http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/world/ World News en-au Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Sat, 17 May 2008 07:10:23 GMT http://l.yimg.com/au.yimg.com/i/nz/news/yxnews_180x24.gif http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/world/ 180 24 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gzt.html TOKYO (AFP) - Almost 20 percent of Japanese adults have considered killing themselves, a survey has found, with half the respondents saying movies and television are contributing to the high suicide rate. /080517/8/5gzt.html Sat, 17 May 2008 06:27:01 GMT <p>A girl prays for the dead in Hiroshima. Almost 20 percent of Japanese adults have considered killing themselves, a survey has found, with half the respondents saying movies and television are contributing to the high suicide rate</p> AFP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gzs.html KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwaitis began voting on Saturday to elect a new parliament in this oil-rich Gulf state which has been rocked by political turmoil that resulted in two parliaments being dissolved in as many years. /080517/8/5gzs.html Sat, 17 May 2008 06:23:09 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gzr.html SANTO DOMINGO (AFP) - Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez has been re-elected to a third term in a first round of voting, as rival Miguel Vargas conceded after a mostly peaceful election in the Caribbean nation. /080517/8/5gzr.html Sat, 17 May 2008 06:20:05 GMT <p>Dominican President Leonel Fernandez delivers a speech after voting at a polling station on May 16. Fernandez has been re-elected to a third term in a first round of voting in the Caribbean nation</p> AFP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gzo.html SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea welcomed Saturday a US decision to provide the impoverished country with food aid, saying the move will help promote &quot;understanding and confidence&quot; between the two countries. /080517/8/5gzo.html Sat, 17 May 2008 06:16:20 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gzp.html MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australia's most wanted fugitive landed in Melbourne on a flight from Greece amid tight security on Saturday, more than two years after fleeing his homeland. /080517/8/5gzp.html Sat, 17 May 2008 06:04:05 GMT <p>Australia's number one fugitive Tony Mokbel (centre) arrives at Athens' top-security Korydallos prison on May 14. Mokbel landed in Melbourne on Saturday on an extradition flight amid tight security two years after he fled Australia</p> AFP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/9/5gx6.html Two serving New Zealand police officers and a man thought to be with Queensland Police face charges over allegedly lying about the way a man died. /080517/9/5gx6.html Sat, 17 May 2008 05:41:21 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gzn.html KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwaitis started casting votes Saturday to elect a new parliament in this oil-rich Gulf state which has been rocked by political turmoil that resulted in dissolving two parliaments in as many years. /080517/8/5gzn.html Sat, 17 May 2008 05:24:46 GMT <p>Animation containing 14 content items.</p> AFP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/9/5gyj.html With survivors still emerging from the rubble, rescue teams waged an increasingly desperate battle to find victims of China&#39;s earthquake. /080517/9/5gyj.html Sat, 17 May 2008 05:23:11 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/8/5gzf.html MIANYANG, China (AFP) - New survivors were plucked from the rubble Saturday as rescuers in China waged an increasingly desperate battle to save lives five days after a huge quake killed an estimated 50,000 people. /080517/8/5gzf.html Sat, 17 May 2008 05:18:29 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/nz/news/rss/world/*http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080517/5/5gye.html DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the south-western province of Sichuan to race to save lives, days after the most destructive earthquake to hit modern China, state media said on Saturday. /080517/5/5gye.html Sat, 17 May 2008 05:15:43 GMT