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Oil: Opec looking to take action
Oil jumped 3 per cent to nearly US$63 a barrel on Wednesday as expectations that producing cartel Opec may slash output to defend prices countered rising US inventories.US crude CLc1 settled US$1.95 higher at US$62.96 a barrel,...

Rugby - Tri-Nations too long for some ABs

Rugby - Harbour set for Shield parade

League - Parker's boot key for Broncos

Study: Tech unites, not divides 'Family 2.0'
Survey conducted by Yahoo and OMD ad agency claims tech helps bring families together during hectic "43-hour days."

U.S. tells Sudan: cooperate or expect confrontation (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Sudan in firm terms on Wednesday it must choose between "cooperation and confrontation" with the rest of the world and accept a U.N. force for Darfur.

Saudis plan long fence for Iraq border (AP)
AP - Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq — another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq's neighbors into its civil conflict.

Little pressure on Hezbollah to disarm (AP)

AP - Six weeks after the end of the Lebanon war, the militant Hezbollah group is facing little on-the-ground pressure to give up its weapons and disarm — despite a U.N. cease-fire resolution demanding just that.

Aerosmith front man in Hep C shock

Weta makes a splash in Silver Surfer

$20,000 of lost jewellery found in campervan
An Australian couple who lost thousands of dollars-worth of jewellery while on holiday in New Zealand are about to be reunited with their valuables thanks to an Auckland family who hired the same campervan months later.Robert...

Sporting snatch 1-1 draw at Spartak Moscow

NZRU corporate plans shelved

New Japanese PM, Bush vow to keep ties (AP)

AP - Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Bush agreed during a telephone call Wednesday to maintain close ties and to meet in November, officials said.

Ecuador candidate calls Bush 'dimwitted' (AP)
AP - The leftist presidential front-runner in Ecuador said Wednesday that the devil should be insulted by comparisons to President Bush, whom he called a "dimwitted" leader who has done "great damage" to the world.

Russia stands firm on 2-term presidents (AP)

AP - Russia's top election body on Wednesday rejected a petition calling for a referendum on constitutional changes to allow President Vladimir Putin to run in 2008 elections for a third term in office.