Thailand may have new king within days
Thailand's Crown Prince is set to become king within days after the country's military-dominated parliament formally invited him accede to the throne on Tuesday.
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Lindsay Murdoch
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Babies given Australian passports 'on basis of false documents'
Cambodian police say their investigations have revealed that surrogate mothers were already married and there is no evidence they married Australians.
'They immediately took her away from me. I didn't even get to see her face'
Hour Vanny couldn't feel the caesarean section, but she knew the baby had arrived when she heard a cry.
Cambodia calls on Australia to do more for surrogate mothers and babies in limbo
The Cambodian government has criticised Australia for failing to take some responsibility for an unfolding human tragedy as dozens of surrogate mothers carrying babies for Australian biological parents have gone into hiding.
Cambodia surrogate mother paid $400 a month to carry $50,000 baby
A surrogacy company run by Australian nurse and fertility specialist Tammy Davis-Charles has been paying poor Cambodian women $US400 ($540) a month to carry babies for foreign biological parents, including Australians.
Australian and Cambodian officials set for meeting over surrogacy crisis
As many as 70 babies carried by Cambodian women for Australian parents are caught up in the latest crackdown on commercial surrogacy.
Australian nurse and mum caught up in Cambodian surrogacy crackdown
An Australian nurse and fertility specialist running a surrogacy clinic in the Cambodian capital could face up to two years' jail.
Tens of thousands take to the streets to demand Najib's resignation
Thousands of protesters took the streets of the Malaysian capital on Saturday, defying a police ban and crackdown on pro-democracy activists, to demand the resignation of scandal-hit PM.
Australian Bagnato pleads not guilty in Thai murder trial
Antonio Bagnato, 26, fled after Australian organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Wayne Rodney Schneider was kidnapped and killed last year.
Shock and confusion around closure of Kingsgate-owned mine
Thai officials and workers in the area are at a loss over the military government's order for the mine to be closed by December 31.
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