17 Dec 2009 17:10:59 GMT WAITANGI DAY A TEST FOR 'LUCKY JOHN'
VERNON SMALL
Prime Minister John Key is riding a lingering honeymoon with voters. -------------------- The economy and race. Short of a major personal scandal, they were always the two things that could upset John Key's first year as prime ...
17 Dec 2009 16:20:22 GMT Libs look for 'people power'
THE Opposition will move for a Senate inquiry into the availability, affordability and terms of financing needed to support small business, as it seeks to consolidate backing from a core part of its constituency.
17 Dec 2009 16:17:25 GMT Britain condemns Livni arrest warrant
JERUSALEM: Britain has vowed to change laws that enabled a warrant for the arrest of the Israeli Opposition Leader, Tzipi Livni, on Monday.
The warrant was issued by a London court against Ms Livni on suspicion of war crimes committed during ...
17 Dec 2009 16:17:19 GMT Papuan rebel leader believed to be dead
JAKARTA: Indonesian police say they shot and killed the Papuan rebel leader Kelly Kwalik in a raid on a house early yesterday morning, amid claims he was behind the shootings near the Freeport mine this year that led to the death of an ...
17 Dec 2009 15:22:30 GMT RACE RELATIONS Club in fresh storm over turban ban
MP threatens action after Sikh refused entry to community event in his honour
National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, a Sikh, says he will take the Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club to the Human Rights Commission if it does not change its entry rules ...
17 Dec 2009 15:22:29 GMT Different answers from Al and Arnie
I 'LL BE BACK, promised Arnold Schwarzenegger as he left the podium.
And he was - five minutes after he delivered his speech to a clapping crowd, the Governator was downstairs answering questions from journalists.
17 Dec 2009 13:17:24 GMT SPARTACUS LEADS GRASSROOTS REVOLT
Abbott has turned retail politics on Rudd
TONY Abbott is the Spartacus of Australian politics. No longer content to be slaves in Kevin Rudd's victory procession, the Liberal heartland has found its Spartacus and revolted. Most Liberals feel ...
17 Dec 2009 13:17:22 GMT International deal to resettle 78 Tamils
AUSTRALIA is on the verge of clinching a deal with New Zealand, Canada, Norway and possibly the US to help resettle the 78 Tamil asylum-seekers rescued by the Australian Customs vessel the Oceanic Viking.
17 Dec 2009 13:17:00 GMT Religious bombers bring death to worshippers
BAGHDAD: An eight-day-old girl was among five people killed in attacks in Iraq yesterday, including car bombs in Baghdad and bombings of two churches in the main northern city, Mosul.
