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Alcohol ban in New Caledonia cuts crime rates
16:37:40, 29 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Rates of crime and drink driving in New Caledonia dropped significantly over the weekend, due to a temporary ban on selling take away alcohol.
Australia raises taxes on pre-mixed drinks
12:48:10, 28 April 2008, Radio Australia News
There's been a mixed reaction in Australia to a government decision to increase tax on ready-to-drink spirit beverages.
![Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protestclash_afp_081008.jpg "Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]")
![President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/maldives_gayoom_afp_061008.jpg "President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]")
![Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protest_rtr_071008.jpg "Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]")
![Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indon_soputan_rtr_071008.jpg "Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]")
![The quake was felt over a wide area and razed the village of Nura of 960 residents in the Tian Shan mountains at an altitude of 2,000 metres. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/kyrgyz_quake_afp_061008.jpg "The quake was felt over a wide area and razed the village of Nura of 960 residents in the Tian Shan mountains at an altitude of 2,000 metres. [AFP]")
![Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/lanka_blast_afp_061008.jpg "Several members of the United National Party, including the provincial chief, were among those killed in the bomb blast which also left 80 people injured. [AFP]")
