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Australian jailed for drugs in Cambodia
Phnom Penh - An Australian man has been convicted of attempting to smuggle methamphetamines out of Cambodia and jailed for six years, a judge said Wednesday. Judge Chan Madina of Phnom Penh Municipal Court said Simon Peter Conway, 50, pleaded guilty ...

[Posted on : 2008-07-09 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Dozens arrested at student protests in East Timor
Sydney - Students protested in the East Timor capital Dili on Wednesday, the third day of demonstrations against government spending priorities, radio reports said. Dozens have been arrested outside the National University where hundreds of students ...

[Posted on : 2008-07-09 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Trains back on for pope's Sydney visit
Sydney - The 200,000 Catholic pilgrims hoping for a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI when he makes his grand entrance on Sydney Harbour next week will be assured of a train ride to the foreshore venue after rail unions agreed Tuesday to call off a rail s...

[Posted on : 2008-07-08 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Rail strike threatens pope's Sydney visit
Sydney - The 200,000 Catholic pilgrims hoping for a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI when he makes his grand entrance next week on Sydney Harbour may find themselves stranded far from the foreshore by a 24-hour rail strike, organizers said Tuesday. Rail ...

[Posted on : 2008-07-08 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

New Zealand Asians split by call for Triads to combat crime - Summary
Wellington - An Asian immigrant group's threat to bring Triad gangsters to New Zealand to help fight crime has split the organization, with at least three of its committee members saying they will quit, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The threat came f...

[Posted on : 2008-07-08 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Quarrelsome Austrian coalition breaks apart - Summary
Vienna - Austria's coalition government between Social Democrats and the conservative People's Party has come to an end, after a series of policy quarrels culminated in the conservatives' call for early elections Monday. Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molte...

[Posted on : 2008-07-07 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

EXTRA: Social Democrats agree to early Austrian elections
Vienna - Austria's Social Democratic Party agreed to the call for early elections made by their conservative coalition partner on Monday, Austrian media reported. The People's Party called for an early vote, possibly in September, over the social dem...

[Posted on : 2008-07-07 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

New Zealand government rejects Triad help to combat crime
Wellington - The New Zealand government condemned Monday a threat by a group of Asian immigrants to recruit Triad gang members for a vigilante force to help protect them against a crime wave in the country's biggest city, Auckland. Acting Justice Min...

[Posted on : 2008-07-07 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

New Zealand Asians will overtake indigenous Maori population
Wellington - New Zealand's resident Asian population will exceed the number of indigenous Maoris later this century, but its diversity and intermarriage will ensure survival of the country's unique Maori heritage, according to a report published on M...

[Posted on : 2008-07-07 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Woman deliberately killed lover in head-on crash, court told
Wellington - A 37-year-old New Zealand woman drove her car 13 kilometres with her lover hanging onto the bonnet, before deliberately staging a head-on crash to kill him, a court was told on Monday. Cindy Marcia Fairburn denied murdering Darren Paul M...

[Posted on : 2008-07-07 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

 



 

 


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