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Polls in Britain have closed in a referendum on whether to change the way Members of Parliament are elected to Westminster. The outcome is due on Friday evening.

The caretaker premier of Niue, Toke Talagi, says he's hoping he'll remain as the country's leader after this weekend's election, but he says the island's elections can be hard to...

The head of the Broadcasting Commission of Niue says none of the candidates running in village seats has taken up the opportunity for free air time ahead of this weekend's...

Former Auckland City mayor John Banks says while polls show he could win the Epsom electorate for ACT, he is not taking it for granted

ACT leader Rodney Hide has announced that he is ceding his party's leadership to former National Party leader Don Brash, who has been challenging him for it. He says Dr Brash has his full support. Audio

Niueans go to the polls on Saturday week but six of the 14 village seats have already been decided with just a single candidate contesting. The six are all current...

The first of eight election petition rulings in Samoa's Electoral Court has found both the petitioner, the former HRPP MP Moefa'auo Lufilufi and the respondent, the current ruling party MP...

A gym in Spain has come up with an eye-catching way of battling the recession. Easy Gym in the Basque region has begun offering naked workouts, for nudists. The gym's...

West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker was named England's Footballer of the Year on Friday after one of the closest votes for years. Parker topped the Football Writers' Association poll...

A gym in Spain has come up with an eye-catching way of battling the recession.

The French overseas territories minister, Marie-Luce Penchard, says no early elections are planned in French Polynesia despite Paris choosing to amend the territory's electoral system under urgency…

The Nigerian Red Cross says almost 50,000 people have fled from their homes following post-election violence.

The Nigerian Red Cross say post-election rioting in cities across northern Nigeria has killed many people with homes, churches and mosques set ablaze.

Team representatives walked out of a meeting with the International Cycling Union (UCI) and journalists on Tuesday as the row over a ban on team radios escalated. Most of the...

A majority of people in Japan disapprove of the government's handling of the nuclear crisis at a crippled nuclear power plant, opinion polls suggest.

Turners & Growers has turned the heat on politicians in the latest move in a continuing campaign to deregulate the kiwifruit export trade. It says a nationwide poll shows strong public support for…

The Ratana Church expects questions to be asked at its national hui this weekend about its support for the Labour Party. Audio

President Goodluck Jonathan has a strong lead in Nigeria's presidential election, taking almost twice the number of votes.

The National Party has opened up a 30 point lead over the Labour Party in the latest TV3 poll released on Sunday.

Tens of millions of Nigerians have voted in a presidential election there. Voting is reported to have gone smoothly.

French troops say large caches of arms discovered in Ivory Coast would have been used by former leader Laurent Gbagbo.

An economist says an improving housing market and credit growth are needed to fuel the economic recovery, and shouldn't yet sound inflation alarm bells.

Labour Party leader Phil Goff says he has accepted MP Damien O'Connor's apology for inappropriate comments about the Labour list. Audio

The latest One News Colmar Brunton poll shows National maintaining its commanding lead over the Labour Party with 54%.