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Survivors: 'We were sitting ducks'
Survivors of Norway's massacre tell horrific stories of their camp mates being picked off one by one as they ran from hiding places as he drew near. The Herald on Sunday spoke to one survivor, who..

Kiwi still missing after massacre
A New Zealand girl believed to have been on the island of Utoeya when a man shot dead more than 80 people yesterday was still missing late last night. The unnamed girl's mother was in Norway and was desperate for news.

Paul Thomas: Trivial story with no sex and no intrigue
Three good, non-sinister reasons why young foreign tourists would want to hasten their departure

All pain, no gain for hip patients
An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.

World markets rise as momentum grows in debt talks
World markets were up overnight, as positive debt reports came out of the United States and Europe.

<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> In memory of Princess Diana
I visited the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain one Saturday in June.

Europe: Brooke Fraser's speaking their language
Brooke Fraser hochster Neu-Einstieg in die Charts. That's right, the lovely Kiwi songstress "is the highest new entry in the German charts" and her third album, Flags, has sent the European world a-Twitter.

New twist in DSK affair
The mother of the French woman who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape has told police she also had a "violent" sexual encounter with him.

Cheryl Cole's ex begged for a nude photo of model - report
Cheryl Cole's ex-husband Ashley Cole begged a lingerie model to send him a nude photo just days before the couple reunited.

Iceland: Destination with a touch of chic
Iceland, settled by Vikings and their slaves more than a thousand years ago, is a surprisingly chic, switched-on place, writes Denis Peters.

Aust to help fund WWI museum expansion
Australia will help fund a World War I museum in Belgium that houses artefacts from a battlefield where more than 11,000 diggers died.

England: Fine home for a bear of little brain
Ashdown Forest is one of Britain's many literary haunts, writes Robert McCrum.

Bruni-Sarkozy doesn't know baby's gender
France's pregnant first lady tells a newspaper: 'There are things that are better kept secret.'

France: The answer to ageing well
Centuries old tunnels make excellent wine cellars, PK Stowers explains.

Greece: Pure notes of healing sanctuary
The theatre acoustics are fit for the gods at the birthplace of Apollo's son, writes Jim Eagles.

Bryan Gould: The day I lunched with Rupert Murdoch
Press baron's real danger lies in his blatant influence on politicians and global economic policies, writes Bryan Gould