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North Korea has fired missiles in defiance of a UN resolution. [AFP]

Defiant North Korea fires more missilesPhoto

Last Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:46:00 +1000

North Korea has fired four short-range missiles off its east coast, again raising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Tibet repression immoral, says Dalai Lama. [AFP]

Dalai Lama meeting angers ChinaPhoto

Last Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:46:00 +1000

China has expressed anger at a visit by Australian parliamentarians to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in India.

Afghanistan, and the biggest airborne offensive by the marines since Vietnam. [ABC]

Marines take Afghan districtPhoto

Last Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:23:00 +1000

Thousands of United States marines have poured into a valley in southern Afghanistan, quickly capturing a district in the first major assault of President Barack Obama's new war plan.

Indian students run through streets in Sydney, Australia, during a demonstration against what some claim are racially motivated attacks against students. [ABC]

Australia looks at protecting visiting studentsPhoto

Last Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:03:00 +1000

Governments in Australia have agreed on a plan to tackle violence against international students, following a number of attacks on the visitors.

Before the incident, Mathieu Bastareaud at a training session in Auckland, New Zealand. [Getty Images]

Rugby lie: French PM says pardonPhoto

Last Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:46:00 +1000

New Zealand's prime minister has received a letter of apology from his French counterpart about a rugby player's lie.

Britain will now seek to treat rather than contain swine flu. [ABC]

UK concedes flu cannot be containedPhoto

Last Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:44:00 +1000

The British Government has warned there could be 100,000 new cases of swine flu a day in the country by the end of August.

Kassim Bakari watches over his daughter Baya, 12, as she lies on a stretcher in an aircraft. The girl was ejected in an air crash this week into pitch-black Indian Ocean waters.

Air crash survivor in Paris reunionPhoto

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:09:00 +1000

The only known survivor of the Yemenia Airways crash in the Indian Ocean has been reunited with her father in Paris.

Difficult journey. A child rides a bicycle through an Aboriginal camp on the outskirts of Alice Springs, central Australia. [ABC]

Poor report card for Australia on Aboriginal lifePhoto

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:08:00 +1000

The Australian Government has described the latest report on disadvantage among Aborigines as devastating, but says the news hardens its resolve to improve social and economic conditions.

Gay rights activists in India are celebrating the New Delhi High Court's ruling to overturn a ban on homosexuality.

Gay rights victory in IndiaAudioPhoto

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:30:00 +1000

New Delhi's High Court has overturned legislation outlawing homosexuality in India.

Victims of French Polynesia nuclear tests decry bill

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:00 +1000

Victims of France's nuclear testing in French Polynesia are hoping a compensation bill passed by the French National Assembly this week will be strengthened before the senate approves it.

Lote Tuqiri - no one is saying why he has left the Wallabies. [Getty Images]

Silence on why Australia dropped rugby starPhoto

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:03:00 +1000

The Australian Rugby Union is not saying why high-profile Wallabies rugby union player Lote Tuqiri was sacked.

Workers killed in Pakistan bomb blast

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:40:00 +1000

A suspected suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a bus in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, killing up to six people and wounding some 16 others.

No elections in Samoa stand-off, court rules

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:58:00 +1000

Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that proposed by-elections for the seats of nine independent MPs cannot go ahead.

Indonesia claims rocket launch success

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:16:00 +1000

Indonesia says it has succesfully launched a rocket into space.

Queuing for flights - but many factors are conspiring to erode airline profits. [AFP]

Financial crisis hits Pacific airlinesPhoto

Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:14:00 +1000

Official figures on the impact of the global financial crisis on the aviation industry show Pacific airlines have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the first quarter of 2009.

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