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Half of Americans believe the recent election did not affect their employment outlook at all, while the rest are split on if it helped or hu...

By Keith Fitz-Gerald , Chief Investment Strategist , Money Morning As a veteran trader, ...

With only two landing places on Norfolk, boats are launched through nifty work from skippers and helpers. Photo / Supplied With only two la...

How long does it take a big, nattily tweed-patterned crab on Aitutaki to come back out of hiding so you can take his photo...

An island holiday can be more than lying on a beach, discovers a culturally enriched, exhilarated and exfoliated Andrew Stone. Tourists swe...

Jeff Jeffarian, an American who visited Niue in 2007 and never left, says that after your first visit to the island you'll be back. Phot...

Despite having to adjust his expectations of an island idyll, father of three Liam Dann manages to have a good time in the Cook Islands. Ed...

Romance is almost compulsory at the Rumours Luxury Villas and Spa, where visitors can make the most of bubbly on arrival, four-poster beds a...

St Clair Beach is the perfect coastal retreat on hot summer days. Photo / Dunedin Tourism Dunedin is cold and there's nothing much to ...

Jim Eagles with a cooked coconut crab on Niue. Photo / Jim Eagles The monster was waiting for me in the darkness, eyes alert, body armour g...

She's longer than a queue of 40 Routemaster buses. She's taller than St Paul's Cathedral. She's as wide as a football pitch....

Kanaks are regaining their land and pride, says Pamela Wade. Flag of the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front. Photo / Pamela Wade Fe...

The end of another perfect Yasawa day. Photo / Paul Rush My dive briefing is less than wholeheartedly encouraging. 'Say your prayers n...

Playing the xylophone in the Ulupaka Caves. Photo / Jim Eagles Darren's question, from a dark corner of the huge cave, was a little une...

Tourists have an easy time of navigating Norfolk Island, which is just 35 sq km, and some local knowledge will help them appreciate the s...

Residents of a New South Wales town devastated by a gas explosion in their local coal mine 31 years ago have started organising a state memo...

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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says leaked American diplomatic cables recounting Arab calls for the US to launch a...

A teenager is missing after jumping into a lake in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore this afternoon. Police say the 16-year-old boy wa...

A high school student who pulled a handgun and shot a film projector as the school day wound down held 23 classmates and a teacher hostage f...

Wikileaks reveals plans for North Korean collapse (AP) WikiLeaks release s...

China 'backs Korean reunification' Aljazeera.net Chinese officials increasingly doubt the usefulness of neighbouring North Kor...

Ring in the 2011 New Year with MGM Resorts International ... The Entertainment Capital of the World and MGM Resorts International prope...

Citing deficit, Obama to freeze federal worker pay (AP) Lawmakers return t...

She is a world-renowned scientist most famous for her work studying chimpanzees. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of her re...

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (centre) warned on Monday that Seoul stands ready to ensure Pyongyang "pays a dear price...

There is little doubt that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party will emerge victorious in Sunday's legislati...

Despite reports of bloodshed and political intimidation, the head of the U.N mission to the Ivory Coast said that the country's preside...

Twin Tehran blasts kill one nuclear scientist, wound another Separate explosions in the Iranian capital Tehran killed a nuclear scientist a...

WikiLeaks chose five daily newspapers from around the world to release the more than a quarter of a million leaked US diplomatic ca...

Performing before a packed audience of all ages and descriptions at the Athens Megaron Concert Hall on Sunday night, the musicians o...

Barcelona cruised into the knockout round of the Champions League on Wednesday after Lionel Messi scored his 150th goal for the Spani...

"Go away Stella, I am holding a knife" An iconic actor of the golden days of the Greek cine...

Somewhat unknown, seemingly discreet at times, is the fact that Christopher Columbus lived, married and even had child (Diogo Columbo) on th...

The explorer, Christopher Columbus, was the son of a Polish king living in exile in Madeira and hid his royal roots to protect his father, ...

Pyongyang on Sunday moved SA2 surface-to-air missiles nearer to its Yellow Sea coast, according to South Korean militar...

The King of Saudi Arabia privately urged the United States to attack Iran to destroy its nuclear weapons programme, according ...

Leslie Nielsen, the actor best known for playing the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in The Gun comedy films, has died. He was 84....

NEW DELHI: After his Chinese sojourn, tainted Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Monday surfaced in the P...

JAKARTA: Ash eruptions from Mount Bromo volcano forced the closure of a nearby airport in Indonesia's East Java province, an official ...

BEIJING: Nearly 100 children were hurt in a stampede Monday at a primary school in China's far-western Xinjiang region but no deaths ha...

MOSCOW: US diplomats refer to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a hesitant leader and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as an "alp...

LONDON: Putting an end to the debate over succession, prince William has hinted that he has "no desire" to become the next monar...

ISLAMABAD: The king of Saudi Arabia , a close ally of Pakistan , has labelled President Asif Ali Zardari the greatest obstacle to the c...

Cancun Climate Conference: What is my carbon footprint? Telegraph.co.uk People are already asking questions about the green credentials ...

JESSICA SIMPSON THREATENS TO MAKE ANOTHER POP RECORD JESSICA Simpson has threatened to make another pop record! The singer, actress an...

December calendar News-Leader.com Features crafts, drawings, live music , free corndogs or soup for ages 12 and younger. Soup luncheon ser...