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![Actress brands Sean Penn 'a communist' in airport rant (+audio)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Actress brands Sean Penn 'a communist' in airport rant (+audio)
Actor Sean Penn gets an earful from a former co-star over his support for Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
![Chile: Sand, salt and Saturn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Chile: Sand, salt and Saturn
It's the high life with a difference as Anna Leask visits the Atacama Desert in Chile.
![Brazil: Rio's pre-World Cup facelift](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brazil: Rio's pre-World Cup facelift
With its eye fixed on the 2014 Fifa World Cup, this Brazilian city is finally undoing some of its worst urban planning.
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Chile: Glacial beauty rewards hard graft
Stunning views - and ice for a pisco sour - justify a long journey through an icy wilderness, writes Anna Leask.
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Clean energy: A faded shade of green
At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.
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NZ tuition fees among world highest
Tuition fees at New Zealand universities are among the highest in the world, according to a new report. New Zealand had the seventh-most expensive tuition fees for universities, with entrants paying more than $3600 a year.
![Easter Island: The enchanted island of many faces](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Easter Island: The enchanted island of many faces
Anna Leask learns about the ancient past of a lesser-known part of the Pacific.
![Ecuador: Dining in style with the Incas (+recipe)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ecuador: Dining in style with the Incas (+recipe)
Jim Eagles visits a South American nation rich with historical treasures, wild volcanic beauty ... and a wonderful potato soup.
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Under the foreign knife
Expensive dental and cosmetic surgery here is creating a burgeoning industry overseas. While a nip and tuck is cheaper offshore, experts say it might also be riskier.
![Crackland: a nation's journey to hell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crackland: a nation's journey to hell
Thousand of young Brazilians are living a bleak and dangerous life as the number of crack addicts soars.
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The climate dissenter holds his ground
Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.