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  • Medals

    Man admits stealing medals

    A man has admitted stealing several precious medals from the Waiouru Army Museum in late 2007.

  • Buckingham Palace

    Woman attacked by three men

    A New Zealand backpacker was gang raped and robbed near Buckingham Palace last year, a court has been told.

  • Court coat of arms

    Killer dies violent death

    A man involved in a brutal Bay of Plenty home invasion that left a woman dead has himself been stabbed to death.

  • All Blacks

    Carter: ABs are hurting

    They won their last test, but the All Blacks' pride is still pricked heading into Saturday's shot at Tri-Nations redemption.

  • George Clooney

    Starstruck fan proclaims love

    George Clooney was ambushed at a press conference by a gay fan who stripped off and asked him for sex.

  • Plane hijack

    Passengers freed after hijack

    A Bolivian priest who said he was acting on a divine revelation hijacked a Mexican plane mid-air with 104 people on board.

  • Helen Clark Paul Henry

    The TV host and the politician

    When Paul Henry went to New York to interview his former nemesis, ex-PM Helen Clark, he didn't expect to find a friend.

  • Wozniacki

    Dane heads into semis

    Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki has ended the US Open ride of 17-year-old Melanie Oudin with a decisive victory.

  • Handcuffed woman

    "Gore is not the Wild West"

    A judge in Gore was left slightly stunned yesterday after coming across case after case involving women attacking others.

  • Ellen DeGeneres

    Ellen to fill Abdul's seat

    Ellen DeGeneres is dancing her way into the fourth judge's seat on 'American Idol' - but she'll be keeping her day job too.

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