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How did imported butter become cheaper than NZ butter?
Company that imports Petit Normand explains why French cost less than Fonterra.
NZ butter making its mark globally
Anchor butter is a familiar sight on New Zealand supermarket shelves, but in far-flung Azerbaijan, they are eating it too.
Granny brings down internet
Usually when there are internet problems in former Soviet countries, people suspect nefarious government interference.
Mysterious Caspian Sea stirs the imagination
There are vast oil reserves under the Caspian and swimming in its waters are giant caviar-bearing beluga sturgeon.
Caspian adventures
There are vast oil reserves under the Caspian and swimming in its waters are giant caviar-bearing beluga sturgeon. Both riches have been the subject of disputes between the nations that claim a share of the Caspian and some of these disagreements centre on just how one defines these waters - as international ocean waters or inland sea or lake?
Baku: Money oozes from oil boom city
Officially autumn is here but it is 35C outside and the Caspian Sea is limpid, shimmering in the heat.