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Iraq's parliament has held an emergency session to discuss last night's co-ordinated attacks in Baghdad, which analysts say are an attempt to inflame religious and ethnic divides in the run-up to the… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

He didn't speak until he was four, plays rugby and wants to drink wine from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A police officer has been found not guilty of manslaughter in a majority verdict by a jury at the High Court in Auckland. Audio

New Zealand has confirmed it was consulted about a controversial draft document leaked at the start of climate change talks in Copenhagen. Audio

We speak with the Energy Minister, Gerry Brownlee. Audio

Another upheaval is underway for New Zealand's electricity industry. Audio

The campaign group Human Rights Watch has said that the gains made by women and girls in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban eight years ago are under serious threat. Audio

Boosting trade, military deals and energy co-operation are at the centre of talks in Moscow between the visiting Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and Russian leaders. Audio

The heads of the police and the army have been replaced in Somalia in the latest effort to fight the insurgency by radical Muslim militias. Audio

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been outlining plans to cut the cost of government by nearly 7 billion dollars a year. Audio