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<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Good law better than fast law, says US expert

Lawyer applauds NZ's cautious legal response to tech developments.

Brian Fallow: US trade demands a real sore point

Govt should beware of US intellectual property demands...

Tyrants' crude tools of power fail as era of classic security state ends

Oil states are, by their nature, undemocratic.The despots who have ruled the Arab world for half a century are not giving up without a fight.

Tea Party firebrand eyes top job

Anthony Doesburg: Cyber war risk is here and now, author claims

Others dispute danger, but agree on the need to be prepared for attack.

'Dog of peace' for Bosnia and Mideast dies

Libya crisis: How the Endgame began

For a brief, happy period on Saturday, it seemed the United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in New York the previous day had stopped Muammar Gaddafi in his tracks.

'Blood money' solves CIA crisis

Obama takes knife to federal spending

Americans are about to get a first glimpse of what tight-fisted federal government looks like.

Assange's mother demands Rudd do more

The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has again demanded Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd back his words with action to support her son's legal and human rights.

Reagan's Golden State' losing its lustre

Republicans desperately seeking a challenger

Conservative Republicans are in Washington to kick off the party's 2012 nomination process.

Security site gets 'pwned'

Iran bans media from opening of hikers' trial

Flashes of regret from Rumsfeld

Assange a scruffy, freakish Peter Pan, say collaborators

Publications about to release books on their experiences with WikiLeaks