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Trump appoints General HR McMaster as new national security adviser

General HR McMaster is Donald Trump's pick as his new national security adviser, replacing Michael Flynn who resigned last week.

Vietnamese asylum seeker returned by Australia says 'a bullet would be better'

A Vietnamese asylum seeker says she faced three months of detention and beatings after being returned by Australian immigration officials.

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Demand for independent inquiry after another death in custody in Fiji

The NGO Coalition for Human Rights in Fiji is calling for an independent investigation into the death of an 18 year-old youth in police custody.
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Trailblazing election campaign paving the way to re-empower Micronesian women

New ground has been broken in a small Micronesian state in the Western Pacific, where not one, but two female candidates will be running for state election.
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Chuukese people open to the idea of a female representative in FSM parliament

Australian National University researcher Myjolynne Kim is writing a PhD thesis on the role of women in Chuuk culture.
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