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All Black mania lifted a notch as final preparations began yesterday for the biggest game in New Zealand rugby history.

Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott have a new baby girl.

Afghanistan's intelligence agency says it has thwarted a plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai after arresting a bodyguard and five people with links to the Haqqani network and al-Qaeda.

Manila emergency services and residents are cleaning up and restoring electricity after a powerful typhoon unleashed floodwaters that killed at least 18 people and sent huge waves crashing over seawalls.

Tonga coach Isitolo Maka has named the following team to play New Zealand in their World Cup Pool A clash at Eden Park on Friday.

Michael Jackson's former doctor faces a tough challenge clearing himself of involuntary manslaughter charges in the pop star's death as his trial, which promises to avoid many dark aspects of Jackson's life, begins with jury selection due this week.

Three members of an ABC news team are feared dead in a helicopter crash at Lake Eyre in South Australia.

The emperor penguin who became world famous when he washed up on a Kapiti Coast beach in June will return home at the end of this month.

A 59-year-old coal miner suffered an apparent heart attack and died while underground in the Roa Mine on the West Coast yesterday morning.

Adidas' public relations disaster spiralled further out of control last night, with the global sport giant cancelling a glitzy party tonight to celebrate the All Blacks.