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Climate change threatens trouble in the near future, World Bank says
Howard Schneider (source 
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The World Bank is beginning to commit billions of dollars to flood prevention, water management and other projects to help major Asian cities avoid the expected impact of climate change, a dramatic example of how short the horizon has become to alleviate the effects of global warming. Franck Robichon/AP – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, center, delivers a speech as Japanese Prime Minister … Continue reading
Irvine: Asylum policy needs bipartisan solutions
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AS we grapple with the diabolic policy challenge of how best to deter asylum seekers from making dangerous boat trips, it pays to remember who we are. Picture: Justin Brierty Source: News Limited Australia is a nation of immigrants who together have created one of the most prosperous economies in the world. More than seven million migrants have successfully settled and amalgamated into Australian society … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum seekers, Australasia, Culture, Global issues, Humanity, Multiculturalism, Opinion, Refugees, Society
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High Court rejects challenge to alcohol restriction laws over smuggling conviction
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A Palm Island woman has lost her High Court appeal against her conviction for smuggling alcohol into a restricted area. Photo: Joan Maloney appealed against a conviction for smuggling alcohol into a restricted area. (ABC TV) Related Story: Woman takes ‘sly grog’ conviction to High Court Map: Canberra 2600 Joan Maloney was fined $150 after she was caught with bottles of rum and bourbon into … Continue reading
Posted in Australasia, Judgement, Law & Order, Society
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Karzai quits talks over US -Taliban dialogue
Matthew Rosenberg and Alissa J Rubin (source )
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has suspended talks with the US on a new security deal to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war. US forces have been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001, entering the country to rout al-Qaida. Photo: Reuters Karzai says he has suspended negotiations with the US … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Diplomacy, Global issues, Intelligence, Middle East, North America, Reconciliation, Security
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Pitbull and Psy – the unlikely rock stars for refugee rights
Jenna Clarke (source )
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For all the Sattler/Jones/Sandilands scandals stemming from the wireless, Canberra’s 104.7FM presenter Mariam ‘Maz’ Hakim is restoring hope in the medium, literally. 104.7FM presenter Mariam ‘Maz’ Hakim. Photo: Jay Cronan The 28-year-old Afghan-born radio announcer is the ACT ambassador for World Refugee Week which kicked off with a breakfast on Tuesday, and for all the bile and bitterness expelled by radio hosts recently, she is … Continue reading
Court tells government to act immediately on ERT reopening
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Council of State tells ministers to waste no time in hiring temporary staff. The country’s highest administrative court, which on Monday ruled that ERT should remain open during its restructuring, tells the finance minister and government spokesman that the staff allowing the public broadcaster to remain open should be hired as soon as possible. The make-up of the staff that will temporarily run ERT during … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Judgement, Law & Order, Politics
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Czech Watergate: All the Prime Minister’s women
Dariusz Kałan (source )
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WARSAW – A political earthquake struck the Czech republic on Thursday night (13 June) directly after Prime Minister Petr Necas’ cabinet meeting. Prague clock: police raids detained seven top people and seized cash and gold (Photo: wikipedia) Following raids on government and company offices across the country, police detained seven people, including senior MPs in the ruling Civic Democratic Party (ODS), top military intelligence officers … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Europe, Opinion
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ADF Bullies Put Reform At Risk
Kathryn Spurling (source )
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The latest ADF misconduct shows that misogynist behaviour is endemic. The time for rhetoric is over – sexual predators cannot be allowed to sabotage the reforms underway, writes Kathryn Spurling It is hardly headline news that male Australian army personnel were involved in unacceptable behaviour and the denigration of women. It is not news that the Australian Army had known of the allegations for almost … Continue reading
Why arm cannibal rebels in Syria, Putin asks
Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Alexei Anishchuk (source )
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Amman/London: Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain ahead of an international summit set to be dominated by disagreement over the US decision to send weapons to Syria’s rebels, said the West must not arm fighters who eat human flesh. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ask why the West is arming rebels who eat the organs out of dead solidiers. Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov “One does not … Continue reading
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