The "aid success story" in Rwanda was key to detoxifying the Tory brand. Is that why Andrew Mitchell personally intervened to restore its budget, despite fears that the country is funding violent rebels in the Congo?

“You have a Chicago telephone number and you're a Liberal. Get out or I'll call the sheriff.”

All the more important as an MP from the new parliament is gunned down in a Mogadishu street.

Hillary Clinton on the super-rich.

Georgia should open itself to a full European inquiry into this terrible episode.

Worsening jobs figures, Romney's ad blitz and low approval ratings are reasons for Obama not to be complacent.

Australian treasurer Wayne Swan on the Republicans.

Secret video reveals Republican candidate describing 47% of voters as "victims" who will always vote for Obama.

A simple act of protest that can take on mythical proportions.

Like the Democrats in 2004, the Republicans have over-estimated their instinctive appeal to voters.

"It’s anger at the police. The film is a spark that caused the flame."

Paradoxically, US foreign policy has always been focused on neighbourly expansion of territory without the pursuance of global hegemony.

The GOP has allowed the Democrats to seize their ideological heartland - patriotism and defence.

On stage, Obama spoke truth from power - the essential task of a political leader.