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ANALYSIS: Indonesians fret as president waffles over graft scandal
Jakarta - Public disillusionment is growing with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over his perceived indecisiveness in handling an alleged graft scandal that has implicated senior officials. Questions have been asked about Yudhoyono's de...

[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Man who killed wife for waking dog imprisoned for 14 years
Sydney - An Australian who strangled his wife for waking up his dog and then went out for a drink at his local pub was sentenced to prison Friday by a Melbourne court. Anthony Sherna, who pleaded not guilty to killing Susanne Wild, was found guilty o...

[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Truck crash kills 500 sheep in Australia
Sydney - More than 500 sheep were killed when a truck carrying them to an abattoir overturned on a bend in Australia's south-east. Victoria Police Sergeant Nick Buenin said Friday that the truck with 750 sheep on board hit a guard rail and slid on it...

[Posted on : 2009-11-20 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Three Chinese arrested for forging university degrees
Wellington - Three Chinese citizens have been arrested in New Zealand and charged with forging university degrees, diplomas and other academic records, police announced on Thursday. They are believed to have produced more than 100 false qualification...

[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

New Zealand air force man dies in explosion
Wellington - A Royal New Zealand Air Force sergeant died Thursday when an artillery shell exploded at the North Island military camp at Waiouru. Flight Sergeant Andrew Bruce Forster, a father of three, was killed instantly when the unexploded shell w...

[Posted on : 2009-11-19 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Sri Lankan migrants to leave Australian ship off Indonesia
Jakarta - A group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers were to leave an Australian customs ship moored off Indonesia's Bintan island Wednesday after a three-week standoff, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said. The 56 migrants are the remainder of a group of ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Pacific sailors survive two months adrift
Sydney - Five villagers from Papua New Guinea were being treated for malnutrition and exposure in a Marshall Islands hospital Wednesday after being rescued following two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean. A party of eight men set out from the mainla...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

New Zealand leader will not meet Dalai Lama
Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will not meet the Dalai Lama during his scheduled visit to Auckland next month, a spokesman for the trust organising the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's programme, said on Wednesday. There can be on...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Drunk driver blamed mouthwash for alcohol breath
Wellington - A New Zealand mother caught driving her 5-year- old child with a breath-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit blamed mouthwash when stopped by police, a court was told, according to a news report Wednesday. Shona Ann Connor, 4...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

Australian legislator calls Scientology a 'criminal organization'
Sydney - The Church of Scientology on Wednesday refuted a claim made in the Australian Parliament that it was a criminal organization masquerading as a religion to gain tax-exempt status. The claim, made by independent Member of Parliament Nick Xen...

[Posted on : 2009-11-18 ] Category : [ Australasia (World) ]

 

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