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Mitt Romney’s ‘fiscally frugal’ running mate

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Aug 2012

When it came to the biggest decision of his run Romney defied his stereotype as cautious politician eager to please an audience he's speaking to.

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How Obama’s gay marriage statement changes the presidential race

Article Staff Reporter - 13 May 2012

President Obama's statement on gay marriage could be decisive in bringing energy to his re-election campaign.

Anti-Kony activists gear up for next phase of action

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Mar 2012

US based activist organisation Invisible Children have promised to remain relentless in spreading their message about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

Gay Republican bucks party’s conservative trend

Africa Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2012

Fred Karger will certainly not win the Republican nomination, but he has made history as the first openly gay candidate to run in the race.

Brutal battle looms for Romney

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2012

Republican frontrunner faces dirty tricks and a 'bare-knuckles' contest in South Carolina.

Granite State win likely for Romney

Africa Staff Reporter - 6 Jan 2012

Impressive poll results reveal that the Republican is way ahead of his fellow election contenders.

Rubble turned into memorials

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Sep 2011

When the twin towers collapsed they created hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubble and debris.

Contractors cash in on war

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Sep 2011

The terror attacks have led to an explosion of military contracting firms raking in billions.

No evidence that torture helped search

Article Jason Burke - 6 May 2011

A debate over the use of torture techniques to interrogate terrorist suspects has broken out in America in the wake of the killing of Bin Laden.

Is Trump the most bizarre presidential candidate?

Article Staff Reporter - 1 May 2011

With incendiary comments on Iraq, Libya and Obama's birth, the property tycoon has livened up the Republicans' search for a 2012 candidate.

Gabrielle Giffords’s remarkable recovery

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Apr 2011

When US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in January, few thought she would survive.

Eliot Spitzer: Wall Street’s fallen angel

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Feb 2011

While the "Luv Guv" became a laughing stock, have we lost the one man with the experience and tenacity to take on the financial giants?

Cyber sceptics query Facebook values

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Feb 2011

US academic leads intellectual backlash against online communication and social networking.

PJ O’Rourke: The rightwinger it’s OK for lefties to like

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Oct 2010

The writer is angry, as his new book makes clear. His rage is leavened with the wit that has won him friends on both sides of the political divide.

BP faces new storm

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jul 2010

building up in the Caribbean and out over the Atlantic, threatening to disrupt the effort to clean up the BP oil leak.

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special reports - 12 Sep 2020

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special reports - 11 Sep 2020

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OSISA seeks a Programme Manager: Economic Justice

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

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