World World news http://cms.clearnet.co.nz//news/world.html en-us Fri, 22 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:00:00 -0400 Workspace Pagans, partygoers greet solstice at Stonehenge http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/37bead2b-ac66-4b93-9929-40b226355585.html Thousands of neo-Druids, New Age followers and the merely curious flocked to Stonehenge on Sunday, beating drums, chanting and dancing in celebration of the longest day of the year. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:08:00 GMT 37bead2b-ac66-4b93-9929-40b226355585 Rocket attack on US base in Afghanistan kills two http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/d675232e-7027-480e-80d5-94bea66f2645.html US and Afghan officials say a rare rocket attack on the main US base in Afghanistan has killed two US troops and wounded six Americans. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:56:00 GMT d675232e-7027-480e-80d5-94bea66f2645 Lawsuit brings murky West Bank land deals to light http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/0fd0c390-51a6-4f9e-83de-62e9c7afec87.html It reads like a standard real estate contract between a Zionist institution and an Israeli couple. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT 0fd0c390-51a6-4f9e-83de-62e9c7afec87 Taliban gains money, al Qaeda finances recovering http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/522c96bb-9040-4ba4-8830-2d5b27561893.html He moved his finger slowly across his throat, to show that the Taliban kills truckers who don't pay for safe passage through large swaths of territory near Afghanistan. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:30:00 GMT 522c96bb-9040-4ba4-8830-2d5b27561893 Explosion at Chinese factory kills 16 http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/e9f700e0-472e-4b4d-86e5-b73251dc2800.html An official and state media say an explosion at a factory in eastern China killed 16 people and injured dozens more. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:14:00 GMT e9f700e0-472e-4b4d-86e5-b73251dc2800 Grenade blasts kill one, wound 31 in Philippines http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/e50c51ab-9bea-4e2b-991e-0989f9c180b5.html Unidentified men hurled two grenades near a crowded town plaza where a beauty contest was being held in the southern Philippines, killing at least one person and wounding 31 others, police said Sunday. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:47:00 GMT e50c51ab-9bea-4e2b-991e-0989f9c180b5 Australian PM and treasurer reject calls to quit http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/9c5575c5-db08-4dc9-81a9-f9df76398b37.html Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his treasurer are rejecting opposition calls to resign over their relationship with a car dealer which commentators say has created the 19-month-old government's biggest political crisis. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:16:00 GMT 9c5575c5-db08-4dc9-81a9-f9df76398b37 US university honours journalist freed from Iran http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/100abcb7-4d1c-407c-9d72-804248e46030.html Journalist Roxana Saberi, released from prison in Iran last month, has been honored by Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:12:00 GMT 100abcb7-4d1c-407c-9d72-804248e46030 Obama condemns post-election crackdown in Iran http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/5e516e5a-80be-4c7c-820a-b90b7ea3c247.html President Barack Obama on Saturday challenged Iran's government to halt a "violent and unjust" crackdown on dissenters, using his bluntest language yet to condemn Tehran's post-election response. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:06:00 GMT 5e516e5a-80be-4c7c-820a-b90b7ea3c247 Two bodies from Iraq handed over to Britain http://clearnet.co.nz//news/world/2009Jun/df506a6a-d3d0-4162-94ca-98e2b1b6c013.html The bodies of two British hostages kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 have been handed over to UK officials, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Saturday. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:05:00 GMT df506a6a-d3d0-4162-94ca-98e2b1b6c013