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<i>Gill South</i>: Motivational motives
Gill South sits down with leadership coach Sally Anderson to have herself pushed in the right direction.

Increase in cocoa prices could see cost of chocolate rise
Cocoa prices shot up this week after the Ivory Coast said it was contemplating an export ban.

Roar power beats snappy ambush
Three lionesses pounced on a crocodile - and a tourist caught it all on camera.

Tunisian clashes claim 14 lives
Fourteen civilians have been killed in clashes with Tunisian police.

Ballot in Sudan for a new beginning
Southern Sudan looks to have voted for secession from the Arab-led north of the country.

Bomb kills seven in Egypt church attack
A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

Extradition request for wanted man
A formal extradition request has been made to the Kenyan Government for a man accused of the alleged attempted murder of his estranged wife and the murder of her friend in Christchurch last year.