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New Zealand PM to Megaupload Founder: Sorry for Spying on You Illegally

New Zealand PM to Megaupload Founder: Sorry for Spying on You Illegally

September 27, 2012 (TSR) - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key apologized to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, saying the file-sharing tycoon was spied on illegally, since he was an NZ…

Santos no longer interested in buying Tullow Oil’s Bangladesh and Pakistan assets

Santos no longer interested in buying Tullow OilÕs Bangladesh and Pakistan assets

September 4, 2012 (TSR) - Australian exploration and production company Santos has lost interest in acquiring UK-based Tullow Oil’s assets in Bangladesh, a Santos official said Tuesday. “We are no…

Australia’s secret Washington files: US intends to charge Assange, cables show

AustraliaÕs secret Washington files: US intends to charge Assange, cables show

by Philip Doring August 18, 2012 (TSR) - Julian Assange continues to be the subject of Australian intelligence reports more than a year after the WikiLeaks website published thousands of…

Warmongering Diplomacy: Australia goes anti-China investments

Warmongering Diplomacy: Australia goes anti-China investments

August 8, 2012 (TSR) - A recent swing against foreign investment in particular the agricultural sector targeted at China and led by Australia’s Opposition Coalition made business and government in Canberra anxious at…

Australia rejects proposal to base U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers

Australia rejects proposal to base U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers

August 5, 2012 (TSR) - Australia on Thursday rejected a proposal by a Washington-based think tank to base a nuclear aircraft carrier strike group on Australia’s west coast as part…

SPARX: Computer game aims to zap and counsel teen depression

SPARX: Computer game aims to zap and counsel teen depression

August 5, 2012 (TSR) - Long viewed as a contributing factor in teenage isolation, computer games are now being used to treat adolescent depression in an innovative New Zealand programme. Rather…

Embezzlement Crimes and Claims run up Australian Embassy Bills

Embezzlement Crimes and Claims run up Australian Embassy Bills

July 31, 2012 (TSR) - EMBEZZLEMENT of thousands of taxpayer dollars, defamation proceedings and a fight over ownership of a property title are some of the recent legal cases in which…

A Youth Perspective on Australia’s Bermuda Triangle: The Balance and Juggle between America and China

A Youth Perspective on AustraliaÕs Bermuda Triangle: The Balance and Juggle between America and China

by Wei Yuan Min July 10, 2012 (TSR) - Australia, the world’s biggest island, is located on the southern edge of East Asia and thus, is in the middle of the region…

Australian state to stop waste discharge into the Yarra River

Australian state to stop waste discharge into the Yarra River

May 24, 2012 (TSR) - The Government of Victoria, Australia, has signed an agreement with Mobil Oil Australia to stop the discharge of industrial wastewater into the Yarra River. Petroleum producer…

New Zealand pushes for UN Security Council Seat for 2015 as Voice for Pacific Nations

New Zealand pushes for UN Security Council Seat for 2015 as Voice for Pacific Nations

May 23, 2012 (TSR) - A day after confirming Kiwi troops’ early exit from Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Murray McCully was in New York pushing New Zealand’s case to sit with the…

East Timor – A Lesson in Why the Poorest Threaten the Powerful

East Timor – A Lesson in Why the Poorest Threaten the Powerful

by John Pilger, renowned investigative Australian journalist and international academy award winning documentary film-maker May 1, 2012 (TSR) - Milan Kundera’s truism, “the struggle of people against power is the struggle of…

Australia lines up with US for war with China

Australia lines up with US for war with China

February 18, 2012 (TSR) - An Australian defence posture report, released last week, is the latest sign of the Obama administration’s reckless and aggressive push against China on all fronts—diplomatic, economic and…

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