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Australia says no more troops for Afghanistan
Sydney - Australia told its ally the United States Thursday that it would not increase the size of it military deployment to Afghanistan. Defence Minister John Faulkner told senior US officials in Washington that Australia would not be adding to the ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

New Zealand's oldest immigrant dies at 104
Wellington - New Zealand's oldest immigrant, Eric King-Turner, has died at the age of 104, news reports said on Thursday. He was also said to be Britain's oldest emigrant when he moved across the world with his New Zealand-born wife, Doris, early las...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

New Zealand, Australia reciprocate expelling Fiji diplomats - Summary
Wellington - New Zealand and Australia on Wednesday ordered Fiji's top diplomats to leave in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsions of their envoys by the island nation's military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama the previous day. T...

[Posted on : 2009-11-04 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Qantas pilots suspended after forgetting to lower landing gear
Sydney Two Qantas pilots were suspended Wednesday after forgetting to lower landing gear as they came in to land at busy Sydney airport. The Boeing 767 was just 700 feet above the ground when alarms went off alerting the pilots the landing gear had n...

[Posted on : 2009-11-04 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Pacific tit-for-tat on cards after Fiji expels diplomats
Wellington - Relations between Fiji's military government and its biggest South Pacific neighbours Australia and New Zealand were poised to worsen Wednesday after the island state expelled their senior diplomats. New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray M...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Austrian gets 7 years in prison in child porn network case
Vienna - An Austrian man was found guilty Tuesday of sexually abusing his stepdaughter. He received a seven-year prison term, one month after he and 21 others were arrested in an international crackdown on a child pornography network. Vienna's crimin...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Firefighters succeed in using mud to stop oil rig fire - Summary
Sydney - Firefighters put out a fire Tuesday on an oil and gas rig in the Timor Sea north of Australia after four attempts and pumping thousands of barrels of heavy mud into the well. The fire on the remote ocean rig raged for three days, sending fla...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Fiji expels New Zealand and Australian diplomats - Summary
Wellington - Fiji's military ruler, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, ordered senior diplomats from New Zealand and Australia out of the country Tuesday, accusing them of waging a negative campaign against his government, which seized power in a bloodles...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Fiji expels New Zealand and Australian diplomats
Wellington - Fiji's military ruler Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama gave the senior diplomats of New Zealand and Australia 24 hours to leave the country on Tuesday and ordered his country's high commissioner in Canberra to return home. In a televised add...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Jet-lagged driver who killed three escapes severe penalty
Wellington - A jet-lagged driver who fell asleep at the wheel of a car which crashed killing his wife, granddaughter and cousin escaped a severe penalty when he pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death in a New Zealand court Tuesday. Defence ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

 

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