New Zealand

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (GaeaTimes.com)- John Key, the PM of New Zealand has announced that the Hobbit films will be shot in his country.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Hundreds of mourners Friday marked the death of a teenage bottlenose dolphin who won hearts and sometimes annoyed New Zealand swimmers and surfers with his boisterous antics.

NEW ZEALAND - After "I Hate Luv Storys", partly shot in the beautiful Queenstown city of New Zealand, another big-budget Bollywood movie, a remake of "The Italian Job", is scheduled to be filmed here towards the end of the year.

AUCKLAND - New Zealand Customs have intercepted a shipment of over 1700 pirated copies of the film, thus preventing an Auckland-based Indian video hire business from hijacking the release of the blockbuster Bollywood movie, Raavan.

JOHANNESBURG - A look at Day 13 Wednesday at the 2010 World Cup (all times EDT): RESULTSEngland 1, Slovenia 0, Group C, England advances, Slovenia eliminated United States 1, Algeria 0, Group C, United States advances, Algeria eliminated Germany 1, Ghana 0, Group D, Germany wins group, both teams advance Australia 2, Serbia 1, Group D, both teams eliminated HIGHLIGHTSThe United States won a group stage of the World Cup for the first time since 1930 when Landon Donovan scored in second-half injury time for a 1-0 win over Algeria.