Police are being forced to take a 'patient approach' in their hunt for a couple still on the run with $3.8m in Westpac's cash.

Couples rushed to tie the knot yesterday, believing the once-in-a-century date will make their union last an eternity.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says NZ won't impose further sanctions on Fiji.

Maori Television insists it is not bowing to pressure over the screening of two separate programmes about China tonight.

A Sri Lankan reporter has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for writing articles critical of the government's military operations.

Chinese government has admitted that two thirds of all organs used in transplants in the country are taken from executed prisoners.

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