In August 2009, Charles Burnett III smashed the 100 year-old world land speed record for a steam-powered car by clocking an average of 139.8mph over the measured mile at Edwards Air Force Base, California....
New Zealand started the tour with a bang as the hosts cruised to a comprehensive seven wicket victory over India in the first T20 match of the series.Brendon McCullum’s half centurion stand proved to India’s...
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With the help from tail-enders India was able to score 162 despite initial setbacks. Earlier host captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to field against India in the first Twenty20 international at...
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Pakistan will take Sri Lanka on Saturday here at Karachi for the 1st Test Match. This is first time that Pakistan will host test match after the long gap of 14 Months. Most of series in Pakistan including Champions Trophy was taken out due to security reasons in the...
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What an amazing display of batting from Sarwan and Ramdin to clinch a thrilling victory. West Indies were never in control of the match, losing wickets at regular intervals, until Sarwan and Ramdin put together a match winning stand of 48 runs to steer West Indies to victory...
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While Holidaying in Mussoorie, most tourists miss out on the famous historical landmark called Christchurch. It is situated near Kasmanda Palace, now a heritage hotel near Library Point. Completed on 16 May 1836,...
He may be the first person in the world to own the new sought-after Apple iPhone, but all Jonny Gladwell wanted to do yesterday morning was go to bed. " The 22-year-old AUT physiotherapy student had camped...
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Many cities across the world turned off the lights for an hour to mark Earth Hour, but a few communities stayed lit, some celebrating the event with concerts and gas-powered zeppelins (I kid you not), others...
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JUST 24 hours after two pilots were stabbed in their cockpit over Christchurch, I boarded a plane at our largest airport with a knife and a fake revolver
Nervously arriving at Auckland Airport yesterday for the 10.30am Air New Zealand flight to Napier, I expected to...
"Scientists in New Zealand and Japan
have created a "tear-free" onion using biotechnology to switch off the
gene behind the enzyme that makes us cry, one of the leading
researchers said Friday. The discovery could signal an end to one of cooking's eternal puzzles: why does...
"Sprinkler prank caused nearly $200,000 damage
Christchurch’s Holy Grail sports bar and its insurers may have have to take civil action to get full payment for nearly $200,000 damage caused when a drunken student set off a sprinkler.
Hayden Niels Nikolaison, 19, has...
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"Website opens archives
Hundreds of reports on proceedings at the Christchurch Court House over the last two years are being opened up for the Court News website archives.
The reports have been stored from freelance reporting at the Christchurch courts but now they are being...
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For strange reasons likely known only to New Zealanders, this is the second time that a group of raging drunk santas have wreaked havoc in public just in time for the holidays.The first occurred in Aukland back in...
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Hightened border security may be a pain for air travellers but it means big business opportunities for IT firms. For one global supplier of Government security systems - Hewlett-Packard - software development work by its staff in New Zealand is helping it win international...
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