Second rowing official falls foul of road rules
A foreign rowing official who was caught by police driving over 80 km/h over the speed limit has had the charges dropped.
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Poland: Priest's giant statue is 'world's tallest Christ'
Soaring 36m towards the heavens, a new statue in Poland has dethroned the landmark Jesus of Rio de Janeiro as the world's tallest statue of Christ.
The clear favourite
In a world of spirits that aim to be the biggest tasting and most highly flavoured, vodka has always been something of an enigma.
Yachting: Kiwis lead boardsailing champs
A brilliant day for the Kiwis at the RS:X World boardsailing championships in Denmark.
Gays defy traditionalists with Warsaw march
To anyone who pictures Warsaw as a cold, grey, conservative city, yesterday offered an antidote.
Exit polls: Komorowski takes Polish presidency
Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced Sunday's early election.
Anger at burial plans for Polish President
Protesters say President Lech Kaczynski and his wife should not be buried in Wawel Cathedral -normally reserved for poets and kings.
'VIP syndrome' and pilot error blamed for Polish crash
Russian authorities insist that pilot error was behind the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
Polish President's coffin arrives at palace
Thousands of Poles lined the streets of Warsaw as the coffin of President Lech Kaczynski was taken to the presidential palace after his death alongside at least 95 others in a plane crash in Russia.
Poland mourns lost President, elite
Poland is confronting the worst political disaster since WWII after its president, his wife and dozens of top officials were killed in a plane crash.
NZ offers condolences to Poland after crash
Acting Prime Minister Bill English has joined the list of international leaders offering condolences to Poland.
School issues first national standards-based reports
Some of NZ's first national standards-based student reports have been issued by a Hamilton school amid concerns from its principal.
Man eats winning €10,000 scratch card
Man so enraged crew couldn't pay him on the spot that he ate his winning ticket.
Polish man found alive in coffin
A 76-year-old Polish beekeeper has been discovered alive as he was about to be buried.
Survivor of gas chambers faces Nazi in court
"I am still in Sobibor 67 years on," the trembling man told Court 101. "I still have nightmares about the place.