Chinese man of many names charged in New Zealand
Wellington - A Chinese businessman said to be friendly with a number of New Zealand members of parliament has been arrested and charged with immigration and passport offences, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Yong Ming Yan - also known as Bill Liu, ...
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Australia's Rudd sets agenda for Asia/Europe trip
Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday that the crucial Copenhagen talks on climate change in December would feature heavily in a trip to Malaysia and Europe. Rudd kicks off his six-day trip Monday in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian ca...
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Australians entranced by rejected baby koala
Sydney - A koala rejected by her mother because twins are unusual in Australia's most famous marsupial is flourishing at a Melbourne wildlife sanctuary, news reports said Friday. Kailla is only the fourth koala known to have been abandoned because a ...
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Jack and Mia beat Bekam and Bodelle in boring Australia
Sydney - Hands shoot up in Australian classrooms when you call out Jack, Josh, William and Lachlan - or Mia, Chloe, Isabella and Charlotte. These hardy annuals again took the top spots when a list of the 100 most popular baby names in 2008 was releas...
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Shrinking Australian town goes for growth
Sydney - Fewer people live in the Australian country town of Wycheproof than there are words on its website. But an innovative marketing programme is set to inject the plucky farming community with new blood and ensure its survival, the town's chief ...
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Real men prefer the girl next door
Sydney - The average Australian woman wants to be 15 kilos lighter, a recent survey of 2,000 women found. The average Australian man, by contrast, is likely to want them to stay just the way they are. ...
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Someone has to do it: 'Best job' Brit starts work
Sydney - Spare a thought for Germany's Mirjam Novak, who last month came so close to winning the best job in the world as the semi-idle caretaker of a paradise island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Unlucky Novak was not back in the heavy indust...
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Fiji regime extends emergency powers to year's end
Wellington - Fiji's military regime has extended emergency powers, which ban political meetings and criticism of the government, until the end of the year, according to reports from the capital Suva on Thursday. The powers were imposed in April after...
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Lucky driver landed in swimming pool
Sydney - An Australian drunk who drove into a backyard swimming pool in Perth was saved from drowning by householders awakened by the almighty splash, new reports said Wednesday. The car was submerged when we got to it and he had to be pulled out by...
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