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Lull in Bangkok violence for birthday
Anti-government demonstrators swarmed into the Thai Prime Minister's office compound as police stood by and watched.

Gwynne Dyer: Ukraine likely to look west again
Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych had much explaining to do at the summit meeting of the European Union in Vilnius, Lithuania last Thursday., writes Gwynne Dyer.

Abbott's woes mount after latest backflip
Fledgling Government forced to back down over education reforms while suffering defeats in Senate and poor poll results.

Alexander Gillespie: Use law, not bluster to settle dispute
Territorial squabbles over uninhabited islands should not be one of the reasons that people are allowed to kill each other.

Woman looks likely to take Mugabe's crown
Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwe's Vice-President, has seized pole position in the race to succeed the ageing Robert Mugabe.

Education reforms have Abbott on the hop
Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces a gruelling final two weeks of the political year with rebellion on education plans.

Press accuse Obama of Soviet-style photo management
Barack Obama's White House has been accused by press photographers of producing Soviet-style propaganda.

100-day-old panda cub finally named
The most popular giant panda in US-China relations finally was given an identity as the Smithsonian's National Zoo named its female 100-day-old cub Bao Bao after receiving more than 123,000 votes online from the public.

Oz judge: Ban is anti-Kiwi, but okay
An Australian judge has held that Victoria's Transport Department is racially discriminating against New Zealand students - but has allowed it to continue.