A Central Otago farmer - said to be in the process of brokering a multimillion-dollar export deal with the United Arab Emirates.

Raucous celebrations after Algeria qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals were linked to the deaths of 12 people and some 240 injured, authorities reported, as soccer-mad fans poured into the streets and revellers raced their cars and honked.

This booming Emirate in the Middle East has a few places to put on your to-do list, writes Megan Singleton.