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Clinton visit will lift NZ US ties to new level
The ground-breaking Wellington Declaration will be signed next Thursday when Hillary Clinton visits New Zealand.
Ads get ugly as US election day draws near
The US mid-term elections are seeing the nastiest TV advertising in some time.
The great American mortgage crisis deepens
After the Subprime Mortgage Mess, the US Foreclosure Fiasco.
Wall St welcomes Fed confirmation of easing
Equities on Wall Street welcomed clarification about Federal Reserve policy makers' plans for further monetary easing to help propel US economic growth.
Donald Trump may seek US Presidency
One of America's richest and most well-known men may make a run for the White House.
Deadly traps lie in wait as Nato takes aim at Kandahar Taleban
Many US and British officers warn that corrupt police are turning people against the government and 'acting as Taleban recruiting sergeants.'
Recession still a reality for the poor, says Obama
US president Barack Obama says he doesn't care that the country's recession has been 'offically' declared over.
Optimism returns overnight to world markets
Shares on Wall St and in Europe rose overnight, after the US Federal Reserve indicated economic growth was still happening, though at a slower rate.
Former Lehman boss comes out fighting at crisis inquiry
The former boss of Lehman Brothers has let loose his bitterness at the US government's failure to save his firm in 2008.
<i>Anne Penketh:</i> President careful not to trumpet mission achieved
President Obama is right to play down the US withdrawal from Iraq.
Muslim cleric reviled for interfaith efforts
For the first time in a long while, the 'Ground Zero mosque' man is avoiding the press.
<i>Editorial:</i> Obama right to turn the page on Iraq
President Barack Obama has brought down the curtain on the seven-year conflict in Iraq.
Tea Party rally caps off bitter week in politics
Last week was an indecently busy political week in the United States, writes the Independent's Rupert Cornwell.
<i>Paul Thomas</i>: Taking the high ground on drugs and war
It's all very well for Time magazine to wring its hands over the wretched women of Afghanistan, but what about innocent children in Massachusetts?
Take a deep breath - why the world is running out of helium
A US law means supplies of the gas - a vital component in MRI scans - are vanishing fast.
Obama backs probe into Myanmar junta
Washington is considering tightening sanctions against the military rulers of Myanmar, formerly Burma.