Democracy is getting a fighting chance in Tonga writes Audrey Young.

Jim Anderton seems to have made it his personal mission to end the life-and-death lottery that working in underground mines has entailed.

The ACC will ensure money is the least of the worries for the families of the Pike River 29, says ACC Minister Nick Smith.

The Labour Party has signalled a willingness to allow private capital into state-owned enterprises - at the subsidiary level.

Pro-democracy leader 'Akilisi Pohiva will today discuss forming a new government after Tonga's first democratic elections.

A series of high-level inquiries will be held into the Pike River mine tragedy as the families of the miners demand answers.

African 'warlord' Jean-Pierre Bemba of Congo is facing a war crimes tribunal.