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Luxury vodka market grows in UK

'Every time I'm in London I go out to the clubs - you don't learn anything by sitting in your office," says the president of vodka brand Belvedere.

UFO expert 'vomited black fluid'

The bizarre events leading up to the "natural causes" death of well-known conspiracy theorist Max Spiers, 39, have left a British inquest flabbergasted.

Nazi train find could lead to more

The apparent discovery in Poland of a Nazi train thought to be packed with looted treasures could be the first of many, experts have said, suggesting just a fraction of Hitler's tunnel complex has so far been discovered.

Nazi ghost train 'found'

The tale of a legendary Nazi ghost train carrying gold which allegedly disappeared without trace in the dying days of the Second World War has taken a new twist.

Auschwitz survivors remember horror

Survivors who escaped the gas chambers at Auschwitz have remembered the horror of the infamous Nazi death camp 70 years after liberation by Red Army soldiers.

Poles pooh-pooh Pooh

Officials in a Polish town have opposed a proposition to name a playground after Winnie the Pooh due to the bear's unclear gender and immodest clothing.

Polanski questioned in Poland

Film director Roman Polanski was questioned by prosecutors in Poland and later released after the United States requested his arrest over his conviction of a child sex offence.

The etiquette of Auschwitz

Jared Savage confronts a tourist who's seemingly unaffected by the former concentration camp's sombre atmosphere.

Tennis: Strategy makes up for lack of strength

She's won more than US$11 million in prize money, made the final at Wimbledon this year and is clearly the class act of the ASB Classic field, but the world's fourth-best female tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska is hardly a household name in New Zealand.

Poland: Five free things to do in Gdansk

Gdansk offers a chance for visitors to take in scenes of sea, ships and spires set in a magnificently reconstructed Old Town while contemplating the ups and downs of European history, including the famous shipyard strike led by Lech Walesa.