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Australia warns Israel on Dubai assassination plot
Smith lashes passport fraud
Jonathan Pearlman/Sydney Morning Herald
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has told the Israeli ambassador that he expects Israeli officials to aid the investigation into the ‘abuse’ of Australian passports.
Australia has warned Israel it is “gravely concerned” about the use of Australian passports in an alleged assassination in Dubai and demanded full co-operation into an [...]
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Australia
‘The actual target of their planning was never revealed in court.’ Hefty jail terms for terrorism plotters: 16 Feb 2010 Australia’s longest-running criminal trial ended in a specially-built courthouse in Sydney’s West on Monday, with five men sentenced to jail terms of up to 28 years. In a televised hearing, Supreme Court judge Antony Whealy [...]
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South Australia backs down on internet comment curb
ABC
South Australia’s Attorney-General Michael Atkinson admits he misjudged public opinion on the state’s attempt to curb political comment on the internet.
Mr Atkinson says he will repeal a law which would have meant that anyone posting comment or blogs during an election period would have had to give their real name and postcode.
Opponents had branded the [...]
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Antarctica
Remains of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced. The Mawson’s Huts Foundation had been searching for the plane for three summers before stumbling upon metal pieces of it on New Year’s Day. [T]he 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition used the plane to tow gear [...]
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Samoa
The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. [U]p to three destructive waves were caused by the magnitude 8.0 undersea earthquake [...]
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Chile
Chile has requested an estimated $665 million in arms and radar systems from the United States. Chile has had longstanding political and economic ties with the United States. As the country’s strongest trade partner, the United States has boosted bilateral trade ties by 154 percent in the last three years. The contracts will include Sentinel [...]
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