Interior Ministry makes great strides in enhancing national security landscape    MWL Chief meets Pope Francis in Vatican University of Bologna confers on Sheikh Al-Issa Honorary Fellowship in Law    Abdullah Kamel unveils plans to launch halal certificate similar to ISO Value of global halal market exceeds $2 trillion    Emir of Madinah launches first phase of Madinah Gate project worth SR600 million    Saudi Arabia starts Gulf Cup 26 campaign with a disappointing loss to Bahrain    Gulf Cup: Hervé Renard calls for Saudi players to show pride    Oman optimistic about Al-Yahyaei's return for crucial Gulf Cup clash with Qatar    Qatar coach Garcia promises surprises as they seek first Gulf Cup 26 win    Liberal leaders say they have a plan for a new, more effective anti-Trump resistance    Stampedes at Christmas charity events kill 67 people in Nigeria    A man's suicide leads to clamor around India's dowry law    Slovak PM meets Putin in surprise Moscow visit    Environment minister inaugurates Yanbu Grain Handling Terminal    Saudi deputy FM meets Sudan's Sovereign Council chief in Port Sudan    Kuwait, India to elevate bilateral relations to strategic partnership Sheikh Mishal awards Mubarak Al-Kabir Medal to Modi    Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Oscars buzz for playing 'difficult' woman    PDC collaboration with MEDLOG Saudi to introduce new cold storage facilities in King Abdullah Port Investment of SR300 million to enhance logistics capabilities in Saudi Arabia    My kids saw my pain on set, says Angelina Jolie    Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73    Eminem sets Riyadh ablaze with unforgettable debut at MDLBEAST Soundstorm    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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The Tonga underwater volcano that produced a spectacular eruption in January remains astonishingly intact. A New Zealand-led team has just finished mapping the flanks of the seamount, which many people thought might have been torn apart in the (...)

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New Zealand Government Ties Up Two-Seat Majority in Parliament
New Zealand's conservative National Party on Monday signed agreements with two allies in the wake of last month's general election to give it a narrow two-vote majority in parliament. The Nationals won 60 seats in the 121-member House of (...)

05 - 12 - 2011
New Zealand Premier Starts Post-Election Coalition Talks
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key started negotiations with potential coalition partners Monday after his conservative National Party was returned to power but denied an overall majority in the weekend's general election. Key said the party (...)

28 - 11 - 2011
Conservatives Head For Victory in New Zealand Election
New Zealand's conservative National Party appeared headed for victory in Saturday's general election. Although the main opposition Labour Party faced a loss of at least nine members of parliament, two minor parties - the Greens and the nationalist (...)

26 - 11 - 2011
New Zealand Labour Leader Concedes to Premier John Key In Elections
The leader of New Zealand's Labour party conceded defeat to Prime Minister John Key's National Party in elections Saturday, paving the way for him to return for a second term as the nation's leader. The dominant performance by Key's National Party, (...)

26 - 11 - 2011
New Zealand conservatives win but need partners to govern
New Zealand's conservative National Party was returned to power in Saturday's general election, but failed to win the overwhelming mandate it had sought to govern without the support of coalition partners, according to dpa. With almost all of (...)

26 - 11 - 2011
A Big 5.5 Quake Rocks New Zealand's Second Largest City
AlQa'dah 11, 1432, Oct 9, 2011, SPA - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rocked New Zealand's quake-ravaged second largest city Christchurch Sunday following a series of tremors the previous day. Seismologists at the state GNS Science said the quake at (...)

09 - 10 - 2011
Barroso: Europe will come out of euro crisis even stronger
The European Union will come out of the current Euro crisis even stronger, European Commission President Joe Manuel Barroso said in New Zealand Thursday, according to dpa. "Those who think that the euro will disintegrate are not fully aware of (...)

08 - 09 - 2011
New Zealand Soldier Dies In Kabul
The international soldier killed in a Taliban attack on the British cultural office in Kabul was a member of the New Zealand special forces troop in the Afghan capital, officials said Saturday. A statement from the New Zealand Defence Force said, (...)

20 - 08 - 2011
Snow cripples New Zealand in rare polar blast
Much of New Zealand was at a standstill Monday after a rare weather front from the Antarctic dumped massive snowfall over huge areas of the country, closing roads, airports and schools, according to dpa. The South Island took the brunt of the (...)

