Thursday, September 29, 2016

After the Nauru files, how can Australia go about ending offshore detention? and other top stories.

  • After the Nauru files, how can Australia go about ending offshore detention?

    After the Nauru files, how can Australia go about ending offshore detention?
    Migration experts, including former senior officials in Australia’s immigration department, have urged the government to close its offshore detention camps after the extent of abuses in the detention regime were revealed by the Nauru files. The publication by the Guardian of more than 2,000 leaked incident reports – detailing systemic physical and sexual abuses, humiliating treatment and harsh conditions, and widespread self-harm and suicide attempts – has refocused public attention on conditio..
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  • Barack Obama plan for US to pledge never to use nuclear weapons first alarms allies

    Barack Obama plan for US to pledge never to use nuclear weapons first alarms allies
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  • Russian Warplanes Take Off From Iran to Target IS in Syria

    Russian Warplanes Take Off From Iran to Target IS in Syria
    MOSCOW — Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, Russia's Defense Ministry said, marking a major development in the country's civil war, now in its sixth year.Russia has never used the territory of another country in the Middle East for its operations inside Syria, where it has been carrying out an aerial campaign in support of President Bashar Assad's government for nearly a year. The announcement suggests cooper..
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  • Russia 'building nuclear bunkers'

    Russia 'building nuclear bunkers'
    Russia's newest nuclear missile, 'Satan 2'0:53Capable of wiping out an entire nation, 'Satan 2' has 50 times the destructive power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading an aggressive Russia in Europe, it has been claimed. Picture: Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik via APRUSSIA is reportedly building several nuclear command bunkers as the powerhouse looks to step up modernising its military and strategic forces.Construction has been under way for several years on d..
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  • Wits and UCT are South Africa's top universities‚ world ranking shows

    Wits and UCT are South Africa's top universities‚ world ranking shows
    The University of the Witwatersrand is soaring on a world ranking of the best tertiary institutions in the world‚ while the University of Cape Town is holding steady. Save & Share. Email · Print. Wits has climbed from an institutional ranking of 401 ...
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  • Turkey coup attempt: Police raid 44 firms in coup probe to detain executives, state media says

    Turkey coup attempt: Police raid 44 firms in coup probe to detain executives, state media says
    Turkey coup attempt: Police raid 44 firms in coup probe to detain executives, state media says Posted August 16, 2016 18:48:18 Turkish police have launched simultaneous raids on 44 companies in Istanbul and have warrants to detain 120 company executives as part of the investigation into last month's attempted military coup, state-run Anadolu agency reports.It said the companies were accused of giving financial support to the movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethulla..
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  • Jokowi talks up sovereignty in speech

    Jokowi talks up sovereignty in speech
    Jokowi talks up sovereignty in speechBy Lauren Farrow And Heru RahadiAAP5:27PM August 16, 2016SaveIndonesia will prioritise development in its outer regions in a bid to "secure sovereignty" over the archipelago's vast waters, as tensions continue in the South China Sea.In the annual state address to parliament on Tuesday, President Joko Widodo, commonly referred to as Jokowi, covered a range of topics from the country's ongoing battle with addressing poverty to terrorism and security.Among the i..
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  • China's bold new plan for power

    China's bold new plan for power
    What is China up to in the South China Sea?1:15Despite competing claims and rising tensions, China insists it maintains territorial sovereignty over the South China Sea. China won’t be folding over the South China Sea any time soon.JUDGING by fresh reports, China won’t be folding to stern threats over the South China Sea any time soon.In a bold move that would be sure to raise tensions, the emerging superpower may be ramping up its attempt to reclaim the Scarborough Shoal, a key disputed territ..
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Leading Liberal Party conservative Eric Abetz faces pressure to go .Australia to meet Brazil in Olympics football quarter-final in Rio .

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