News: Aruba

We have started to collect the most important news related to Aruba in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Aruba: news

Australian in court on return from IS

Saturday, July 25th 2015, 9:10
related countries: Syria

A nurse who says he was forced to work with Islamist State militants in Syria is arrested and appears in court on his return to Sydney.
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Australian returns from IS in Syria

Friday, July 24th 2015, 8:50
related countries: Australia, Syria

A nurse who says he was forced to work with Islamist State militants in Syria is returning under police escort to Australia.
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VIDEO: Rubik's champion tries live record break

Tuesday, July 21st 2015, 22:58
related countries: Brazil

Australian Feliks Zemdegs, the second time winner of the Rubik's Cube World Championship in Brazil, has attempted to break his record while live on air.
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VIDEO: Rubik's champion wins in 5.695 seconds

Monday, July 20th 2015, 21:36

Australian Feliks Zemdegs has taken the Rubik´s Cube world title for the second year at the 2015 World Championship in Sao Paulo.
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Arrest warrant for ex-coal magnate

Monday, July 20th 2015, 8:44

An arrest warrant is issued for former Australian mining billionaire and football club owner Nathan Tinkler over his failure to appear at court.
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Suspected migrant boat off Australia

Monday, July 20th 2015, 5:16
related countries: Australia

A boat is sighted off the West Australian coast which could be carrying the first asylum seekers to make it to Australia in about 12 months.
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Aussie surfer scuffles with sharks

Monday, July 20th 2015, 2:22
related countries: South Africa

An Australian surfer makes an incredible escape after encountering two sharks during a competition in South Africa.
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Australia child wedding father jailed

Friday, July 17th 2015, 14:51

An Australian man is jailed for eight years for arranging an Islamic marriage between his 12-year-old daughter and a man twice her age.
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Tomic apologies after hotel arrest

Friday, July 17th 2015, 7:51

Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic apologises after being charged with resisting arrest and trespassing in Miami.
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VIDEO: Australian asylum policy 'a disaster'

Thursday, July 16th 2015, 22:14
related countries: Papua New Guinea

Human Rights Watch claims the Australian government's policy of resettling asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea has been "a disaster".
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Australia 'killer tours' cancelled

Wednesday, July 15th 2015, 1:56

Facing heavy criticism, an Australian company cancels tours of a New South Wales forest where a serial killer buried his victims.
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Australian deported from UAE

Tuesday, July 14th 2015, 23:59

Australian woman Jodi Magi has been deported from the UAE after she was detained for cybercrime offences.
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The guide to 'speaking Australian'

Tuesday, July 14th 2015, 15:22

The hit video guide on how to 'speak Australian'
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Australia row over 'killer tour'

Tuesday, July 14th 2015, 10:58

An Australian company comes under fire for conducting tours of a New South Wales forest where a notorious serial killer buried his victims.
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Australian to be deported from UAE

Tuesday, July 14th 2015, 6:09
related countries: United Arab Emirates
related places: Abu Dhabi

Australia's Foreign Minister says an Australian woman detained in Abu Dhabi for cybercrime will be deported soon.
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Fraser a 'blatant racist' - Kyrgios

Tuesday, July 7th 2015, 8:00

Nick Kyrgios calls Australian Olympic swimming great Dawn Fraser a "blatant racist" after comments on his Wimbledon exit.
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Vain criminal requests new mugshot

Tuesday, July 7th 2015, 4:03

An Australian man is still at large after responding to a police 'wanted' notice on Facebook with a request to change his "horrible" mugshot.
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Abbott orders talk show boycott

Monday, July 6th 2015, 4:57

Australian PM Tony Abbott tells his ministers not to appear on the popular ABC talk show Q&A, after it features a former terror suspect.
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Qantas pays $68m in bonus to workers

Friday, July 3rd 2015, 6:32
related countries: Australia

Australia's national carrier, Qantas, will pay a one-off bonus payment of about 90m Australian dollars to employees affected by an 18-month wage freeze.
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Adelaide Crows coach knifed to death

Friday, July 3rd 2015, 5:23

The coach of Australian Football League team Adelaide's Crows, Phil Walsh, dies in a stabbing at his home, with his son charged with murder.
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Mystery US amnesia woman identified