15 - 08 - 2011
Heavy Snow Cripples New Zealand in Rare Polar Blast
Much of New Zealand was crippled Monday by a rare Antarctic blast that brought the heaviest snowfalls in decades, closing roads, airports and schools and cutting power to thousands of homes. Snow fell on the biggest city Auckland for the first time (...)

15 - 08 - 2011
New Zealand Stock Market Falls to 11-Month Low
Shares in New Zealand closed 2.8 per cent down at a 11-month low on Monday following the United States' credit downgrade. New Zealand led a sell-off across the Asia Pacific region as the first market to open after Standard & Poor's rating agency on (...)

08 - 08 - 2011
New Zealand Hit by An Earthquake
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake Tuesday shook New Zealand's North Island, 129 miles south-southeast of Auckland, but there were no immediate reports of damage, UPI reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 3:36 p.m. local time at a (...)

05 - 07 - 2011
A magnitude-5.5 Quake Rattles New Zealand's City
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand's Christchurch on Monday morning, GNS Science reported. It was the sixth largest since violent seismic activity hit New Zealand's South Island last September. There were reports of minor damage but (...)

06 - 06 - 2011
Qantas Airways gets multi-million dollar fine forprice-fixing
Qantas Airways Ltd was fined 6.5 million New Zealand dollars (5.l million US dollars) for its part in an illegal airline cartel that fixed freight prices, the Commerce Commission announced Thursday, according to dpa. Two other airlines, (...)

12 - 05 - 2011
Two Dead, Dozens Injured, In Auckland Tornado
Two people were killed and more than 20 injured when a tornado tore a 5-kilometre swathe through the northern suburbs of Auckland on Tuesday, police said. The tornado ripped the roof of a shopping mall in Albany, 20 kilometres north of central (...)

03 - 05 - 2011
New Zealand's national news agency to close after 131 years
Awwal 25, 1432 / April 29, 2011, SPA -- The New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) will close on August 31, ending 131 years of news gathering by the national news agency, reported the dpa today. More than 40 journalists were given termination (...)

29 - 04 - 2011
Powerful Earthquake Strikes Off Solomon Islands
Awwal 19, 1432, April 23, 2011, SPA -- A powerful earthquake struck in waters off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami was expected. The magnitude-6.9 quake (...)

23 - 04 - 2011
New Zealand's Christchurch City Rocked By Series Of Quakes
Awwal 12, 1432, April 16, 2011, SPA -- New Zealand's quake-ravaged second largest city Christchurch suffered further damage as a series of 10 earthquakes rocked the region on Saturday. Reports said power was cut to 20,000 homes, water mains burst (...)

16 - 04 - 2011
NZ Quake Adds $3.6 Billion to Government Deficit
Akhir 12, 1432 / March 17, 2011, SPA -- The earthquake that devastated the city of Christchurch last month will add about $3.6 billion to New Zealand's budget deficit this year, raising it to 8 percent of gross domestic product, the government said (...)

17 - 03 - 2011
Minor tsunami reaches New Zealand
Akhir 1432 H. / 11 March 2011, SPA -- A minor tsunami from the Japanese earthquake reached northern New Zealand early Saturday with waves of 15 to 20 centimetres recorded in some areas, dpa reported. Civil defence officials said they could build to (...)

11 - 03 - 2011
New Zealand central bank cuts interest rate to 2.5 per cent
Akhir 04, 1432 H/March 09, 2011, SPA -- In a controversial move, New Zealand's central bank cut the benchmark interest rate from 3 to 2.5 per cent per cent in a scheduled review of monetary policy on Thursday, reported the dpa. Prime Minister (...)

09 - 03 - 2011
Official: No Chance of more NZ Quake Survivors
Awwal 28, 1432 H/March 3, 2011, SPA -- Rescuers officially gave up hope of finding more survivors of New Zealand's devastating earthquake, saying Thursday that no one trapped in rubble when the disaster struck nine days earlier could still be alive, (...)

03 - 03 - 2011
New Zealand quake kills at least 65, hundreds may be trapped
Awwal 19, 1432, Feb 22, 2011, SPA-- A strong earthquake killed at least 65 people in New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch with more casualties expected as desperate rescuers picked through rubble to find people trapped in toppled (...)

22 - 02 - 2011
Whales beached in New Zealand refloat themselves
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- Most of a pod of more than 80 pilot whales stranded on a remote New Zealand beach refloated themselves on the high tide overnight, the Department of Conservation said on Saturday according to dpa. Fourteen of (...)

04 - 02 - 2011
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