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<i>Nick Smith</i>: When there's no success like failure
Making mistakes is the latest management fad. But will it work in politics?
Bahrain sentences four to death for killing policemen
A Bahraini court has sentenced four men to death for killing two police officers during the pro-democracy protests.
Brash coup 'positive for Act', for NZ
Outgoing Act leader Rodney Hide described a successful leadership coup by former National leader Dr Don Brash as "positive for Act and positive for the country" as he announced his resignation today.
Audrey Young: Audacious Act takeover an issue for National
The way Rodney Hide has accepted his fate has set an example to the board.
Hide expected to resign as Act leader at midday
Act leader Rodney Hide is set to resign as party leader, when he makes an announcement...
Brash meets with Act MPs as Hide stands firm
As Act leader Rodney Hide refuses to resign, Don Brash has met with caucus and board members.
Harsh crackdown on Shia worshippers in Bahrain
Sunni-Shia hostility in the Muslim world is likely to deepen because of the demolition of Shia holy places in Bahrain.
Anzac forces in Timor for a long time to come
A foreign security presence may need to remain in East Timor and the Solomons for longer than expected.
Tyrants' crude tools of power fail as era of classic security state ends
Oil states are, by their nature, undemocratic.The despots who have ruled the Arab world for half a century are not giving up without a fight.
Irfan Yusuf: Witch-hunt has no place in civilised democracy
Sydney lawyer and author of Once Were Radicals: My Years as a Teenage Islamo-facist writes that republican-steered terrorism hearings entirely off the mark.
Belarus: Europe's last dictator mocks group's bid to prosecute him
Lukashenko blasts 'cheap trick' but opponents act over his human rights abuses