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Republicans in a lather over potential elevation of Rice
Washington can move in mysterious ways, but rarely more strangely than now: just why are Republicans so dead set on scuppering Susan Rice?
Key in Burma: The Herald interview
As John Key wraps up an important Burma visit, he talks to Herald Political Editor Audrey Young about what he's learned and seen.
John Key meets with Aung San Suu Kyi at Burma
Prime Minister John Key meets with Aung San Suu Kyi at Naypyitaw which is the capital of the South East Asian nation. Mr Key is the first New Zealand Prime Minister to visit the country.
Suu Kyi thanks NZ for support
Burma's Democracy leader, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has thanked New Zealanders for their support in the democracy movement.
Burma turns on the dazzle
Burma's capital Naypyidaw turned on an extraordinary welcome for Prime Minister John Key's visit - the first by a New Zealand leader.
Key makes history barefoot in Burma
John Key began the first visit of a New Zealand Prime Minister to Burma literally walking in Barack Obama's footsteps.
TPP leaders set 2013 target
Key says no area off limits in trade talks and partners comfortable with NZ's agriculture stance.
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.
Photos: Key meets Obama
World leaders have gathered at the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Obama urged to keep leaning on Burma
President's Asia tour underscores foreign policy shift eastwards to counter China.
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.
Handshakes and catch ups for Key
Prime Minister John Key is to arrive in Cambodia tonight where he will be able to congratulate President Barack Obama on his re-election.
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
I know shamefully little about really important geopolitical stuff such as the names of who wields power in China.
Peter Hardstaff: Govt climate policy lacks foresight
The Government's decision last week not to sign up to the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol has left NZ's credibility on climate policy in tatters on the global stage, writes Patrick Hardstaff.
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."