Clarke and model girlfriend split

2010-03-14T00:15:49Z

<div><p>Cricketer Michael Clarke has confirmed his split from swimsuit model Lara Bingle, almost a week after leaving Australia's tour of New Zealand to sort out his troubled relationship.</p><p>"Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle have decided to end their engag...

Stormers close in on Bulls in Super 14

2010-03-13T12:15:59Z

<div><p>The Western Stormers turned in a powerful performance to defeat the Wellington Hurricanes 37-13 in a Super 14 southern hemisphere championship match at Newlands on Saturday.</p><p>The Stormers climbed into second place on the log, behind fellow South African side the Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month.</p><p>Peter Bethune, a member of the militant

New Zealand officials visit detained anti-whaler in Japan

2010-03-12T16:15:47Z

<div><p>New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune, who is under arrest in Japan for trespass, is reported to be well and in good spirits, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said Saturday.</p><p>Bethune, who has been in custody since he boarded a Japanese harp...

Man takes double hit from wife

2010-03-12T11:45:11Z

<div><p>WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife -- twice, local media reported on Friday.</p><p>Sandy Telford ran over her husband, Terry, as she backed down the driveway of their rural property in the Hawke's Bay region, 350 kilometers (22...

Amat leads Spain to fifth place in hockey World Cup

2010-03-12T09:17:17Z

<div><p>Pol Amat scored a goal within 18 seconds of the start as Spain beat South Korea 2-0 to finish fifth in the men's World field hockey World Cup on Friday.</p><p>The mercurial Amat followed his lightning strike with another goal three minutes from half-time to lead the Beijing Oly...

Argentina down India in hockey World Cup

2010-03-12T07:16:26Z

<div><p>Lucas Vila scored two goals as Argentina downed hosts India 4-2 to take seventh place in the 12-nation men's field hockey World Cup on Friday.</p><p>The South Americans, who had not lost a World Cup match to India since 1978, continued their domination of the former champions in the play-off for the 7th-8th positions.</p><p&g...

Best Shearling Coats - Tips on What to Look For

2010-03-12T14:05:21Z

The desire for a fur coat seems to be rooted in two parallel but seemingly contradictory themes: having a taste for something the symbolizes the height of modern elegance and style, and the primal connection that fur coats offer to our great human forebears who wore fur coats to keep warm for thousands of years.<br><br>Fur coats come in many varieties. The richness of variety in fur coats is rooted in the different types of fur available and in the various cut choices. The fur its...

Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship

2010-03-12T06:00:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Japan arrests New Zealand anti-whaling activist for illegally boarding Japanese vessel</div><div><p>Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.</p><p>Peter Bethune, a member of the TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coastguard on Friday arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand who boarded a whaling vessel in the Antarctic following clashes between hunters and environmentalists, a spokesman said.</p><p>Media helicopters hovered overhead as a...

Japan Whaling

2010-03-11T19:32:33Z

FILE - In this file image made off video released on Monday Feb. 15, 2009, by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Captain Peter Bethune, in black, is seen on board the Shonan Maru 2 to conduct a citizen's arrest of the ship's captain Monday in Antarctic Sea. Japan's coast guard says it has arrested Fri...

New Zealand central bank holds rates at record low

2010-03-10T19:17:20Z

<div><p>New Zealand's central bank said Thursday it would hold the official interest rate at a record low 2.5 percent and signalled the first rise was likely around the middle of the year.</p><p>Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Alan Bollard said the New Zealand economy...

dwp research squid

2010-03-10T18:30:46Z

Deep sea giant to live forever… A creature of the deep is being returned to a New Zealand university six years after it left…. but since then the giant squid specimen has undergone 105 hours of dissection and more than 1500 litres and 260 hours of silicone treatment. The giant squid has also undergone a painstaking 12-month positioning process to establish its natural form - something of a challenge given the lack of ...

Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds

2010-03-09T17:16:02Z

<div><p>In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.</p><p>The achievement marks a major step towards drafting the genome of birds wiped out by human greed, although the scientists warn this does not mean an extinct species should -- or even can -- be resurrected in the style...

New Zealand to end crisis-inspired funding guarantee

2010-03-09T17:15:48Z

<div><p>New Zealand will next month close a wholesale funding guarantee introduced at the height of the global financial crisis, Finance Minister Bill English said Wednesday.</p><p>The guarantee, to be scrapped at the end of April, was introduced in November 2008 to offer a guarantee on funds raised by New Zealand banks in global markets.</p><p>"It hel...

Bottled 'ghosts' sold online in New Zealand

2010-03-09T11:18:46Z

<div><p>Two glass vials said to contain the ghosts of an old man and a young girl have been sold online in New Zealand for nearly 2,000 US dollars.</p><p>The sale for 2,830 New Zealand dollars (1,978 US) to a company selling electronic aids for giving up smoking was confirmed Tuesday after auction website Trademe ruled out a phantom bidder who had pushed the pri...

Germany reach hockey World Cup semi-finals

2010-03-09T07:16:15Z

<div><p>Defending champions Germany outclassed New Zealand 5-2 on Tuesday to join England and Australia in the semi-finals of the men's field hockey World Cup.</p><p>The Germans led 2-0 at half-time through goals by AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 09: Mascalzone Latino skipper Gavin Brady racing All 4 One in the first round robin race during the Louis Vuitton Trophy at Waitemata Harbour on March 9, 2010 in Auc...

Win for New Zealand on Vuitton Trophy opening day

2010-03-09T01:16:05Z

<div><p>Hosts Team New Zealand convincingly beat Swedish syndicate Artemis on their home waters in Auckland Tuesday, the opening day of the Louis Vuitton Trophy yachting regatta.</p><p>Other winners among the eight strong field in the America's Cup-class regatta were

New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder

2010-03-08T20:45:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Forget about brandy and bourbon, ghosts are this year's must-have spirit</div><div><p>The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.</p><p>Instead, two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for $2,830 New Zealand dollars ($1,983) at an auction that ended Monday night.</...

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