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>> Leaders of New Zealand's indigenous Maori community have called for compulsory Maori lessons in school after Trade Minister Tim Groser said learning the complicated lingo would help children master other languages and open doors for travel and work.

>> Iran has claimed that the cyber attack on its science ministry and the oil industry in the last week of April has failed to cause any significant damage. Iranian officials claim to have identified the source of the virus, dubbed Viper, but decline to make it public.