Wellington, March 5 NZPA - The bad experience of a Taranaki couple who went to New Dehli to follow the fortunes of the New Zealand hockey team has prompted a major British newspaper to warn about security hassles envisaged for the Commonwealth Games in October.

Wellington, Feb 24 NZPA - New Zealand's top cricketers face tough decisions in coming weeks after Indian Premier League (IPL) boss Lalit Modi confirmed next month's tournament would not be shifting countries despite terrorist threats.

By Mark Geenty of NZPA

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - New Zealand's top cricketers are in wait-and-see mode after their players' association demanded Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers address significant security concerns around next month's tournament.

Give it up Jap whaling dudes! So you sunk a boat after you zapped the crew with an evil noise machine? Problem is that more boats will come and plenty of volunteers to crew them.

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This week's Taliban attacks on the Afghan capital Kabul (which our Special Air Services were involved in repelling) signal the possible beginning of a Tet-style offensive by the Taliban.

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Wellington, Jan 21 NZPA - The New Zealand Herald says it published a photo of two New Zealand SAS soldiers in Afghanistan for its news value and doesn't believe the men were put at risk by its decision.

A Spanish politician was shocked to find out the FBI took his photo off of a website and used it for a digitally-altered image showing how Osama Bin Laden might look today.

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This year's Commonwealth Games in India look headed for disaster. Fears of terrorism, bad food and unfinished venues are just some of the reasons why Aussie and English athletes are having second thoughts about attending.

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Wellington, Jan 8 NZPA - Tough new airport security measures brought in here after the failed Boxing Day bomb attempt on an American airline are set to be eased.

On Christmas Day, the world was stunned to learn of the latest attempt to blow up a jet airliner over the US. The attempt by Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate a liquid explosive on Northwestern Airlines flight 253 to Detroit shows that the war on terrorism is failing.

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