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President Obama is promising to redouble his efforts to work with his Republican opponents after they secured control of both Houses of Congress in America's mid-term elections. Audio

An American church leader who has arrived in New Zealand to promote a product he says can cure aids, cancer and malaria is rebuffing criticisms it is dangerous. Audio

The American President, Barack Obama, faces a difficult final two years in power, after the Republicans made decisive gains in the midterm elections yesterday. Audio

Republicans have seized control of the U.S. Senate in midterms elections that have tipped the balance of power away from President Barack Obama and will complicate his remaining two years in office. Audio

More than 13 years after the twin towers were destroyed in the September 11 attacks, New York's World Trade Center has re-opened for business. Audio

A controversial documentary series on white americans talking about what it means to be white is being praised and criticised for its frank comments and some of its cringeworthy ones. Audio

A day of last-minute frantic campaigning is under way in the United States on the eve of mid term elections. Audio

Mid-term elections. Audio

Initial findings at the scene of the Virgin Galactic's spaceship 2 crash show a structural failure rather than an engine explosion brought it down. Audio

The crash of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft appears to have put the dream of private space travel on hold for a while. Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson said he had hoped to be ready to launch the… Audio

A former hedge manager from Connecticut firm, SAC Capital, Mathew Martoma was last month jailed for 9 years for insider trading. Martoma gained inside information about clinical trials for an… Audio

The stage is set in the United States for mid-term elections that could seal President Barack Obama's political fate. Audio

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

Upbeat contributor looks at the work of American jazz drummer and composer Max Roach. Audio

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

On the treatment of suspected ebola cases. Audio

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 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

The Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is appealing to all countries to help fight the Ebola virus. Audio

Cokie Giles is a Registered Nurse co-President of National Nurses United. Audio