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News MORE than 150 passengers and crew have been evacuated from a Boeing 777, which caught fire on the tarmac at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

News IT was an ordinary day in Upper Hutt until the gunshots rang out. Armed with a high-powered rifle, a man in his 20s made his way to McDonald's on Main Street.

News THE son of a New Zealand resort owner living in Vanuatu has been charged with murdering a local in what police describe as a vicious, drunken fight over a girl.

News NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key has rejected claims this morning the government is opening the gates to extra Syrian refugees.

News YOUNG people sent to a state-run boot camp on Great Barrier Island off New Zealand were made to dig what they were told would be their own graves.

Celebrity CAITLYN Jenner allegedly violated a vehicular manslaughter law in a fatal car crash in February.

News COLD Chisel frontman and Australian rock star Jimmy Barnes was among the many tourists near the Hindu shrine when the bomb went off.

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News A BOMB exploded at a popular shrine in central Bangkok during evening rush hour Monday, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 100.

Offbeat A JOGGER taunted with fat jokes by a passing motorist has had the last laugh after her gutsy comeback was shared by thousands on Facebook.

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