged after losing his cool over a local TV ad poking fun at the New Zealand accent.
Budget documents show a cut in funding for economic development programmes despite an increase for science and innovation, Labour says.
Smokers may actually be contributing to the government's coffers because they die earlier and don't collect as much superannuation, a Treasury report suggests.
"We don't want to be that team after the World Cup which doesn't start too well ... we can't go into a game resting on last year's laurels."
Wallabies captain James Horwill and backline star Kurtley Beale have both been ruled out of Australia's four June tests.
Actor Dominic West was the toast of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts TV Awards on Sunday after scoring a top prize for his creepy portrayal of serial killer Fred West.
Jessica Biel and her fiance Justin Timberlake toasted their upcoming nuptials during a lavish engagement party in California on Saturday.
A teacher backlash and widespread concern among parents is behind the Government's decision to reconsider bigger class sizes, Labour says.
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Emma Thompson ensured Alice Eve's portrayal of her Men in Black character was spot-on in the movie's new sequel by inviting the emerging actress to her home for a meeting.
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Fog has severely disrupted flights in and out of Auckland Airport....
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