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1 hr ago | AdelaideNow...

Audible sigh of relief for Volvo

In a shock result, Audi drivers have been identified as the worst drivers, according to a survey by online car buying firm Private Fleet.

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Related Topix: World News

5 hrs ago | Scoop

West Papua a observera status issue faces critical ...

Flags of the Melanesian Spearhead group countries Papua New Guinea , Kanaky , Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

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Related Topix: Oceania, New Caledonia,

7 hrs ago | The Auto Channel

Trekking for a Worthy Cause

May 24, 2013: Fiat Chrysler Group has announced the Jeep brand as the major supporter of LifeSupport Trek4Trauma, a fundraising and awareness-raising event championing the work of the trauma team at St George Hospital in NSW.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Nursing, Medicine

Thu May 23, 2013

Illawarra Mercury

Southern Highlands sex predator jailed

The actions of a senior Rural Fire Service member who befriended four teens before molesting them were calculated and planned, a judge has found.

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Related Topix: World News, Australia,

ABC News

Top New Species List Includes...

What's new in animal species? Plenty, according to a new Top 10 list that includes everything from a glow-in-the-dark cockroach to an "Old World" monkey with a bright blue buttocks.

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Related Topix: Arizona State University, Oceania, World News, Entomology

Energy Tribune

Japan Steps Up Interest in Papua New Guinea's Gas Riches

In the latest deal Osaka Gas Co. 9532.TO -5.08% Ltd. has agreed to pay US$204 million to acquire stakes in natural gas assets in Papua New Guinea owned by Australia's Horizon Oil Ltd.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Colombo Page

Sri Lankan Minister again under suspicion for attack on local council chairman

May 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Minister of Public Relations Mervyn Silva came under media attention again as his same party opponent and Chairman of Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Prasanna Ranaweera was assaulted this morning.

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Related Topix: World News, Public Relations

Japan Herald

Osaka Gas Buys PNG Gas Fields

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. has agreed to pay up to US$204 million to acquire stakes in natural gas assets in Papua New Guinea owned by Horizon Oil Ltd., in the latest bet by an international energy company on the country's potential as a supplier of clean-burning fuels.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Asopa People

Indonesia-PNG joint exploration in border areas

INDONESIA HAS AGREED TO TEAM UP with neighbouring Papua New Guinea to explore potential oil and gas reserves in border areas as the former shifts its oil and gas exploration focus to the eastern part of the archipelago.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Indonesia,

Yahoo!

Legal fees scam rocks PNG government

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has threatened to sack everyone in his finance department over a $32 million scam involving top officials and lawyers, reports said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Wed May 22, 2013

Scoop

Sri Lanka: Ganeshan Nimalaruban Case

"When the prison is under siege do you want the prisons commissioner have to read to them the Geneva Conventions?" The AG submitted a confidential report to the Court and Counsel Petitioner requested a copy to be issued to him.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Asia,

The Financial Mirror

Research and Markets: Papua New Guinea L ...

Papua New Guinea LNG industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the LNG sector.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

AlertNet

New "excision" law does not relieve Australia of ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday reiterated its concerns about the treatment of asylum-seekers arriving by sea to Australia.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fox News

Awe-Inspiring Battle Fields

As the idea of a modern-day battlefield becomes more open to interpretation amid the use of drones and surgical strikes, this Memorial Day its important to appreciate the fact that the locations of battles past are still even recognizable.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US Military, US Army, Travel

ABC News

Man denies hiding in Australia to avoid PNG fraud charges

A controversial Papua New Guinean businessman denies he had been hiding in Australia to avoid charges of misappropriating millions of dollars.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Tue May 21, 2013

Asia News Network

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan trade unions claim strike a success; govt. calls it a big flop

While the Coordinating Committee of Sri Lanka's Trade Union Alliance maintained that their token strike against the electricity tariff hike was successful all round the country, the Sri Lankan government said that overall attendance in public sector institutions had, in fact, increased by 3.5 per cent yesterday.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Asia,

ABC News

Cairns renews Lae sister city ties

The Cairns Regional Council will soon start helping a city in Papua New Guinea improve its infrastructure, waste management and environmental monitoring.

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Related Topix: World News, Oceania

Fiji Times

Armed conflict training for officers

International Committee of the Red Cross Armed Force delegate Larry Maybee speaks to senior military, police, and corrections officers during the Law of Armed Conflict training at the RFMF Officer Training School in Vatuwaqa yesterday.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fiji Village

PNG to decide on PACER Plus involvement

Papua New Guinea will soon decide on whether it will continue to be involved in PACER Plus trade negotiations which looks at a trading bloc with the Pacific and NZ and Australia.

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Related Topix: Oceania

Droitwich Advertiser

New head at Droitwich Spa's private hospital

DROITWICH Spa's private hospital has appointed a former nurse who spent several years working in Papua New Guinea as its new executive director.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Nursing, Medicine