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 ...
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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...
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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...
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2009-11-03 ] Category : [
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