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Thai Cabinet holds emergency meeting
Thailand's Cabinet is due to hold an emergency meeting in the face of unrelenting anti-government street protests.
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UK poll: Tory lead widens ahead of vote
David Cameron has increased his party's lead to 10 points, making an outright Conservative victory this week possible, a poll suggests.
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Biggest protest in a generation
Mining bid draws 40,000 people to the street in anger, reports Matt Nippert.
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'It's like watching yourself bleed to death'
Fisherman and seafaring residents of the Louisiana shoreline despair as a vast oil slick approaches.
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<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Mid-point of first term is time for Key to get serious
Nowhere is there an over-arching narrative that spells out exactly what sort of New Zealand Key wants to leave behind.
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Smoke signals - controlling tobacco
Higher tobacco taxes are a first step to reducing numbers of smokers. Martin Johnston looks at what else could be on the cards.
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Tongan official quits over 'interference'
Attorney-General John Caughi has accused the Tongan govt of trying to curb an independent judiciary and attempting to interfere with the Princess Ashika inquiry.
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Thai protesters storm major hospital
A major hospital has evacuated patients and suspended all but emergency surgery.