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EU lenders await 'stress test' bank results
Shares across Europe rose yesterday amid hopes that most of the continent's 91 top banks will pass EU-mandated 'stress tests'.
Spain reveals Cuba's plan to free all political prisoners
The Spanish Foreign Minister yesterday told his country's parliament that Cuba would soon release "all" political prisoners.
Gorillaz announce New Zealand concert
Gorillaz will play a New Zealand show off the back of an Australian tour later this year.
A love-haute relationship
Haute couture may be struggling in these tough economic times, but there is still a place for it on the catwalks of Paris.
All Blacks: Williams may play in Europe to aid fitness
Injured Ali Williams could look to Europe for a short-term contract in a bid to get match-hardened before the World Cup.
Milan: City of style
The Milanese live up to their effortlessly elegant reputation, writes Zoe Walker.
Artist's special effects creation wins at World Bodypainting Champs
A Kiwi designer has taken out a top spot at the World Bodypainting Championships in Austria.
Russian betting firm wants octopus Paul
A Russian betting firm wants to buy psychic World Cup octopus Paul as a bookmaker and pay him a salary of $NZ7000 a month, according to local media.
Poker hopefuls head south
Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.
US equities advance on better earnings news
Stocks in the US advanced as better-than-anticipated earnings outweighed a decline in homebuilder confidence.
Divers find 200-year-old champagne
Divers have found what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
Forget the LHC - physicists plan new atom smasher
Forget the Large Hadron Collider, Cern's scientists have their hearts set on a new, $9.48 billion, 31km Linear Collider.
Solid US earnings fails to ease concerns
Solid earnings data from corporate America has done little to ease investors' concerns that growth in the world economy is slowing.
Gays defy traditionalists with Warsaw march
To anyone who pictures Warsaw as a cold, grey, conservative city, yesterday offered an antidote.
Signs of US weakness hits world markets overnight
Stocks in Europe and the US fell after worse-than-expected US economic data bolstered concern about growth.