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Papua New Guinea's rival attorney general says the Somare camp is unlikely to attend parliament to vote to hold an early election. The Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, says he will...

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O'Neill, says he will move to dissolve parliament next month and go to early polls to end the current political impasse.

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O'Neill, says he will move to dissolve parliament next month and go to early polls to end the current political impasse. The...

Voters in American Samoa will consider a proposed constitutional change when they head to the polls this November. The change which was approved by the Fono last year removes the...

Papua New Guinea's veteran politician Sir Michael Somare says the elections due this year should not go ahead without the issues surrounding the current power struggle being resolved. Sir Michael...

A former assembly president, Philip Schyle, has announced his candidacy for one of French Polynesia's two seats in the French National Assembly. Mr Schyle, who is the leader of the...

Croatians have voted by two to one to join the European Union.

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he will this week release his tax returns for the last two years.

Newt Gingrich has convincingly beaten Mitt Romney in South Carolina's primary election, the latest leg in the battle to be the Republican candidate in November's US presidential poll.

A controversial documentary on poverty broadcast just before the election last year has been cleared of any breach of the Electoral Act.

US Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has angrily denied his former wife's claim that he once wanted an "open marriage". Audio

Texas Governor Rick Perry has dropped out of the race for the Republican US presidential nomination and endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has registered to run in a by-election for a parliamentary seat.

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia says it is not appropriate for New Zealand On Air to stop programmes from being broadcast during an election campaign. Audio

Broadcasting funding agency New Zealand On Air is blaming TV3 schedulers after it was accused of political bias over a documentary about child poverty it paid for. Audio

The British government is not keen on suggestions in a time of austerity that taxpayers should fund a new royal yacht for Queen Elizabeth to mark her 60th year on the throne.

The election result for National and Labour was most accurately forecast by an online prediction stockmarket, iPredict, and not by traditional pollsters. Audio

A leading Papua New Guinea Party, the National Alliance, has split, with a faction leader, Don Polye, saying he is setting up a new political entity. Mr Polye has told...

Papua New Guinea's only woman MP says she is hoping final legislation to establish reserved seats for women will pass this week, in time for the next general election. The...

A sharp fall in food prices and the high New Zealand dollar are likely to have kept a lid on inflation in recent months.

Anote Tong will serve a third term as the President of Kiribati. Following the country's parliamentary elections in November, MPs nominated 3 members for the position of president. The popular...

A freelance journalist in Fiji says it is surprising so many votes were lodged on the last day of a poll being run by Fiji TV to establish the country's...

Fiji Television says it will fully co-operate with investigations into a contest which only belatedly declared regime leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama as the winner.

Fiji TV says it will fully co-operate with investigations into a contest which only belatedly declared regime leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama as the winner. The Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum…

The people of Kiribati go to the polls today to elect a new president after the vote was deferred for two weeks to avoid Christmas and New Year festivities. The...