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| UpdatedA massive fire in a Pakistani hotel kills at least 11 people and leaves more than 50 people, including a Pakistani cricket player, injured.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, pakistan, asia
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NZ Prime Minister John Key is leaving as a leader, and not in defeat, and now the next election is looking more promising for Labour.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, new-zealand, pacific
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's National Court finds the Government does have the right to abolish the anti-corruption body Taskforce Sweep, ending a two-year court battle.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, corruption, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedBill English is the definition of a safe pair of hands and his likely appointment as prime minister will cause few ripples in New Zealand or around the globe.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, new-zealand
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| UpdatedFor the past eight years John Key has so dominated New Zealand politics it seemed his rule as Prime Minister had no use-by date — but of course, as every political leader should know, all have one, but few recognise the signs it is time to go, writes Philip Williams.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, new-zealand
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Today marks 10 years since Fiji's 2006 military coup, which saw then-Commodore Frank Bainimarama take control of the island nation in a controversial move that frayed its ties with Australia and the world.
Topics: world-politics, rights, government-and-politics, fiji
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Amy Schumer cancels her long-awaited Australia and New Zealand tour due to illness, touring company Live Nation has confirmed.
Topics: comedy-humour, arts-and-entertainment, australia, new-zealand
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A community linen drive provides more than 18 cubic metres of linen to villagers in some of PNG's most remote areas.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, relief-and-aid-organisations, womens-health, treaties-and-alliances, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedNew Zealand Prime Minister John Key announces his resignation in an unexpected move, saying it is the "right time" to step down and he is leaving on his own terms.
Topics: government-and-politics, new-zealand
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Wellington Phoenix confirms coach Ernie Merrick has stood down from his post after the team's 2-0 loss to Adelaide United.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThailand is celebrating the ascension of its newly minted King and support for the British Monarchy in Australia is at its highest level in decades. How are the world's remaining monarchies enduring?
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, republic, united-kingdom, thailand, australia
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| UpdatedUS President-elect Donald Trump's phone conversation with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, which prompted a diplomatic protest from China, was simply a "courtesy call", Vice President-elect Mike Pence says.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, territorial-disputes, foreign-affairs, us-elections, united-states, taiwan, china, asia
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| UpdatedTens of thousands of Indonesians rally in the centre of the capital Jakarta, calling for tolerance and unity after massive protests by conservative Muslims against the city's minority Christian Governor.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, islam, activism-and-lobbying, indonesia, asia
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The reigning A-League champions have finally won a game in the 2016/17 season thanks to new recruit Henrique's thunderous strikes against Wellington.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, new-zealand
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Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, explains that he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he was showing signs of altitude sickness.
Topics: human-interest, astronomy-space, research, antarctica, new-zealand, united-states
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| UpdatedHundreds of thousands of South Koreans rally in Seoul on Saturday in the sixth straight weekend of protests demanding the resignation of scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, activism-and-lobbying, korea-republic-of, asia
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| UpdatedChina lodges a diplomatic protest after US President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, but blames the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own for the "petty" move.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, territorial-disputes, us-elections, united-states, taiwan, china, asia
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A twin-engine Indonesian police plane goes missing with 15 people on board en route to the island of Batam, south of Singapore, police and rescue authorities say, as search teams scour the area.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, police, indonesia, asia
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Australia captain Steve Smith reveals all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was fined for his comments about teammate Matthew Wade.
Topics: sport, cricket, sydney-2000, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThe White House casts doubt over the future of Australia's refugee resettlement agreement with the United States, conceding the incoming Trump administration could scuttle the deal.
Topics: federal-government, immigration, refugees, foreign-affairs, australia, united-states, papua-new-guinea, nauru
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| UpdatedThe outspoken Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who once told President Barack Obama to "go to hell", is invited to the White House during a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, philippines, united-states
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| UpdatedHong Kong's youngest MP, Nathan Law, predicts the possible demise of his political career to the ABC just hours before news breaks that he is among the latest group being targeted by the territory's leaders.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, communism, hong-kong, china, asia
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| UpdatedLandowners at Papua New Guinea's biggest resources project are threatening to create "chaos" if the PNG Government does not honour a deal to give them equity.
Topics: world-politics, oil-and-gas, papua-new-guinea
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A Papua New Guinean villager's six-year battle to stop logging around his home has won him an international human rights award and given him the chance to lobby the United States Government for help.
Topics: forestry, rural, environmental-policy, environmental-management, environment, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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South Korean opposition parties say they will hold an impeachment vote on President Park Geun-hye next week, while her own party remains undecided on whether to force her out of office.
Topics: world-politics, political-parties, corruption, korea-republic-of, asia