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Australian government plans to ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities across the country's vast Northern Territory to combat widespread child sexual abuse. |
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The US recently provided Vietnam with its most detailed maps outlining where toxic herbicides were stored from 1962 to 1971 as part of a program to clean up the remnants of the chemicals used as weapons by the US.
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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Japan is testing its new high-tech fighter planes in a joint exercise with the US soldiers in the Northern Marianas Islands. Japan is testing these fighters for the first time since the prototypes were made two years back. |
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Monday, 25 June 2007 |
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Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population, expressed its regret over granting of a British knighthood to author Salman Rushdie. Indonesian foreign ministry feels, the timing of the award is not right to create a conducive atmosphere and mutual understanding between civilizations, cultures and religions. |
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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The Emirates is refurbishing in-flight service across all classes on its long haul fleet of Boeing 777s. Emirates plans to receive 24 new aircraft en-suite with the in-flight facilities over the next 18 months. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 June 2007 )
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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Taiwan's parliament surprisingly rejected most of a controversial arms package offered by the US. President George W. Bush in 2001; first proposed this package aimed at strengthening the island's defenses against China. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 June 2007 )
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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Papua New Guinea's Department of Finance on 08 June accused an Australian Government employee working as an adviser in the country of spying. Related authorities ordered him to stay away from the office until further notice. |
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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India and China agreed to hold their first ever joint Army exercise as part of a wider effort to improve ties between the two countries. The agreement came after the Indian Army Chief visited China at the end of May 2007, which the defence ministry said had led to a decision on "engagement and mutual confidence building" including more joint training exercises. |
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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At least 72 journalists have been subjected to death threats, violence or threats of violence by armed militants in southern Nepal in 2007 so far and the number may rise in the coming days. This grief situation is due to amid ethnic unrest and anti-government riots across the country. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 16 June 2007 )
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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Vietnam's prime minister recently issued a decree, limiting the flow of information from the government officials to the media persons. It prompts concerns among journalists who are already operating under tight restrictions. |
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