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Shutter opens on the full spectrum of colour photography's history

Noriega to avoid justice at home

Supermarkets swept away as rulers act to protect farmers and traders

Samarkand gets 'theme park' makeover

Tooth clue to solving human origin puzzle

King memorial dream goes bad after Chinese gets job

Chill wind blows toward new Cold War

Grieving father says there's 'ice water' in royals' veins

What is a lunar eclipse?

<i>Peter Popham:</i> Futile battle to make time stand still

Vietnam vets finally get their due

Angkor Wat: Science reveals lost city's glory

The huge sandstone temples of Angkor Wat, built nearly 1000 years ago and unearthed from the Cambodian jungle last century, are considered one of man's most outstanding architectural achievements.

Bomber pilot remembers heavy skies, heavy heart

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> We are lucky living in relative stability

Passionately pushing New Zealand

Och aye, it's Scotland's turn for Te Papa glory

NZ Vietnam vets missing out on $40,000 defoliant payouts

Cultural glue that binds India's fragmented people