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US welcomes new energy source

Thailand travel warning

<i>Stock takes</i>: Good as gold

Commentators welcome Govt plans for 'super regulator'

<i>Cartoon</i>: You're telling me this is a mug's game

Beneficiaries and pensioners lose $430m

The Govt has cancelled pumping $430m into superannuation, tax credits and benefits that would have, in effect, been compensation for higher tobacco taxes.

<i>Editorial</i>: Govt right to stick with Kyoto aims

Only a 3 or 4 on Brownout scale ...

Greece's problems 'tip of the iceberg' warns Dr Doom

Media blast Rudd's retreat

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's backtracking on his proposed greenhouse emissions trading scheme has unleashed his worst demons.

Airlines get EU okay for state help

Rats! That was our Banksy

<i>John Armstrong</i>: Business needs political stickability, not shifting sands

One financial regulator to rule them all

NZ's rag-tag pack of financial market watchdogs will be replaced by a "super regulator" in a move to restore confidence after the finance company meltdown.

South Asia becomes centre of violence

Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.

Crist in need of a miracle to beat rising Republican

Tobacco tax to jump 10pc at midnight

Tobacco tax will jump 10 per cent from midnight, raising the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes by about a dollar to around $11.

June vote likely for Belgium