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TPP leaders set 2013 target
Key says no area off limits in trade talks and partners comfortable with NZ's agriculture stance.
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PM has informal discussion with Obama
Prime Minister John Key had an informal discussion with US President Barack Obama in Phnom Penh this morning and the issue of Kim Dotcom appears to have been discussed.
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Photos: Key meets Obama
World leaders have gathered at the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
![Obama urged to keep leaning on Burma](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Obama urged to keep leaning on Burma
President's Asia tour underscores foreign policy shift eastwards to counter China.
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John Key meets Obama
United States President Barack Obama will open Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Cambodia while new negotiations offer up India, Japan and South Korea.
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Audrey Young: US has reason to make Cambodia's summit its own
The United States was admitted to the East Asia Summit only last year, six years after the first summit.
![Deborah Hill Cone: Scandal a tale of power-hungry women](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Deborah Hill Cone: Scandal a tale of power-hungry women
I know shamefully little about really important geopolitical stuff such as the names of who wields power in China.
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Brian Rudman: Twisted world where torture is okay but sex is out
What a strange code of moral values United States' spies live by, writes Brian Rudman, "The only people who will be able to make sense of this warped moral barometer is the USA's great enemy, al- Qaeda."
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John Key on McGehan Close in 2007
John McKey speaks on the problems of the McGehan Close area in 2007 in this video shot by the National Party.
![Salil Shetty: China must use its clout to defend human rights](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Salil Shetty: China must use its clout to defend human rights
Speculation is rife about the changing of the guard at the 18th Communist Party Congress and what a new leadership will mean for China and the world.
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Kerre Woodham: Apathy rules on election day
Given that so many hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers had more pressing concerns, perhaps that's why the election barely registered in New York City.
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Obama to go on bonding visit to Asia
First President to visit Burma and Cambodia will discuss increased trade and partnerships.