Condi Rice makes unannounced trip to Pakistan, backgrounding Lashkar-e-Taiba; US and China re-open economic talks; Sarkozy's US$33b stimulus plan; and more
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National News Brief, Friday December 5
Interest rates expected to keep falling even after record cut; Govt. rejects Treasury advice; another guilty verdict in Glassie case; Japanese climber found dead; Hore is top rugby player; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday December 4
US automakers warn of bankruptcy if no bailout; Filipino rebels attack government convoy; Rice wants urgent action after Mumbai bombings; riots in Zimbabwe; and more
Read MoreACC's billion dollar bomb
National explodes over an urgent billion dollar “time-bomb” funding requirement that wasn't disclosed before the election. “Ridiculous” says Labour. Who is right?
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday December 4
14 year-olds shown graphic violence by government agencies; Christchurch baby-snatching attempt foiled; dairy prices continue to tumble; is National preparing to privatise ACC? and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday December 3
Thai airport protesters to end occupation as government ruled corrupt; US recession causes Asia-Pacific markets to slide; Chinese property market in heavy fall; Cholera kills 500 in Zimbabwe; and more
Read MoreCanada crashes towards crisis as PM panics
Canada's Conservative government is desperately trying to stave off the vote that will oust it after just seven weeks in power. Taking its place could be an unholy alliance of losing, socialist and seperatist parties whose one point of agreement is that they hate the Tories even more than they hate each other
Read MoreIndia: Global Optimism, Local Fears
A huge country with enormous potential, India also has a long list of "very big problems" to overcome, terrorism being just one among many
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday December 3
John Key angry at $1 billion ACC shortfall; Hercules on its way to Thailand; Air NZ black box on way to US for analysis; climbers trapped on Mt Cook; armed bank robbery in Wellington; Meridian gains access to Waitaki River
Read MoreFor Shame...
What do Nia Glassie's murderers, Mark Hotchin, and even the new government have in common? A lack of shame and obligation caused by being cut off from the wider community
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday December 2
Hillary Clinton takes over at State, Robert Gates to remain at Pentagon as Obama names more cabinet members; where does Clinton stand on world issues?; Chinese manufacturing contracts; Protesters rally in Bangkok; Chavez wants power until 2021; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Tuesday December 2
Government considers Bangkok rescue; Key hints at business tax holiday; Recession could be over next year, forecasters say; All Blacks to meet their nemesis after 2011 World Cup draw made; and more
Read MoreOde To Hunter S. Thompson
Jon wallows in sickly misery and nostalgia with Hunter S. Thompson as his only guide
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday December 1
Answers in the Air New Zealand crash; New Zealand homes are making us sick; debt collectors want law change; HIV on the rise; climate change good for melanoma rates; Andrew Little's political ambitions
Read MoreCanada's new Conservative minority government on the brink of collapse
After just six weeks Canada's Conservative minority may be brought down by its own hubris
Read MoreRestless, energetic, and still learning
Under-appreciated here in New Zealand, 75-year-old sculptor Tony Stones is continuing to create ambitious bronze works in England and China
Read MoreNZ fiddles on climate change while the world burns
It's deja vu all over again as the Emissions Trading Scheme is placed on hold so that National, Act and their business supporters consider the merits of alternatives... again
Read MoreAs the US power vacuum sucks up billions, let's fast-forward to inauguration day.
With the US President pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey while the President-elect gets to grip with the financial crisis, serious questions are being asked about who should actually be running the country
Read MoreAfghanistan III – unfinished business
Phil Goff has left some messy unfinished business for his successors to the Foreign Affairs and Defence portfolios after nearly three years of fruitless negotiations with the Karzai government
Read MoreWorse than death or taxes
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