Thursday, July 2nd 2015, 7:17
related countries: United States

A woman found in the US with no memory of who she was, but who was thought to be Australian, is identified by her family as American Ashley Menatta.
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Australia's ABC 'wrong' over guest

Wednesday, July 1st 2015, 9:12

Australian broadcaster ABC says it was wrong to allow an acquitted terror suspect to appear on live TV, a case which sparked a free speech debate.
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Amnesiac woman in US makes ID plea

Wednesday, July 1st 2015, 4:45
related countries: United States
related places: California

A woman, who was found in the US state of California suffering from amnesia and is believed to be Australian, asks for help to find her identity.
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Police end Australian prison riot

Tuesday, June 30th 2015, 23:41

A riot at a prison in Melbourne has been ended by heavily-armed police.
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Broady fights back to seal victory

Monday, June 29th 2015, 21:03
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain's Liam Broady comes from two sets down to beat Australia's Marinko Matosevic in his first Grand Slam singles.
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Mafia 'ties to Australia officials'

Sunday, June 28th 2015, 23:13
related countries: Australia

Australian politicians at both state and federal level have been infiltrated by the Calabrian mafia, according to an investigation by Fairfax Media-Four Corners.
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Hong Kong rejects Jetstar local bid

Friday, June 26th 2015, 2:14
related countries: Hong Kong

Hong Kong authorities reject an application by Qantas-backed Australian budget carrier Jetstar to set up local operations on the island.
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Australia navy in A$500m heroin haul

Wednesday, June 24th 2015, 15:41
related countries: India, Indian Ocean

An Australian navy ship seizes heroin with an estimated street value of more than half a billion Australian dollars from a boat in the Indian Ocean, officials say.
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Australia to join China-led bank

Wednesday, June 24th 2015, 7:04
related countries: Australia, China

Australia says it will join a China-led infrastructure bank as a founding member, contributing 930m Australian dollars over five years.
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Australia rewrites citizenship laws

Tuesday, June 23rd 2015, 5:48

As it grapples with a growing number of Australian citizens joining Islamic militants, the government is rewriting its citizenship laws.
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Player dies after on-field injury

Monday, June 22nd 2015, 7:14

Australian rugby league player James Ackerman dies in hospital after being seriously injured during a match on Saturday.
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Kylie and Years and Years play BST

Monday, June 22nd 2015, 6:05
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Hyde Park, London

The Australian singer dropped the Neighbours theme tune into her set at British Summer Time in London's Hyde Park.
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VIDEO: Swapping London for northern Australia

Thursday, June 18th 2015, 19:46
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom
related places: Darwin

Aaron Snell is a 29-year-old Londoner who was lured to the northern Australian city of Darwin in search of work and adventure.
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Breastfeeding ban after mum has tattoo

Thursday, June 18th 2015, 11:07

An Australian judge bans a mother from breastfeeding her 11-month-old baby because of her new tattoo.
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Warrant out for Australia 'IS medic'

Thursday, June 18th 2015, 5:40
related countries: Australia, Syria

An arrest warrant is issued for an Australian doctor who travelled to Syria and joined Islamic State (IS).
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Running legend Ron Clarke dies

Wednesday, June 17th 2015, 2:27

Australian world champion runner and former Gold Coast mayor Ron Clarke has died, city officials say.
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Calls grow for Australian boat probe

Monday, June 15th 2015, 8:17

Pressure grows for an inquiry into whether Australian officials used tax payers' money to turn back a boat carrying asylum seekers.
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Australia sex abuse inquiry widened

Monday, June 15th 2015, 4:52

An Australian inquiry into child sex abuse is to put the spotlight on the entertainment industry after a series of high-profile cases.
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Australian navy 'paid smugglers'

Friday, June 12th 2015, 14:39
related countries: Indonesia

The Australian navy paid the crew of a migrant boat to turn back to Indonesia, migrants tell the UN.
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Helicopter rescue on Ayers Rock

Friday, June 12th 2015, 11:13

Australian rescuers winch Taiwanese man up 200m rock face after he is trapped for 24 hours on Ayers Rock (Uluru).
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Australian workers 'stressed and fat'

