Australia says boat carrying 67 asylum seekers is missing
August 15th, 2012 - 1:39 am ICT by BNO News
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) -- A boat carrying nearly 70 asylum seekers which left Indonesia for Australia in late June has not been heard from since, Australian home affairs minister Jason Clare ... Read more...
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Australia intercepts boats carrying more than 300 asylum seekers
May 7th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by BNO News
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) -- The Australian Navy on Sunday intercepted three boats carrying more than 300 asylum seekers combined, the government said on Monday. It follows a series of intercepted people ... Read more...
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Australian navy intercepts 119 asylum seekers
January 8th, 2012 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 8 (IANS) A boat carrying 119 asylum seekers has been intercepted by the Australian Navy off the country's west coast, the immigration department has said.The HMAS Maryborough, operating ... Read more...
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Australian sailor dies during India visit
October 24th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Canberra, Oct 24 (IANS) An Australian Navy sailor has died on Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS) Toowoomba during a port visit to India's Mumbai city, Australian authorities said Monday.HMAS Toowoomba ... Read more...
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Indian woman sets hubby’s penis on fire to stop him from cheating
September 28th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 28 (ANI): A woman in Australia was so enraged by her husband cheating on her that she believed setting fire to his penis would make him mend his ways.But Rajini ... Read more...
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Shark Attack Survivors Beg To Save Sharks
September 14th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was really a commendable effort of nine shark attack survivors as they came to United Nations on Monday to beg the world to save sharks. ... Read more...
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Australia, UK first nations to condemn N. Korea over Cheonan sinking
May 20th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 20 (ANI): Australia and the United Kingdom have become the first Western nations to condemn North Korea for sinking the South Korean warship "Cheonan" on March 26 this year.Australian ... Read more...
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Female sailors aboard HMAS Success ‘told to keep quiet about sex abuse’
March 29th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 29 (ANI): It has emerged that female sailors aboard the Australian navy ship the HMAS Success were warned that if they spoke out about the sex abuse "they would never ... Read more...
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Indian Navy learns from nations with women onboard warships
February 7th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Ritu Sharma
Port Blair, Feb 7 (IANS) Lieutenant Farah al Habshi, the weapons officer on board a Malaysian warship here for a multinational exercise, is a case in point for the Indian ... Read more...
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23 killed as boat sinks in Indian Ocean
November 2nd, 2009 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 2 (DPA) About 23 people were feared drowned Monday after a boat carrying 40 passengers sank in remote waters of the Indian Ocean.
A search plane was launched from western Australia ... Read more...
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Oz navy thwarts piracy attack in Gulf of Aden
September 23rd, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 23 (ANI): Australian navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba has successfully thwarted a Somali pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, and boarded the suspect vessel and leading to seizure of cache ... Read more...
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Singapore, Australia conduct joint naval exercise
September 18th, 2009 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, Sep 18 (Xinhua) Singapore and Australia are conducting a joint naval exercise in the South China Sea Sep 18-25, officials said.
Navies of the two countries will conduct a range of exercise ... Read more...
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Oz navy’s recruitment woes after sex-for-cash betting scandal
July 7th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, July 7 (ANI): The spokesperson of the Australian Navy has admitted that the HMAS Success scandal could harm future recruitment efforts of the country's navel forces.Rear Admiral Steven Gilmore - head ... Read more...
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Rudd says navy sex betting ring ‘disturbing’
July 6th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), July 6 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has expressed his dismay over reports of a sex betting ring on board a ship of the Australian Navy."Can I say ... Read more...
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Three dead as Australia-bound refugee boat explodes
April 16th, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 16 (DPA) Three people died, two went missing and dozens were injured in an explosion Thursday aboard a boat carrying asylum seekers whom the Australian Navy was escorting to ... Read more...
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Australian Navy nabs boats with 54 suspected asylum-seekers
March 15th, 2009 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 15 (DPA) The Australian Navy intercepted a boat suspected of carrying 54 asylum-seekers off the coast of the Northern Territory, officials said Sunday.
The passengers and crew were taken to the ... Read more...
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Injured round-the-world sailor rescued from yacht
December 21st, 2008 - 7:03 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 21 (DPA) A French sailor, crippled by a broken leg in a solo round-the-world yacht race, has been rescued off the coast of Western Australia, news reports said Sunday.Yann Elies, ... Read more...
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Australians find wreck of German giant-killer
March 17th, 2008 - 9:12 am ICT by admin
By Sid Astbury
Sydney, March 17 (DPA) It's almost 70 years since the pride of the Australian navy was sunk in an Indian Ocean gunbattle by a smaller, older, slower German warship dressed ... Read more...
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