Archive for December, 2007

Pakistan election decision due on Tuesday (Reuters)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani electoral officials will
decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January 8 poll,
with expectations it will be delayed by up to two months after
Benazir Bhutto’s killing.

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Sri Lanka opposition parliamentarian shot dead (Reuters)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan opposition minority Tamil
parliamentarian was shot and killed on Tuesday, the military
said.

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Qld has worst annual toll in decade (AAP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Queensland has recorded its highest annual road toll in a decade.

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Violent attack on elderly men in NT (AAP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

More than 120 people were taken into protective custody during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Northern Territory.

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Search for man after girl found dead (AAP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Queensland police are searching for a man in relation to the death of a girl in a house north of Brisbane.

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Lockheed to supply 18 F-16s to Pakistan (AAP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a $US498 million ($A570 million) contract to supply F-16 aircraft to Pakistan.

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Housing data boost dollar at end of troubled 2007

Monday, December 31st, 2007

LONDON (AFP) - The dollar surged against the euro on Monday, the last day of trading in 2007, after solid American housing data boosted the US currency.

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Brunei sultan issues New Year warning on corruption: report (AFP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (AFP) - The sultan of oil-rich Brunei has issued a New Year’s warning on the dangers of corruption, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

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‘Aussie Taliban’ Hicks begins life after prison (AFP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

SYDNEY (AFP) - Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks has gone swimming, met with his father and ventured out without being recognised since his release from prison three days ago, a report said Tuesday.

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Taiwan president raps China over missile build-up (AFP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan’s president Tuesday accused China of attempting to change the status quo in the Strait by stockpiling more than 1,000 missiles, stepping up the rhetoric against Beijing.

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