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US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has picked Congressman Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House budget committee, as his vice presidential running mate.

With the ninth parliament elected and a new government in place, Papua New Guineans are hoping their elected leaders can turn their efforts to improving basic services across the country.

Almost seven weeks after polling began in Papua New Guinea, the final seat has been declared in a general election that was riddled with delays, fraud, and voting problems. Audio

Some mayors in the Wellington region are pushing for a referendum to decide whether there should be a super city. Audio

Friday's headlines: Fallen soldiers brought home; declaratory judgement to be sought in High Court over Anglican Church's plans for the cathedral in Christchurch; UNESCO keeping an eye on Fiordland…

The interim government in Libya is handing over power to a new General National Congress which was formed after last month's elections.

There will be at least one woman among 33 ministers in Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government when it is unveiled today according to government insiders. AAP reports...

Support for the Labour Party has fallen in two polls released on Sunday.

In Solomon Islands, the North Malaita constituency has a new Member of Parliament, Vika Lusibaea, the second female MP to be elected into the country's parliament. Mrs Lusibaea, originally from...

In an international poll of film critics, the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Vertigo has for the first time replaced Orson Welles's Citizen Kane as the best film ever made.

Best-selling Irish writer and journalist Maeve Binchy has died after a short illness. She was 72.

The caretaker governor of Papua New Guinea's Western Province is to seek a recount after losing his seat to Ati Wobiro in the election. Dr Bob Danaya has written a...

The latest political poll shows the National Party still has a commanding lead over Labour and has enough support for a third term.

Papua New Guinea's Morobe province is to have a new Governor after an independent candidate defeated the incumbent, Luther Wenge, in the general election. Mr Wenge, who held the position...

Writs for the Papua New Guinea election have been due to be returned today, but the deadline has been extended until Wednesday. The Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio approved the extension...

More of Papua New Guinea's main political parties have signalled their intention to join a coalition government led by Peter O'Neill. His People's National Congress Party is on track to...

A Papua New Guinea leadership tribunal has recommended to the Governor General that Fidelis Semoso be removed as the member for Bougainville Provincial. Semoso was last week found guilty of...

Reports from Papua New Guinea say that the caretaker Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has been in talks over possible coalition deals with the party of the man he controversially replaced...

There is uncertainty over who has won the Imbonggu Open seat in Papua New Guinea's general election after two candidates were declared the winner within a day. PNG's Electoral Commission...

Another prominent politician in Papua New Guinea has lost his seat. A former deputy prime minister, Sam Abal, has lost his Wabag seat to fellow independent candidate, Robert Sandan Ganim.

A third of Fiji's targetted voting population for the 2014 general elections is now registered to vote in the planned poll. The Fiji government has set a target to register...

Moderate candidates came out on top in Libya's general election on 7 July.

The leader of Papua New Guinea's Triumph Heritage Empowerment, or THE, party says that the election has been well conducted by electoral officials and security forces despite some hiccups. Vote...