PM keen to hear Hillary Clinton's views on what progress has been made towards establishing a corruption-free Government in Afghanistan.

Draper Daniels, the ad legend who inspired Mad Men's ruthless Don Draper was a 'soft spoken creative genius', his widow says.

Pay is excellent, hours sociable, and you're guaranteed to meet lots of fascinating women. The catch? You are required to have sex with them.

Uri Geller is to sue CNN after it broadcast an allegation he had betrayed his friend Michael Jackson for £100,000 ($216,000).

A brilliant US scientist, millionaire and paranoid schizophrenic withdrew from life, convinced he was being spied on, only to be murdered.

Paul Giamatti plays Paul Giamatti in his latest film, a role which required some real soul-searching.

Kentucky Fried Chicken has apologised for a cricket-themed ad that many see as racist.

Hillary Clinton's visit to NZ this month comes at a time of continued growth in the relationship with the US, Murray McCully says.

She's gone from Twilight teen to holding her own beside George Clooney in acclaimed new movie Up in the Air.

Bombing by double agent highlights vulnerability of CIA.

Crusty Larry David has found his movie niche as Woody Allen returns to his New York roots.

The plan to build an enormous wind farm in Nantucket Sound, off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, has seen off a string of formidable enemies.

A Tauranga man found he had a high-profile namesake after receiving a deluge of confusing political messages on Twitter.

British intelligence passed on to US authorities about a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner - but he was not singled out as a particular risk, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.

The closure of the US embassy in Yemen highlights how vulnerable embassy facilities and its workers are in the age of the suicide bomber writes Patrick Cockburn.

The expensive settings and cutting-edge clothes were gone.

2009 was not a great year for celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.

It appears that Apple is preparing to launch its much-rumoured tablet PC.

Extra staffing has helped Auckland Airport to cope despite getting only six hours' notice of strict new travel rules.