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Fiji Suspended From Commonwealth
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma has announced the suspension of Fiji from the Commonwealth with immediate effect for failure to commit to 2010 elections. Fiji’s interim leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who led a military coup...
Fiji’s Bainimarama Denies Bid For Presidency
Fiji’s interim leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama has slammed international media reports linking him to a bid for the country’s vacant presidency. Bainimarama, who seized control of government in a heavily-criticised 2006 coup, was said to be eyeing...
Four People Imprisoned in Australia Over Commonwealth Fraud Charges
4 people who pleaded guilty to charges relating to defrauding the Commonwealth have been sentenced to imprisonment in the Brisbane Supreme Court. Mr Sen Hung CHEN, 64, and his wife Chiu Yuan HSIAO, 59, both Taiwanese nationals residing at Aspley, were...
UN Envoy Describes Australia’s Indigenous Policy As ‘Racist’
A visit by a United Nations envoy to Australia has erupted in controversy as the official accused the country’s government of “racist” Indigenous policies. Professor Professor James Anaya, the UN’s special rapporteur on indigenous rights and freedoms,...
Commonwealth And Fiji Agree to Continue Dialogue Despite Threat of Expulsion
Though recent moves by the Commonwealth to expel Fiji for not agreeing to commit to elections by 2010 have soured relations between the two, both have agreed to keep open lines of negotiations despite not being able to arrange a mutually convenient time...
Australian Students Twitter Parkes Telescope Takeover
In what is believed to be a world first, Australian students have recorded their takeover of a major Australian telescope using the Internet and have employed micro-blogging social networking site Twitter to monitor their observations. The program, known...
