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SYDNEY (AFP) - Five North Korean artists have been banned from entering Australia for an exhibition of their work, the government said Wednesday, drawing accusations of censorship from the arts community. Full Story »
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SYDNEY - Australia was accused of censorship Tuesday for denying visas to North Korean artists whose works are on display in a regional exhibition, but the government says the art comes from Pyongyang's propaganda machine and its creators are not welcome. Full Story »
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SYDNEY - An Australian coroner said Tuesday that participation in an intense self-help course led a woman to suffer a psychotic breakdown before she stripped naked and leaped to her death from an office window in front of horrified co-workers. Full Story »
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - A former Indonesian army colonel has told a magazine that soldiers deliberately killed five Western journalists in East Timor in 1975 — contradicting the government's longstanding assertion that the deaths were accidental. Full Story »
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MELBOURNE (AFP) - A compulsive gambler who wagered close to 1.4 billion US dollars during a 16-month betting spree lost his lawsuit against Australia's largest casino Tuesday when a judge ruled he was not exploited. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Relatives of five journalists killed in the East Timor border town of Balibo in 1975 on Tuesday welcomed a former soldier's "milestone" statement that they were shot by invading Indonesian troops. Full Story »
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DILI (AFP) - The UN mission in East Timor needs to hand over formal control of the country's national police force as soon as possible to avoid doing irreparable damage, according to an influential think-tank. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - ITV, the TV channel behind hit show "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!", apologised Monday for the death of a rat during filming in Australia, as the stars who killed it faced police charges. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Two stars of hit British TV show "I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!" are facing animal cruelty charges for killing and eating a rat during filming in Australia, activists said Monday. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's conservative opposition relished a small bounce in opinion polls on Monday after dumping its leader for a maverick right-winger during fierce debate over climate change. Full Story »
ADELAIDE, Australia - Australians thought they were prepared for wildfires. Until Black Saturday. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia has welcomed a 90 billion dollar (82 billion US) deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a Japanese power company in what is believed to be the country's biggest export sales contract. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have signed a binding agreement on combining their vast iron ore operations in Australia, a tie-up expected to result in 10 billion US dollars in savings. Full Story »
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SYDNEY - A man dove face-first into an extremely venomous, peanut-sized jellyfish in waters off northeast Australia and medics flew him to a hospital intensive care unit to treat the potentially fatal sting, officials said Friday. Full Story »
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JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's journalists Thursday vowed to defy a ban on the screening of Australian movie "Balibo", saying the film depicting alleged war crimes by Indonesian forces in East Timor is educational. Full Story »
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JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia has banned an Australian-made film on the alleged murder of six Australia-based journalists by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor, officials said Wednesday. Full Story »
SYDNEY - Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change talks next week. Full Story »
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Strong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oceanographer said Tuesday. Full Story »
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