By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 07 March 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard says his government will watch closely to see how India and the United States work out the details of their groundbreaki

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 11 July 2006 A new Vietnamese regulation is designed to prevent young users from spending endless hours on on-line games. But gaming companies say enforcing such limits is difficult, and it is not clear how serious the gover

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By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 20 March 2008 Stock markets in Asia remain jittery, with fears of a U.S. recession continuing to cause major market fluctuation. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, financial analysts say that this may be the beginning o

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 November 2006 New Zealand soldiers patrol grounds of Fua'amotu Airport upon their arrival to Nuku'alofa, Tonga, Nov. 18, 2006 Australia and New Zealand have sent troops and police officers to yet another troubled South Pacif

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By David McAlary Washington 24 August 2006 Pluto is no longer a planet. The world's top group of astronomers, the International Astronomical Union, has stripped Pluto of the status it has held since its discovery 76 years ago. The body decided that,

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 29 August 2007 Turkey's new President Abdullah Gul, foreground, arrives for a graduation ceremony at the Military Medical Academy in Ankara, 29 Aug 2007 Turkey's new president Abdullah Gul has approved the new cabinet submitt

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 April 2006 Residents watch the smoke rise in Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 after a night of rioting in the aftermath of the election of Snyde

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Australia's worst drought in 100 years is showing signs of easing. While much of the continent remains gripped by dry conditions, the Bureau of Meteorology says in 2008 some regions received a much-needed drenching, easing the arid conditions that h

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The Australian government is facing mounting opposition to its pioneering carbon trading scheme after it unveiled legislation it hopes to pass by the middle of this year. Australia is proposing what could be the most sweeping cap-and-trade system in

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In a bid to protect Australian jobs, the number of skilled migrants allowed into the country is being cut. It is the first time in a decade that the intake has been reduced. The decision to cut the number of immigrants comes as pressure mounts on th

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 17 May 2007 In the troubled Somali capital, Mogadishu, security has been tightened, following a bombing that targeted the country's interim Prime Minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi. The prime minister was unharmed, and there have been

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 March 2006 Australian troops serving in Iraq are to stay on for another year. The announcement was made by the Australian Defense Minister, Brendan Nelson, during a surprise v

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 02 August 2006 watch Castro Health report For the first time in nearly 48 years, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has relinquished absolute power as president of the communist nation. Castro's faltering health forced the

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 04 September 2006 watch Orion report The U.S. National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) has picked the aerospace company Lockheed Martin to build the next generation spacecraft that will return man to the moo

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Forty years ago today was our worst tragedy at sea in living memory. The inter-island ferry, the Wahine, with 734 passengers, struck rocks in the Wellington harbour and sank. 51 people died. This was the Easter holiday and many people were travelling

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cBy Scott Bobb Soweto 05 March 2007 watch Vaccine report Researchers in South Africa have launched trials of a promising vaccine they hope will help prevent the spread of the deadly HIV/AIDS virus. Three thousand volunteers are being injected with t

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney, Australia 09 September 2007 APEC leaders stand behind AustralianPM John Howard as he delivers APEC final declaration at the close of their weekend summit in Sydney, Australia, 09 Sep 2007 The 21 leaders of the Asia Pac

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By Al Pessin Washington 12 June 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. President Bush says he will try to work with Congr

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 05 July 2007 Australian troops aboard an armoured personnel vehicle pass by a checkpoint guarded by an Iraqi policeman at a junction near the Australian embassy in Baghdad (File) Australia has admitted for the first time that se

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After five days of often bitter debate, the Iranian parliament has approved 18 out of 21 of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's Cabinet picks. The candidate for defense minister won overwhelming approval, despite accusations of involvement in a 1994 bom

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