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<i>Shelley Bridgeman:</i> Male contraception drug a hard pill to swallow
Reports last year stated that the male contraceptive pill just might be available in three years' time.
'Bullets were raining from everywhere'
Survivors say forces shot ambulance men and residents raging against the regime.
Christina Patterson: Sex and feminists' new clothes
Sex is here to stay but sometimes the signals can be baffling, writes Christina Patterson.
Quincy Jones launches new venture
Veteran producer Quincy Jones has launched a new venture to promote music throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa.
Club rugby wrap
Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.
Paul Thomas: Osama lives... and so do the lizards of Draco
Those who don't believe Osama bin Laden is dead presumably expect him to pop up in a videotape any day now.
Hillary Clinton cut out of Osama raid history
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presence in the White House situation room has been removed from history in a Jewish publication.
Gwynne Dyer: Bin Laden's prospects died long before he did
Terrorist leader's al-Qaeda enterprise has been moribund for years, writes Gwynne...
Al Qaeda leader's killing 'blessing and curse for Kiwi troops'
The death of Osama bin Laden will aid those who want New Zealand troops out of Afghanistan.
Editorial: Bin Laden's death symbolic victory for US
If there is a day that a 'war on terror' can end, it might have been yesterday.
Bahrain sentences four to death for killing policemen
A Bahraini court has sentenced four men to death for killing two police officers during the pro-democracy protests.
Britain revokes wedding invite for Syrian ambassador
Britain has revoked a royal wedding invitation to the Syrian ambassador because of violent attacks on protesters there.