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Tutu 'glad' Mandela is dead
Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has said he is happy Nelson Mandela is dead - so he does not have to see what South Africa’s current leaders are doing to the country.
Fran O'Sullivan: Aussie trade deals hold risks for NZ
Australia is on track to notch what experts are calling an "Asia Inc" trade trifecta.
Cat app top priority for Abbott officials
The Australian government used up more than 130 pages of correspondence talking about a viral web plug-in that replaces pictures of their Prime Minister with ‘cute kittens’.
US stands with Ukraine against 'threats'
United States Vice-President Joe Biden met Ukraine's new pro-Western leaders in a symbolic show of America's support for Kiev.
Winds of change as Palmer holds sway over climate shift
Australia may be left without a climate change policy following mining magnate Clive Palmer's decision.
Politician's shocking rant at reporter
A pregnant journalist is recovering in hospital today after a pro-Kremlin political leader in Russia told two male aides to 'violently rape' her at a press conference.
Putin talks tough despite Ukraine deal
Defeating grim expectations of a failure, talks on the Ukrainian crisis have led to a deal aimed at hauling the region back from the brink.
Birthday wine costs NSW leader his job
The widening scandal over the allegedly corrupt dealings of a company touting for big contracts with the state-owned Sydney Water Corporation has claimed another senior Liberal head.
Abbott home with a thud as policies come under fire
The glow of attention and applause abroad has failed to impress Australians as Prime Minister Tony Abbott returns home to plunging popularity and growing opposition to policies.
'They chopped his hands and arms bit by bit'
Minutes before he was hacked to death by a Hindu mob, veteran Muslim politician Ehsan Jafri reached for his phone and dialled one last number.
Switch to green energy and cut down on meat
Governments must switch from fossil fuels to nuclear, wind and solar energy to avoid a global warming catastrophe in a move costing about 300 billion ($578 billion) a year.
Child's question stumps Clinton
Hillary Clinton has so far artfully dodged questions about her 2016 US presidential ambitions from the press, supporters and potential Democrat rivals.
India election: Modi reveals he is married
Narendra Modi, the leading candidate to be India's next prime minister, has acknowledged for the first time that he is married, confirming the rumour that he was forced into an arranged marriage as a child.
Bush's portraits 'copied off Google'?
As a former leader of the free world George W Bush had significantly greater access to world leaders than other budding artists. Which is why his art is so, er, surprising.
Gwynne Dyer: Tyrants face the music with little to fear
'I prefer death to surrender," said Pakistan's former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, on April 1 to the special court that is trying him on five counts of high treason.
Shot priest risked his life for civilians
A Dutch priest who refused to leave the Syrian city of Homs when it was besieged was beaten and shot dead in his monastery by a masked gunman yesterday.
State leader in hot water
Campbell Newman faces a combination of past demons and new controversies.
Neo-Nazis win 20 per cent of Hungary vote
Sweeping gains by Hungary's neo-Nazi Jobbik party provoked concern across Europe yesterday after the anti-Semitic organisation won one in five votes in a general election.
Gandhi and Modi sling mud as India prepares to vote
The leaders of India's two main parties heaped fresh attacks on one another in an increasingly bitter campaign prior to the first of nine days of voting.
Little comfort for Liberals in WA re-run
Prime Minister Tony Abbott can take little heart from the weekend's re-run of the West Australian Senate election, ordered by the High Court.