| Violence flares at detention centre | | ABC Radio Australia - 11 Hours ago | | Australia's Immigration Department has launched an inquiry into weekend rioting at the immigration detention centre on Christmas Island. About 150 asylum seekers attacked each other with billiard cues, | | | | Add Comment |
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| The Journey Man | | My Sinchew - 11/21/2009 | | A 39-year-old man recently finished an 11-year bicycle journey of more than 150,000kmâ??equivalent to circling the globe nearly four timesâ??arguably setting a record among Japanese adventure cyclists. | | | | Add Comment |
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| Scant welcome for refugees in Japan | | Kyrgyzstan News - 11/21/2009 | | BBC News, Tokyo In a cramped apartment in Tokyo, volunteers are teaching Burmese asylum seekers how to make clothes combining Japanese fashion with their own traditional embroidery. They hope the project | | | | Add Comment |
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| Leighton boss sees skills shortage | | West Australian - 11/20/2009 | | Leighton chief executive Wal King is expecting skills shortages similar to the peak of the mining boom as oil and gas projects in the North West take-off. Speaking after The West Australian�s Leadership | | | | Add Comment |
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| First Sri Lankans leave ship: 303 Comment(s) | | Perth Now - 11/20/2009 | | TWENTY-TWO of 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have spent the past four weeks on the Oceanic Viking have left the Australian ship and say the rest will follow. After undergoing medical and identity checks | | | | Add Comment |
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| PM's 'special deal' leaves kids in lock-up | | The Australian - 11/19/2009 | | Stephen Fitzpatrick, Tanjung Pinang From: The Australian THIS is Suvanthili Esvaran, the 10-month-old Tamil girl from the Oceanic Viking, whom Kevin Rudd promised not to put in an Indonesian detention | | | | Add Comment |
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| Demographics: Population boom helps avoid bust | | West Australia Sunday Times - 11/17/2009 | | Changing demographics good for business Immigrants present business opportunities Business Owner: Latest news and advice SAVVY small-business owners should be taking advantage of the changing demographics | | | | Add Comment |
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| My Lost Life | | Belfast Telegraph - 11/17/2009 | | Peggy Gibson, born in the Brandywell area of Londonderry, was one of the â??orphansâ?? sent to Australia under the â??child migrantsâ?? schemeâ?? which ran from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s. She was | | | | Add Comment |
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| Apology sought for Barnardo children | | Peterborough Examiner - 11/17/2009 | | The daughter of a 'Barnardo boy' hopes the Canadian government will reconsider and apologize for the abuse that thousands of British children endured when they were sent to Canada in the late 19th and | | | | Add Comment |
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