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The Fiji regime says everything is on track for elections by the end of September next year and an independent Electoral Commission will be in place in a matter of...

An expert in transitional politics, Paul Buchanan, says the Fiji regime has until the end of January to announce key election machinery or risk next year's polls being seen as...

Thai protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has called a general strike and given prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra two days to "return power to the people".

China launched its first lunar rover mission at 1.30am on Monday local time. It was carrying a landing module and a six-wheeled rover.

Fiji's Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, says the bodies tasked with overseeing Fiji's elections will be set up by the end of the month. He says the search is still on for...

A group opposed to genetic modification has released a poll showing 79% of respondents want councils to retain the power to create GM-free zones. Audio

Voters in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch head to the polls on Saturday to select a new MP after their last one became the city's mayor. Audio

The National Party's candidate for Christchurch East was absent from a final public debate in New Brighton on Wednesday night before Saturday's by-election.

The latest Newspoll in Australia shows a drop in support for prime minister Tony Abbott and the new government.

The American Samoa Democratic Party says the territory's elections for governor should be changed to allow for primaries to eliminate the need for runoff elections. The party chair, Ali'imau J...

A Fairfax-Nielsen poll of voters in Australia shows shows 57% back repeal of Labor's carbon tax. Only 16% want the carbon tax kept.

More than 100,000 people in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Sunday protested against a move by the government to delay an association deal with the EU.

Voters in Switzerland are taking part in a referendum on whether to peg executive pay so that bosses cannot receive more than 12 times the salary of their lowest-paid employee.

Residents eligible to vote in the Christchurch East by-election to select a new MP have just one week left until polling day.

New Zealand footballers Marco Rojas and Rebecca Smith have been named the Oceania players of the year. Rojas, who had an outstanding A-League season with Melbourne Victory, now plays in...

A community in Fiji at the centre of controversy over support for the country's elections say they're still upset about being duped into signing a petition against holding polls next...

US President Barack Obama says Americans will be allowed to keep cancelled health plans for an extra year, in a major climb-down after the troubled launch of his landmark reform.

Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has quit parliament declaring he bears no malice towards rivals on both sides of the parliamentary chamber.