A controversial new law decriminalising the possession of small amounts of heroin, marijuana, cocaine and other illicit substances has quietly slipped on to the statute books in Mexico.

Handguns, electric drills and mock executions were used by the CIA to elicit information from terrorist suspects, reports surface.

Wear anything, as long as it's your style, says Zoe Walker.

International storm erupts over Herald columnist Brian Rudman's call to "throw another pit bull on the barbie".

Public help identify mystery man who speaks English, French and German fluently but doesn't know who he is.

A US widow is auctioning off the burial plot currently occupied by her late husband - above the plot where film legend Marilyn Monroe is buried.