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In this Wednesday, June 8, 2011 photo, Myanmar refugees share a bed in their room in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Australia   Malaysia   Photos   Refugee   Wikipedia: Refugee		  Breitbart 
Australian High Court blocks Malaysia refugee swap
Wed 31 Aug 2011
Protesters oppose Australia's plan to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia in Sy... Map locating Darwin in Australia where blazes broke out Wednesday in an imm... Asylum-seekers protest on top of a... (photo: AP / Mark Baker)
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, left, in foreground, poses with his new cabinet members for a group photo at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. They are, from left in the first row: Fukuda, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota; Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka; Fukuda; Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano and Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura. From left in the second row: Population and Gender Equality Minister Kyoko Nakayama; Consumer Affairs, Science and Technology, Food Safety and Space Development Minister Seiko Noda and Finance Minister Bunmei Ibuki. From left in the third row; National Public Safety Commission Chairman Motoo Hayashi, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki and Environment Minister Tetsuo Sai
Asia   Japan   Photos   Politics   Tokyo		  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Japanese Parliament Backs Noda as Prime Minister
Wed 31 Aug 2011
TOKYO -- Yoshihiko Noda, a down-to-earth fiscal conservative, was elected prime minister by the Japanese Parliament on Tuesday in the sixth change of leaders in five years, a period of mounting... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
The Twitter homepage of Wikileaks is shown in this photo taken in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. The leak of thousands of sensitive U.S. embassy cables will not hurt American diplomacy, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Wednesday at a security summit. Clinton said she has discussed the revelations published on the website with her colleagues at the summit in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The event is the first major international meeting of leaders and top diplomats since the memos began appearing on the website and in international publications this week.  Jakarta Globe  Wed 31 Aug 2011
Australia Hits Out at 'Irresponsible' Wikileaks
Sydney. Australia lashed out Wednesday at WikiLeaks, calling it "incredibly irresponsible" for publishing a secret US cable detailing Australians with suspected links to Yemeni terrorism. The... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (fifth from left) meets with Park Hee-tae (fourth from right), Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, in front of the Assembly’s Hanok Room in Seoul.  The Daily Telegraph Australia  Wed 31 Aug 2011
Australia to step up bid for UN Security Council seat during Ban Ki-moon visit
AUSTRALIA'S bid to get a seat on the United Nations Security Council will be ramped up during a visit by UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon next month. Dr Ban will be the first head of the UN... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
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Pedestrians are reflected on a video screen flashing a 19-year low stock prices in downtown Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003. Japan's main stock index fell below its 19-year closing low Thursday morning amid uncertainty over Iraq and reports that North Korea has reactivated a nuclear reactor. The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 62.25 points and traded at 8,294.56 in the early afternoon. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)hg3 The Times of India Wed 31 Aug 2011
Asian stocks, dollar struggle as rocky August closes
HONG KONG: Asian stocks were set for a quiet end to a volatile month on Wednesday as expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would do more to stimulate the economy... (photo: AP Photo / Shizuo Kambayashi)
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New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key speaks during a morning media briefing on missing miners after an underground explosion at Pike River coal mine in Greymouth, New Zealand, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Scoop Wed 31 Aug 2011
PM welcomes region's leaders to Pacific Islands Forum
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 11:09 am Press Release: New Zealand Government Prime Minister welcomes region's leaders to Pacific Islands Forum Prime Minister John Key will... (photo: AP / NZPA, Ross Setford)
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Cuba's Dayron Robles gestures after winning the men's 110 meters hurdles race at the Track and Field Golden Gala meeting in Rome's Olympic stadium, Friday, July 11, 2008. CNN Tue 30 Aug 2011
Robles blames his DQ on the weakness of his home country, Cuba
PRINT EMAIL FACEBOOK Tweet RSS SHARE HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Cuban athlete Dayron Robles said he wouldn't have been disqualified from the 110-meter hurdles at the world... (photo: AP / Andrew Medichini)
Athletics   Cuba   IAAF   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
Trash - Garbage - Used Plastic Bottles WPXI Tue 30 Aug 2011
Plastic Bottles Light Up Lives
(CNN) -- A new twist on recycling is transforming Manila's slums. Rather than seen as trash, plastic bottles are now being viewed as a cheap and sustainable way to light... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Energy   Manila   Photos   Recycling   Wikipedia: Recycling
A Taiwanese woman hangs on to an umbrella against powerful gusts of wind generated by typhoon Krosa, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, in Taipei, Taiwan. Typhoon Krosa was expected to dump torrential rains as it swirled in seas near the island. (AP Photo/Chiang Yi The Columbus Dispatch Tue 30 Aug 2011
Typhoon pelts Taiwan with 20 inches of rain
... (photo: AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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U.S. President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One as he arrives in Deauville, France, for the G8 summit, Thursday, May 26, 2011. G8 leaders, in a two-day meeting, will discuss the Internet, aid for North African states and ways in which to end the conflict in Libya. Obama 'to attend Asia summit in Indonesia' Breitbart
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A Chinese People's Liberation Army Airforce's "Bayi Aerobatic Unit" J-10 fighter jet taxis back upon landing as an air force personnel stands guard at a base of the PLA Airforce's 24th Division in Yangcun, Tianjin, China, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. The media, along with about 51 military attaches from embassies in Beijing, including the United States, Britain and Israel, witnessed a 15-minute demonstration by four pilots from the 24th Air Division in China's domestically developed J-10 fighters. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Full text: China's National Defense in 2010 China Daily
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A plate of green apples. An apple a day avoids you from seeing a doctor. NZ apple consignment rejected Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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