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Racism storm sweeps through sporting codes
'Cannibals' remark fuels racism-in-sport row across the Tasman.
Closure for 'Bloody Sunday' - 38 years later
Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.
Caste divide spurs brutal 'honour' killing
A so-called 'honour killing' has stunned India's capital.
Cossie clubs won't criticise Manurewa's turban ban
Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club is keeping a ban on turbans.
Is this the start of a backlash against circumcision?
The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.
Firing squad prepare for grisly duty
Condemned double murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has chosen the firing squad as his method of execution this Friday.
South Africa: Going home
Jane Phare talks to a South African living in New Zealand who is returning to Cape Town armed with lessons learned from Kiwis.
Prosecutors seek jail for Bethune
Japanese prosecutors are demanding two years jail for NZ anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune, on trial for assault and charges after the boarding of a harpoon ship in Antarctic waters.
Anger over 'lenient' Bhopal verdicts
Activists are angry an Indian court handed down jail terms of just two years to former Bhopal pesticide plant officials.
<i>All in a day's work:</i> Discrimination discrepancy?
My grandmother used to say to me before I went out - have a good time and don't do anything I wouldn't want to read about on the front page of the Herald tomorrow...
Sex workers call for 'fair deal'
Sex workers across Australia are lobbying state governments for increased protection under anti-discrimination laws.
Maka says slave claim a shame and untrue
The rugby star accused of modern day slavery in France says the claims made against him are fabricated.