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A federal judge in Seattle has declined to immediately restrain the activities of a Washington state-based anti-whaling group.

The family of a Russian billionaire has bought a New York City penthouse apartment for $88 million ($NZ105m).

It's become standard-operating procedure when a celebrity dies too young - investigators immediately go looking through their nightstand and medicine cabinet.

Irish stage and screen actor David Kelly, known for appearances in British comedies such as Robin's Nest, has died aged 82.

Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth has marked the milestone with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign.

North Korea's young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops - just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.

Two hundred years ago, the first steamboat meandered down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, taking more than four months to reach New Orleans.

There was no title at stake and no trophy to lift but Rafa Nadal's victory over Roger Federer in the Australian Open semifinals has added another glorious chapter to the greatest rivalry in tennis.

British authorities say the port of Dover has been shut down because of a "security incident" and a bomb squad has been sent to the scene.

TV personality and music producer Simon Cowell is launching a new talent competition to find the world's best DJs.