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Iran qualify for 2019 Basketball World Cup after beating Australia
Feb 25, 2019 03:05Iran have qualified for the 2019 Basketball World Cup after beating group F winners Australia in their final qualifying match in the Asian zone.
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Australia floods kill hundreds of thousands of cattle
Feb 08, 2019 06:13Hundreds of thousands of cattle weakened from a severe drought are feared to have died in record-breaking floods in northeastern Australia, authorities said Friday, as they stepped up efforts to feed surviving livestock.
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Northeast Australia hit by 'unprecedented' flooding
Feb 04, 2019 10:17Over a thousand people have been evacuated from their homes as “unprecedented” flooding hits northeastern Australia.
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Australia admits it has killed up to 18 civilians in Mosul air raid
Feb 02, 2019 01:18Australian Defense Force officials admit that a 2017 airstrike by the country's jet fighters on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has claimed the lives of six to 18 civilians.
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China detains Chinese-Australian on nat’l security grounds
Jan 24, 2019 12:40China has confirmed that it has arrested a Chinese-Australian writer, who was a former diplomat at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, on national security grounds.
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Australian FM travels to Thailand over Saudi teen’s case
Jan 10, 2019 05:23Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has traveled to Thailand to review the asylum case of an 18-year-old Saudi girl who has been stopped in the Asian country on her way to Australia fleeing purported abuse by her family.
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UN urges Australia to take in fleeing Saudi girl as refugee
Jan 09, 2019 12:13The United Nations refugee agency says it considers a Saudi woman feeling her family and seeking asylum in Australia to be a legitimate refugee, urging Canberra to give her a humanitarian visa.
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Suspicious packages sent to embassies, consulates in Australia
Jan 09, 2019 06:39Police in Australia say they are investigating the source of packages containing suspected “hazardous material” sent to foreign embassies and consulates in Melbourne and Canberra.
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UN urges Australia to take in fleeing Saudi girl as refugee
Jan 09, 2019 06:04The United Nations refugee agency says it considers a Saudi woman fleeing her family and seeking asylum in Australia to be a legitimate refugee, urging Canberra to give her a humanitarian visa.
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Australians sweltering through heat wave
Dec 28, 2018 09:04Australia looks set to sweat through one of its hottest Decembers ever, the national weather bureau said on Friday, prompting fire bans, health warnings and big crowds trying to find different ways to cool off -- be it the beach, the local pool or an ice rink.