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Amy Winehouse died after 'Ecstasy binge' (+ photos, video)
Amy Winehouse reportedly died in her Camden home after wild drinking sessions and an Ecstasy binge.

Our hungry kids: 40,000 NZ kids fed by charities
School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes...

Red-flag plan for at-risk children
A "red flag" identifying at-risk children for schools, doctors and police is expected to be floated by the Government.

Making sense of the evil women do to other women
The Independent's Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the shocking realities of human trafficking.

New model army tears its clothes off for 'amazing' Putin
Young women across Russia have been called on to show their support for Vladimir Putin by ripping off their clothes.

<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Off the record
Mihingarangi Forbes' television interview with Alasdair Thompson raised an interesting issue.

Inmate wins payout for hurt feelings
A notorious NZ criminal has been awarded compensation for breach of privacy and hurt feelings.

Siege gunman a repeat offender
The man shot dead by police yesterday had just got out of jail for trying to cut the throat of the woman he held hostage.

<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Sex difference dilemma
There's a perennial debate as to whether certain sex differences in children are innate or learned.

Garth George: Smoke ban won't set inmates free
Smoking - like overeating - can't be stopped merely by the will of authority.

Auckland smokers face street ban
One of NZ's major employers is looking at refusing to hire smokers, and an Auckland city ban...

Promiscuity 'damaging for women'
Emily McKenzie says many women today see sex as something to brag about.