Friday, June 12th 2015, 6:49
related countries: Australia

Australia's workforce is affected "in a major way" by poor mental health, stress levels and obesity, a new study shows.
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Abbott urges regional anti-IS action

Thursday, June 11th 2015, 7:56

Australian PM Tony Abbott urges Asia Pacific nations to fight jihadist groups, saying Islamic State is a death cult with global ambitions.
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Australia yet to allow gay marriage

Wednesday, June 10th 2015, 20:34

Why Australian politicians are so out of step
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Australia World Cup bid scrutinised

Thursday, June 4th 2015, 6:36

Australian police investigate payments linked to the country's failed 2022 Football World Cup bid, but officials say it was "clean".
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Nauru refugees arrive in Cambodia

Thursday, June 4th 2015, 6:17
related countries: Cambodia, Nauru
related places: Phnom Penh

The first four refugees to be moved from an Australian detention centre on Nauru to Cambodia under a controversial deal arrive in Phnom Penh.
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Insurance losses reach A$1.55bn

Tuesday, June 2nd 2015, 4:46

Severe storms that hit Australian states during April and May have so far resulted in more than A$1.55bn in insurance losses.
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Queensland dog racing overhauled

Tuesday, June 2nd 2015, 2:55

Following a damning report on Australian greyhound racing, Queensland, abolishes the industry's boards and sacks its top executive.
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Vatican finance chief under attack

Monday, June 1st 2015, 7:25

Australian Cardinal George Pell seeks legal advice over allegations his handling of child abuse claims was "almost sociopathic".
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Australian animal cruelty revealed

Monday, June 1st 2015, 1:42

A report into cruelty in Queensland's greyhound racing industry finds "barbaric" treatment of the dogs and other animals.
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Murray beats Kyrgios to progress

Saturday, May 30th 2015, 12:46
related countries: France

Andy Murray beats Australian Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to reach the fourth round of the French Open.
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Australian women 'trying to join IS'

Friday, May 29th 2015, 2:54
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Authorities in the Australian state of Victoria say young women are being lured by romantic notions to the Middle East to join Islamic State.
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Dutton warns on militants' children

Wednesday, May 27th 2015, 4:54

The children of Australian terror suspects could be taken into care, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says, as the government proposes changes to citizenship laws.
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Bayliss named as England head coach

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 12:41
related countries: United Kingdom

England appoint Australian Trevor Bayliss, 52, as their new coach, succeeding Peter Moores who was sacked in early May.
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Australian koalas could be culled

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 2:34

The Victorian government may soon begin culling koalas in Cape Otway for the third time in three years because of "over population".
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Australian jailed for raping tourist

Monday, May 25th 2015, 6:22
related countries: Netherlands

An Australian man who imprisoned a Dutch backpacker in a hotel room for six weeks, repeatedly raping and beating her, is jailed for 17 years.
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VIDEO: Koalas on loan to Singapore Zoo

Thursday, May 21st 2015, 0:45
related countries: Singapore

The Australian government has loaned four Koalas named Paddle, Chan, Pellita and Idalia to the Singapore government for six months.
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Fury over Vietnam cattle killings

Wednesday, May 20th 2015, 14:25
related countries: Vietnam

Animal rights activists condemn what they say is a "shocking and distressing" video of Australian cattle being killed with sledgehammers in Vietnam.
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The Australian shake-up of Eurovision

Tuesday, May 19th 2015, 20:02

Australia's wildcard shake-up of Eurovision
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Australia inquiry told of Nauru abuse

Tuesday, May 19th 2015, 11:36
related countries: Nauru

Sexual assault by guards and squalid living conditions at the Nauru detention camps are detailed in submissions to an Australian Senate inquiry.
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VIDEO: Australian wins lumberjack competition

Sunday, May 17th 2015, 18:47
related countries: Australia, Italy

Australia's Brad Delosa sets a new world record at the Lumberjack race in Italy by sawing wood in less than 58 seconds.
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Snake has tongs surgically removed

Thursday, May 14th 2015, 11:31

A pet python in the Australian city of Adelaide undergoes surgery to remove a pair of BBQ tongs it accidentally ate, according to local media.
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