World News Brief, Thursday August 2

Power returns to India after world's biggest blackout; China calls on US to reverse sanctions against Chinese Bank of Kunlun Co; mass violence in Burma, reveals Human Rights Watch; anti-government protest in Darfur kills eight; France, Italy want more power for euro rescue fund; and more

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Will Hobbit gold lift tourism’s gloom?

New Zealand has been slipping off the international tourism radar since the Rugby World Cup. Can New Zealand movie-makers put us back on screen with global travelers? The Peter Jackson Formula is about to be put to the test.

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Clinton's democracy headaches

US recognition of Egypt's democratically elected Islamist President, begs questions over the fate of Gaza's democratically elected Islamist leaders, how the US forces old Egyptian military friends to play democratic ball, and, right next door, convince Israel to chuck out a report that, if implemented, will end Israel's (albeit disputed) claim to be a democracy.   

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