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The price of raw sugar today soared to a 28-year high, stoking fears that the world could run out of the product this year and next if demand keeps rising. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Hundreds of people are missing and feared dead in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot triggered a mudslide in a mountain village. Audio

There's a prediction house prices could rise by 24-percent over the next three years - but not everyone agrees this will happen, or that it's a good thing. Audio

Part of a Wellington suburb is cordoned off tonight as police investigate the death of a man in a halfway house for people with mental illness. Audio

Auckland police say a woman found dead in her Papakura home was a triplet and mother of four. Audio

Tonga's Minister of Transport, Paul Karalus, has resigned his post following the the sinking of the inter-island ferry the Princess Ashika. Audio

China gave the world Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book' - Now the Cuban authorities have published a collection of the 'Thoughts of Fidel Castro'. Audio

The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused Colombian troops of carrying out a military incursion into Venezuela. Audio

One of the defeated candidates in Iran's presidential election is demanding an investigation into the treatment of detainees who were arrested during demonstrations against President Mahmoud… Read more Audio

Police in Northern India say at least 43 people have been killed after a landslide triggered by heavy rain buried parts of 3 remote villages in the Himalayan foothills Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio