New Zealand police have called in an Australian mining expert to help recover the bodies of 29 miners killed last week at the Pike River coal mine.

A New Zealand church has sparked outrage by erecting a billboard depicting Mary and Joseph lying semi-nude beneath the sheets. In an unorthodox take on the Christmas tale, the billboard depicts a forlorn Joseph and Mary looking to the sky with a...

A NEW Zealand teenager tried to sell sexy photos of his mother in her underwear online to make some quick cash. While most 18-year-olds would balk at the thought of their parents naked, Auckland student Michael appeared comfortable with the concept,...

A CONTROLLED explosion of old ammunition by NATO-led troops has caused damage to the remains of the famous Bamiyan Buddha statues first destroyed by Taliban seven years ago, an official said today.

An anonymous reader points out an eWeek story about researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who are designing a new web browser based on security. The new software, code-named OP for Opus Palladianum, will separate various...