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![Life and death in Flanders fields](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Life and death in Flanders fields
The history of New Zealand at war is largely one of ordinary people called upon in extraordinary times - men and women who left their day jobs when their country called them. In Kiwi Battlefields, Ron Palenski tells how one such man
![Memories more sweet than bitter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Memories more sweet than bitter
The firefight between a nine-strong patrol and up to 80 Viet Cong was one of the New Zealand Army's bravest battles, facing almost insurmountable odds. Nearly 43 years later, the men of Victor 3 One platoon met again for the first time.
![Dancing in the Sky: Above and beyond](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Dancing in the Sky: Above and beyond
The first airman awarded the Victoria Cross was of Maori descent. His story inspired a local documentary, timed for release on Anzac Day, writes Jacqueline Smith.
![TV Pick of the week: Anzac Day coverage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
TV Pick of the week: Anzac Day coverage
While many will be up early on Monday for dawn services, for those who prefer to stay in their pyjamas, but still pay their respects, Maori Television's Anzac Day coverage starts at 5.50am.
![Memos show link between oil and Iraq invasion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Memos show link between oil and Iraq invasion
New documents have raised questions over Britain's involvement in the Iraq war.
![Wartime stash of gold returned after 70 years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Wartime stash of gold returned after 70 years
A German-Jewish man's lost hoard of gold, which lay buried in a London garden for 70 years, has been returned to his family.
![Moral doubts over real life Terminators](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Moral doubts over real life Terminators
Wars in the future may be waged by a new generation of combat robots.
![Rift forces Nato to dig in for long campaign](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Rift forces Nato to dig in for long campaign
Nato seems to have written off hopes of an early exit to the Libyan crisis.
![War crimes trial focuses on ID card](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
War crimes trial focuses on ID card
Lawyers representing suspected Holocaust camp guard John Demjanjuk have demanded that Germany suspend his war crimes trial.
![Aussies debate women in combat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Aussies debate women in combat
Defence Minister Stephen Smith has a plan to tear down all barriers to women serving in combat.
![World War 1 soldiers discovered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
World War 1 soldiers discovered
Fourteen World War I Australian soldiers killed in a 1916 battle have been discovered buried in France.
![Goldstone says he won't seek Gaza report nullification](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Goldstone says he won't seek Gaza report nullification
South African judge Richard Goldstone said yesterday that he did not plan to seek nullification of his highly critical United Nations report.
![Abraham Rabinovich: Judge's devastating reversal on Gaza](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Abraham Rabinovich: Judge's devastating reversal on Gaza
He went beyond evidence to condemn Israel, says Abraham Rabinovich.
![From Tripoli to Britain - the defector's escape from Gaddafi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
From Tripoli to Britain - the defector's escape from Gaddafi
In a carefully planned clandestine operation, Libya's top diplomat stole away from north Africa to an airstrip in England.
![Gaddafi troops force rebels back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Gaddafi troops force rebels back
An intense offensive by Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the last few hours has seen the Libyan rebels driven back east.
![Rebel force fears tough fight ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Rebel force fears tough fight ahead
The rebel forces are getting close to their immediate goal - capture Sirte, a fiercely loyal stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi.
![<i>Gwynne Dyer :</i>Western allies driven by guilt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Gwynne Dyer :</i>Western allies driven by guilt
Gwynne Dyer examines the western coalition's motives for taking action against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya.