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Two very different rock acts from China are on their way to Australia; one is the voice of a disempowered generation, while the other is pushing musical boundaries.
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Iranian refugee Loghman Sawari is being moved from his Port Moresby police cell ahead of his bail application.
Topics: courts-and-trials, refugees, papua-new-guinea
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Heavy rains continue to fall across the South Pacific, as islands from Papua New Guinea to Samoa experience simultaneous flooding in a "first time" event.
Topics: weather, floods, pacific, samoa, fiji, cook-islands, solomon-islands, asia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump agrees to honour the longstanding "One China" policy during a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, taking steps to improve ties after angering Beijing by talking to the leader of Taiwan.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, us-elections, donald-trump, world-politics, united-states, china, taiwan
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China's trade performance rebounds strongly, with an unexpected bounce in both imports and exports.
Topics: trade, economic-trends, china
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| UpdatedAustralian kickboxer Antonio Bagnato will lodge an appeal after being sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of a former Hell's Angels bikie and suspected drug trafficker in Thailand.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, death, thailand, australia
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| UpdatedAt least 12 people are dead after a landslide in Bali overnight that wiped out several homes.
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| UpdatedJapanese scientists are investigating whether tiny drones can deliver pollen to flowers, mimicking the role of bees as populations face increasing threats from viruses and pesticides around the world.
Topics: agricultural-machinery, japan
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Perth Mint's casting of its year of the rooster commemorative coins has seen massive collector interest worldwide.
Topics: mining-rural, community-and-society, silver, currency, gold, mining-industry, perth-6000, china
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| UpdatedMore than 400 whales strand themselves on a New Zealand beach with about three quarters of them reportedly dying in what authorities are describing as one of the worst whale strandings they have ever seen.
Topics: animals, conservation, new-zealand, pacific
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For the first three weeks of the Trump presidency, the lack of a phone call between the new American leader and his Chinese counterpart appeared to confirm the worst.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, business-economics-and-finance, china, united-states
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| UpdatedAn Australian man whose girlfriend was killed when their jet skis collided in Thailand pleads guilty to a charge of recklessly causing death.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, thailand, australia
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| UpdatedAnother week, another A-League win for table-topping Sydney FC, who make light work of Wellington to extend their unbeaten record to 19 games.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, new-zealand
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A drunk man in China gets more than he bargained for when he stumbles into a fireworks shop and causes the whole store to go up in flames, with the whole incident recorded by surveillance cameras.
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| UpdatedThree points in the Indian Ocean account for 80 per cent of the world's seaborne oil trade and there are increasing concerns about potential militarisation in the area.
Topics: trade, oil-and-gas, asia, china
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump sends Chinese President Xi Jinping a letter saying he looks forward to working with him, although they have not spoken directly since Mr Trump took office.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, united-states, china
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A 20-year-old Iranian refugee who is being treated for dehydration and mental illness in Papua New Guinea is told he cannot receive treatment until his bail application is heard.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, mental-health, health, papua-new-guinea, fiji, iran-islamic-republic-of
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Thai police charge an Australian man over a jet ski collision in Phuket that killed his 20-year-old girlfriend.
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Havala Laula, the last of the "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels" who helped allies survive PNG's punishing jungles during World War II, wears his slouch hat with pride as he and Australian Kokoda Track veteran exchange stories and thanks.
Topics: world-war-2, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic, papua-new-guinea
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The Red Cross provides assistance to hundreds of families displaced by tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea's volatile highlands region.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, territorial-disputes, indigenous-other-peoples, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedChina's Government is proposing a ban on children under 18 playing video games between midnight and 8:00am.
Topics: games-industry, games---other, games, arts-and-entertainment, china
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The bitterly-fought election to be Jakarta's next governor could see the establishment of a political dynasty if the son of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono does as well as expected.
Topics: world-politics, indonesia, asia
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| UpdatedImmigration authorities in Papua New Guinea are trying to deport asylum seekers from Australia's offshore detention centre on Manus Island, the men's lawyer says.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, refugees, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, australia
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Indonesia's military chief says he has accepted an apology from the Australian Army over offensive training material used at a special forces base, but suspended military cooperation will not resume until the President has been consulted.
Topics: world-politics, army, indonesia, australia, asia
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A Northern Territory tropical fruit farmer says demand has been strong for pomelos during the Lunar New Year.
Topics: fruit, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, vegetable-fruit-nuts, darwin-0800, china