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US mid-term elections could seal fate of Obama
The stage is set in the United States for mid-term elections that could seal President Barack Obama's political fate. Audio
Alexander Bisley - All Blacks in Chicago
The All Blacks have left the mark on Soldier Field in Chicago 74 - 6. Alexander Bisley is a rugby and cultural writer for publications such as The Guardian, North and South, and The Lumiere Reader… Audio
Simon Romanos
Upbeat contributor looks at the work of American jazz drummer and composer Max Roach. Audio
Investigation into U.S. rocket explosion
An investigation is under way after a U.S. rocket blew up seconds after its launch over an island on the coast of Virginia. Audio
Amin Ghaziani - Sexuality in the City
What is the cultural cost if traditionally gay neighbourhoods become increasingly 'straight' places? With sociologist A.Prof Amin Ghaziani from University of British Columbia, author of the recently… Audio
Lorde's song Royals banned in San Francisco
Lorde's hit Royals was crowned Song of the Year at the Grammys in January, but the track has now been banned from at least two local radio stations in San Francisco. Audio
U.S. tracks, quarantines Ebola contacts
The Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is appealing to all countries to help fight the Ebola virus. Audio
American nurses stridently criticise Ebola protocols
Cokie Giles is a Registered Nurse co-President of National Nurses United. Audio
Miscommunication and misinformation in Ebola cases in Dallas
The Washington Post's Amy Nutt is in Dallas and says health officials are guilty of miscommunication and misinformation, Audio
US Ebola victim's family angry over his care
The family of the first US Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, has decried his treatment - accusing the hospital of ignorance, incompetence and indecency. Mr Duncan was admitted to Texas Health… Audio
Another US healthworker infected with Ebola
A second employee at a hospital in Dallas, Texas has tested positive for ebola. Audio
NZ's inclusion in war summit inching towards a military role
The Government remains coy on this country's role in the fight against ISIS, despite Defence Chief Tim Keating taking part in yesterday's so-called war summit in the United States. Audio
Second health worker tested positive for Ebola in Texas
A second health worker in Dallas, Texas involved in caring for a Liberian man who died from ebola has tested positive for the disease. Audio
The top level military meeting on battling Islamic State
A meeting is under way in Washington DC of military leaders from 22 countries - including New Zealand - to thrash out a strategy to counter the advance of Islamic state militants. Anthony Cordesman is… Audio
Ebola crisis political poison for President Obama
President Obama has been on the phone to the French president trying to drum up more help to deal with the Ebola outbreak. Audio
Investigators racing to find out how Texas nurse caught ebola
In the US, health investigators are racing to figure out how a nurse in Texas contracted Ebola - even though she used protective equipment when treating a Liberian who died of the disease in Dallas… Audio
US health worker diagnosed with ebola
Health authorities in the United States say a mistake was clearly made by hospital staff who were treating an ebola patient in Texas, which led to one of them becoming infected. Audio
US Ebola victim may have transmitted virus to health workers
A Texan health worker who treated the US Ebola victim, Thomas Eric Duncan, before he died is also infected with the virus. Audio
