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Key: Obama likes my red shirt

NZ agrees to reverse policy on Burma

PM has informal discussion with Obama

Prime Minister John Key had an informal discussion with US President Barack Obama in Phnom Penh this morning and the issue of Kim Dotcom appears to have been discussed.

Photos: Key meets Obama

World leaders have gathered at the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Obama urged to keep leaning on Burma

President's Asia tour underscores foreign policy shift eastwards to counter China.

John Key meets Obama

United States President Barack Obama will open Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Cambodia while new negotiations offer up India, Japan and South Korea.

Aaron Lim: The clock is ticking against Israel

Handshakes and catch ups for Key

Prime Minister John Key is to arrive in Cambodia tonight where he will be able to congratulate President Barack Obama on his re-election.

Audrey Young: US has reason to make Cambodia's summit its own

The United States was admitted to the East Asia Summit only last year, six years after the first summit.

Bono, Biden talk poverty

The rise of a cautious enforcer

Peter Hardstaff: Govt climate policy lacks foresight

The Government's decision last week not to sign up to the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol has left NZ's credibility on climate policy in tatters on the global stage, writes Patrick Hardstaff.

Brian Rudman: Twisted world where torture is okay but sex is out

What a strange code of moral values United States' spies live by, writes Brian Rudman, "The only people who will be able to make sense of this warped moral barometer is the USA's great enemy, al- Qaeda."

China accuses Dalai Lama of allying with Japanese right

Rupert Murdoch gleeful at BBC debacle in Britain

John Key on McGehan Close in 2007

John McKey speaks on the problems of the McGehan Close area in 2007 in this video shot by the National Party.

Fiji president sworn in for second term

Salil Shetty: China must use its clout to defend human rights

Speculation is rife about the changing of the guard at the 18th Communist Party Congress and what a new leadership will mean for China and the world.