http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest World headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2012 APN HOLDINGS NZ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:03 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=2 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784387&ref=rss Rupert Murdoch's News International has settled nearly all the cases against the company in the first wave of lawsuits for phone hacking by its journalists, with a new round of apologies and payouts announced Wednesday in a London... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:14:57 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784363&ref=rss A new specialist police unit tackling London gangs has carried out hundreds of raids, exactly six months on from the riots that hit the capital, arresting nearly 160 people.The 158 suspected members were picked up as hundreds of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:08:22 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784244&ref=rss A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu folk singer returned from the dead after being held captive by zombies for the past two years has been detained on suspicion of fraud.The unnamed man turned up last week saying... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:10:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784247&ref=rss A surgical kit said to belong to a Nazi war criminal who oversaw a labour camp is being put up for auction in Britain.Villa Hall Auctions, a small auctioneer in Cornwall, southwest England, said yesterday that the wooden box of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:45:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784245&ref=rss Senior managers at the Times knew one of their reporters had hacked the emails of a police blogger but withheld the information from a High Court judge.Editor James Harding told the Leveson Inquiry that he had no idea his paper... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:40:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784249&ref=rss Volunteers poured on to frozen rivers and lakes in the northern Netherlands to shovel away snow that is one of the major hurdles in the way of a gruelling speedskating race being held for the first time in 15 years.Helpers arrived... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784282&ref=rss The new president of the Maldives is calling for the formation of a national unity government to help the country recover from the political crisis that led to the resignation of his predecessor.President Mohammed Waheed Hassan... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:23:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784225&ref=rss The Republican Party chairman in Colorado has declared Rick Santorum the winner in the state's caucuses in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.That's a stinging blow to front-runner Mitt Romney, who earlier in the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:18:24 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784185&ref=rss Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.But Green, who has died at age 110, was the last known surviving veteran of World War I. She was serving with the Women's Royal Air Force... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:25 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784126&ref=rss A California woman accused of killing her infant son by breastfeeding him after she used methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.The T imes-Standard of Eureka reports that Maggie Wortman entered her plea Monday... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:07:50 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784106&ref=rss A 13-story building partially collapsed in an industrial suburb outside Sao Paulo, Brazil killing a 3-year-old girl, firefighters said today.The concrete floor of the top story collapsed and took down all the other floors in the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:37:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784092&ref=rss Lifting a half-century veil of secrecy, Israel's Mossad spy agency is opening its archive this week to reveal the story behind the legendary 1960 capture of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann.The "Operation Finale" exhibit, curated... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:53:56 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784089&ref=rss He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:46:31 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784085&ref=rss A federal appeals court has declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the US Supreme Court.A three-judge panel of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:31:02 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10783967&ref=rss Leading neuroscientists believe that the British Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons.A high-level... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:35:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784046&ref=rss A US teenager who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbour wrote in her diary on the night of the killing that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience then headed off to church with... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:30:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10783977&ref=rss The Cannaregio Channel and the San Giuliano Channel, which links Venice to its mainland urban centre of Mestre, are partially iced because of unusually low temperatures.Schools were closed in Rome yesterday as Italy coped with heavy... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:30:18 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10784077&ref=rss Dozens of men watched, some of them trying to film with their mobile phones, as young Queensland mother Jane Sheahan handed her son Darcy to rescuers and asked them to "save my boy" before being swept to her death in raging floodwaters.Details... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:30:16 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10783975&ref=rss A federal judge for the first time in United States history has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.US District Judge Jeffrey Miller... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:30:14 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10783970&ref=rss Hear it from the United States Defence Department or the White House, and the war in Afghanistan is a success story allowing combat operations to cease a year early.Listen, however, to Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Davis, veteran of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:30:12 +1200