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NZ not protesting Bali executions
New Zealand will not lodge another protest against the planned execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

Clinton campaign rocked by foreign donation questions
Just two weeks old, the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton continues to be buffeted by questions about foreign donations to the family's namesake charitable foundation

Key: Every country should play part in fighting Isis
Every country should play a part in confronting extremism, Prime Minister John Key said at a peace conference in Istanbul today.

NZ's role in fighting terror threats
Prime Minister John Key reaffirmed New Zealand's role in fighting terror threats in the Middle East at the International Peace Summit in Istanbul overnight.

Bali Nine pair: Executions are imminent
Embassies representing prisoners on death row with Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been summoned to a meeting.

Jane Kelsey: NZ irresponsible to follow Obama's TPP spin
Trade Minister Tim Groser says he is going to assume until proved otherwise that the Obama Administration would not have submitted the bill unless it had the numbers to pass it, writes Jane Kelsey. That is disingenuous.

Anzac plot linked to Isis leader
The men allegedly planning to attack police and bystanders in Melbourne on Anzac Day have been linked to Isis' most senior Australian fighter.

Abbott arrives for Anzac events
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived in New Zealand last night for Anzac centenary events and talks on the military mission to Iraq.

Hillary Clinton sets out for White House
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has given a taste of her policy ideas as she started her campaign in Iowa last week.

Hillary Clinton and the gender issue
Ask anyone who has run for office while female and they'll tell you that even at the presidential level, Hillary Clinton is in once again for a different kind of scrutiny.

Science man slams 'flawed' Govt document
The choice of Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - one of Australia's best known and most highly respected science broadcasters - to front the ad campaign is backfiring on the Government.

Mai Chen: Cultural diversity in cities a challenge to decision-making
I am in England on the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference with 100 senior leaders from 22 countries around the Commonwealth.

Assad forces accused of gas attacks
The Syrian Government has been accused of again using chemical weapons against civilians as fighting intensifies with fresh rebel attacks in the north of the country.

Clinton accused of failures in Iraq
A former British diplomat has accused Hillary Clinton of contributing to Iraq's disastrous meltdown during her four years as Barack Obama's foreign policy chief.

Girl, 10, stumps David Cameron
David Cameron was stumped when a 10-year-old girl asked him the toughest question of the election campaign so far.

Hillary Clinton's road trip to woo Midwest
Hillary Clinton hits the road in a humble van to her first campaign appearance since declaring on she is joining the 2016 race for president.

'Clinton would make a fine president'
Hillary Clinton would make a fine US president, Barack Obama said on the eve of the expected launch of her candidacy for the Democratic Party's nod in 2016.

Melbourne rocked by protests
A large protest opposing the closure of remote indigenous communities in Western Australia yesterday shut down streets in central Melbourne.

Govt denies any knowledge of child abuse
The Australian federal Government has rejected claims that it was told about multiple allegations of child sexual abuse more than a year before it commissioned an inquiry.

China young gun hot on two-way trade
Fran O'Sullivan on governor Lu Hao - widely tipped to be a major player in Beijing's "next generation" leadership - who was in NZ yesterday.

'Gay panic' defence under attack
Pressure is mounting for the abolition of a law allowing Queenslanders who kill homosexuals to have a murder charge reduced by arguing that their victim propositioned them.

Bali Nine pair's appeal for clemency fails
Two Australians on death row will face a firing squad after a Jakarta court rejected their bid to appeal against the Indonesian President's clemency refusal.

Fiji wants NZ ousted from Pacific forum
The Prime Minister of Fiji, Frank Bainimarama, has repeated his call for New Zealand to be kicked out of the Pacific region's main decision-making body.

Bali Nine: Condemned pair lose appeal
Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have lost their appeal in Indonesia to challenge the decision to deny them clemency.