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'Swirly face' jailed for sex offences in Thailand
20:09:07, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A Canadian teacher, dubbed 'swirly face', has been sentenced to more than three years in jail in Thailand for molesting a young boy.
PNG angry over Canada's treatment of dancers
20:57:28, 28 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The governor of Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands province, Malcolm Kela Smith, says he will make a formal protest to the United Nations over Canada's treatment of a group of dancers.
Guantanamo interrogation made public
09:03:18, 16 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A video-taped interrogation of a Canadian-born terrorism suspect at Guantanamo Bay has been made public for the first time.
More reports Taliban could expand territory in Afghanistan
20:40:53, 28 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Meanwhile, there are more reports that the Taliban are growing stronger and threatening to expand their territory in Afghanistan.
EU denounces call to flog Burma's Suu Kyi
11:04:19, 20 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Members of the European Parliament have denounced Burmese newspapers that said detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should be flogged.
Second Tamil group on Canadian terrorism list
08:31:25, 17 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The government of Canada has added a second Tamil group to its list of banned terrorist organisations, outlawing the World Tamil Movement.
Canada formally apologises to indigenous peoples
21:01:37, 12 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Canada has apologised to its native people.
Canadians hijack Fiji name for canned tuna
21:05:29, 9 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Fiji is objecting to the use of the country's name by a supplier of canned tuna in Canada.
Canada to apologise to native people
22:56:25, 8 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The prime minister of Canada will this week issue a formal apology to the country's native people for nearly a century of abuses at government run-residential schools.
Canada begins indigenous assimilation review
15:06:06, 2 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The truth and reconciliation commission looking into Canada's system of residential schools for indigenous people begins its work today.
Canada's foreign minister resigns after document debacle
05:33:06, 28 May 2008, Radio Australia News
Canada's foreign minister has resigned after it emerged he left classified documents at the apartment of his former girlfriend.
Polar bears skating on thin ice
14:53:31, 15 May 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species because Arctic sea ice is melting due to global warming.
Housemaid sought in Indonesia robbery
22:38:23, 3 April 2008, Radio Australia News
Indonesian police want to question a housemaid over the suspected theft of almost $US2 million worth of goods from her employer's home.









