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Hello, Jessica Askin updating ABC News. Indonesia has agreed to temporarily accept the asylum seekers who were picked up on the weekend by an Australian customs ship. The arrangement was made during meetings between the Indonesian President and Austr
The double bomb blast in Iraq has increased fears there'll be more violence ahead of elections in January. At least one hundred people are dead and more than five hundred injured after two car bombs exploded only minutes apart near government buildin
The European Aviation Safety Authority issued a warning in August about Rolls-Royce engines used in some A380 planes, saying that they were potentially unsafe. Now it's not known whether that warning was acted upon, but engine maker Rolls-Royce says
A group of asylum seekers is refusing to leave the roof of the Villawood Detention Centre following the death of a fellow detainee. Eleven men say they won't come down unless authorities agree to review their asylum applications. The Immigration Depa
The United Nations report has paved the way for the Federal Government to take a much stronger stance against asylum seekers. The High Commissioner for Refugees report re-points to greatly improved security in Sri Lanka, and says it should not be pre
Israel says its relationship with Australia will only grow stronger despite Australia's decision to expel one of its diplomats. The Federal Government says it was left in no doubt that Israel was responsible for using forged Australian passports in t
Mining giant Rio Tinto says the jailing of four employees, including Australian Stern Hu won't affect its relationship with China. Hu and three colleagues were found guilty of commercial spying and bribery yesterday. Stern Hu's received a 10-year sen
The Federal Government's confirmed that four detainees have escaped Sydney's Villawood detention centre in the last month. All four have since been recaptured and the Government says security is now tighter. Another 90 asylum seekers will move to Vil
There are fears that a coal ship stranded on the Great Barrier Reef could break up, spilling more oil. The Chinese ship was off course when it ran aground in a protected area of the reef east of Rockhampton on Saturday. Up to four tonnes of oil has s
Theres been an outpouring of grief on the streets of Pyongyang to the news of the death of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il. World leaders have reacted cautiously to his death and the country's neighbours remain on alert. There's widespread uncertain
Indonesian police have questioned three soldiers who are accused of beinginvolved with that asylum seeker boat that sank off Java at the weekend. Theyare accused of helping the people smugglers organise the final stages of thejourney. Meanwhile, resc
An asylum seeker who's had his refugee claim rejected says he'll be killed if he's returned to Afghanistan. The Federal Government plans to deport (口误) Ismail Mirza Jan at the end of the week. Mr Jan arrived in Australia on a false Turkish passpo
The Federal Government's keeping up the pressure on the Opposition to accept its Malaysia asylum seeker deal. The Government has had to abandon offshore processing because of the political standoff. It's now looking at using a range of measures, incl
Qantas and the Federal Government have welcomed that ruling by Fair Work Australia to terminate all industrial action by the airline and the unions after a marathon hearing in Melbourne. The ruling means all parties now have 21 days to negotiate a se
Malaysias prime minister says the asylum seeker deal that his government has struck with Australia is mutually beneficial. But the agreement is being slammed from all sides of politics here. Australia will send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in excha
As more details are emerging about the man who's thought to have organised last month's asylum seeker boat that sank off Christmas Island. Ali Hamid, who's an Australian citizen, was arrested late yesterday for immigration violations. Now a police so
The U.S president Barack Obama, as you seeing, has arrived in New Jersey to inspect the storm damage. He'll be meeting rescue workers and residents in flood-ravaged Atlantic city. A massive clean-up is under way after the superstorm caused widespread
Syrian activists are accusing the government of yet another massacre. They say more than 200 bodies have been found in a town near the capital Damascus. Activists say they've been executed. Syrian state TV is reporting the town has been cleansed of t
The Construction Union has agreed to end its three-week blockade of a building site in central Melbourne and an agreement was reached after marathon talks at Fair Work Australia last night. Despite the agreement, Unionists have gathered at the site a
The Federal Government will introduce legislation today to end the political deadlock over asylum seekers. It will reinstate offshore processing on Nauru and Manus Island. Immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has told News Breakfast his party will su