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![Leaders farewell ex-UN chief Kofi Annan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Leaders farewell ex-UN chief Kofi Annan
Leaders and international dignitaries paid their last respects to the late Kofi Annan.
![Soap from a Dunedin hotel is helping keep Ghana clean](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Soap from a Dunedin hotel is helping keep Ghana clean
Unused soap from Scenic Hotels is going to needy communities.
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Scavenging for scrap in a hellhole
The orange flesh of a papaya is like an oval gash in the landscape at Agbog-bloshie, Ghana's vast dumping site for electronic waste, where everything is smeared and stained with mucky hues of brown and sooty black.
![Ghana's smooth sounds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Ghana's smooth sounds
The West African country's using music to pull in tourist cash, writes Stacey Knott.
![Gold fever returns to Northland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Gold fever returns to Northland
As mining makes a political comeback Catherine Masters finds strong local opposition to the prospect of a Northland gold rush
![Chocolate: Worth its weight in gold?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Chocolate: Worth its weight in gold?
The world could run out of affordable chocolate within 20 years as farmers in West Africa abandon their crops, industry experts claim.
![Soccer: Top 10 disappointments of the World Cup](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Soccer: Top 10 disappointments of the World Cup
Herald sports writer Winston Aldworth lists the biggest 'fails' to emerge from South Africa 2010.
![FIFA World Cup: Jubilation, despair as first semi finalists found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
FIFA World Cup: Jubilation, despair as first semi finalists found
An historic day for the Dutch and Uruguay left Brazilian fans to wonder what might have been.
![FIFA World Cup: Uruguay clutch victory from certain defeat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
FIFA World Cup: Uruguay clutch victory from certain defeat
Uruguay has reached the World Cup semifinals as a distraught Ghana rolled over after a penalty shootout.
![FIFA World Cup: What happened at the Cup overnight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
FIFA World Cup: What happened at the Cup overnight
Nicolas Anelka's foul-mouthed tirade at the French coach dominated overnight news at the WC.
![Soccer: NZ sure to rise in rankings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Soccer: NZ sure to rise in rankings
There are set to be big winners and losers in the rankings after the Fifa World Cup if early upsets continue.
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UK intelligence underestimated Detroit-bound plane bomber
British intelligence passed on to US authorities about a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner - but he was not singled out as a particular risk, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.