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Claims Australian military linked to secret Iraq prisons

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:00 +1100

US military documents obtained by Britain's Guardian newspaper suggest Australian troops played a direct role in the detention of suspected Iraqi fighters in secret prisons.

PNG PM vows to find missing ferry victims

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:51:00 +1100

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has promised survivors of last week's ferry disaster that the government will ensure all victims are accounted for.

UN to support Syria observer mission

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:24:00 +1100

The United Nations boss Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to resume its observer mission in Syria.

It wasn't a coup, says Maldives Government

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:05:00 +1100

A senior spokesman for the new Maldives Government dismissed reports the country's former leader was forcibly removed at gunpoint.

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Embattled President Asif Ali Zardari is facing enemies on all sides and his government is just clinging to power. [AFP] (AFP)

Trouble at the top in Pakistan

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:00 +1100

The government of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is just clinging to power, as it faces down the judiciary, the military and a continuing insurgency.

The latest figures reportedly put PNG as the world's second biggest exporter of raw tropical logs.[Greenpeace: Paul Hilton] (Unspecified)

Alarm over record PNG log exports from disputed land

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:00 +1100

Papua New Guinea exported a record amount of tropical hardwood in 2011, but there is growing concern over the land much of that wood is coming from.

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