Rebels shoot East Timor president

Monday, February 11, 2008 José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, has been shot by rebel soldiers in an attack on his home near the capital of Dili. He is now undergoing treatment at the Royal Darwin Hospital‘s intensive care unit in Darwin, Australia. The military is blaming the shooting on …

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Fears about Songhua settled

Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Following an explosion in November of 2005, China’s Songhua river was contaminated with nitrobenzene and similar chemicals. Its clean-up by The State Environmental Protection Administration and others was covered previously on Wikinews. The State Environmental Protection Administration Minister Zhou Shengxian has said that “The water quality …

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Australian man to be executed in Singapore

Saturday, November 19, 2005 Supporters of convicted Australian drug trafficker, Van Nguyen, gathered outside the State Library in Melbourne yesterday to display thousands of messages of opposition to his death sentence. Callers to talkback radio in Melbourne were overwhelmingly against the death penalty of Nguyen, who immediately admitted his guilt …

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Iranian refugee child granted $400,000 in compensation for “psychological harm”

Saturday, March 4, 2006 Eleven-year-old Iranian refugee boy, Shayan Badraie, who suffered psychological injuries during his time spent inside Australia’s immigration detention centres, will receive a Federal Government payout of AU$400,000 in compensation. The government will also pay his family’s legal bill of more than $1 million. Between 2000 and …

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Modeling For Kids}

More Detail Here: Child Modelling Agency Modeling For Kids by Amy Hughes Fashion industry by its very nature invariably had immense potential to flourish and sweep across facets other than youth alone. It proved right in due course of time and subsequently drove several fashion gurus to pay heed to …

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