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Egypt: Dazzled by the contents of Tutankhamun's tomb
Jill Worrall is bewitched by the beauty of the boy king's death mask.
Sea-lettuce plague cleared from popular beach
One thousand tonnes of rank sea lettuce has been cleared from one of our most popular beaches this summer.
Ganges braced for 60 million bathing pilgrims
Authorities have urged people to avoid dirtying the Ganges - India's most sacred river, yet one of its most heavily polluted.
Contaminated beaches 'getting worse'
Some of New Zealand's beaches have unsafe levels of bacteria - and the contamination may be getting worse.
'Too soon' to set binding NZ target
The New Zealand delegation is likely to leave Copenhagen without setting a binding greenhouse gas target.
The power of Kennedy
Leading American environmental lawyer Robert Kennedy's career ambitions are clear. He tells Andrew Stone his targets are the energy giants polluting the planet.
NZ night sky closer to Unesco status
New Zealand has successfully taken the first step in getting the Tekapo-Aoraki/Mt Cook night sky declared a World Heritage site.
US jet tests gas levels in sweep of NZ atmosphere
American scientists swooped over New Zealand yesterday to take measurements of greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.