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Eleventh-hour bid to avert shutdown of US Govt
Party leaders on Washington's Capitol Hill are racing to overcome an impasse in budget talks
Obama set to hit fundraising trail
United States President Barack Obama is set to begin his 2012 re-election bid with a series of fundraisers.
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Good law better than fast law, says US expert
Lawyer applauds NZ's cautious legal response to tech developments.
Brian Fallow: US trade demands a real sore point
Govt should beware of US intellectual property demands...
Tyrants' crude tools of power fail as era of classic security state ends
Oil states are, by their nature, undemocratic.The despots who have ruled the Arab world for half a century are not giving up without a fight.
Anthony Doesburg: Cyber war risk is here and now, author claims
Others dispute danger, but agree on the need to be prepared for attack.
Libya crisis: How the Endgame began
For a brief, happy period on Saturday, it seemed the United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in New York the previous day had stopped Muammar Gaddafi in his tracks.
Obama takes knife to federal spending
Americans are about to get a first glimpse of what tight-fisted federal government looks like.
Assange's mother demands Rudd do more
The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has again demanded Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd back his words with action to support her son's legal and human rights.
Republicans desperately seeking a challenger
Conservative Republicans are in Washington to kick off the party's 2012 nomination process.
Assange a scruffy, freakish Peter Pan, say collaborators
Publications about to release books on their experiences with WikiLeaks
'Reagan sick while President'
Ronald Reagan was suffering from the early effects of Alzheimer's in his first term as President, his son says.