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

Australia probes IS teen 'death'

Thursday, March 12th 2015, 4:41
related countries: Iraq

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says security services are trying to verify reports that an Australian teenager carried out a suicide attack in Iraq.
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Test driver wins case against Sauber

Wednesday, March 11th 2015, 8:20

Test driver Giedo van der Garde wins his court case against Sauber and could race for the team in the Australian Grand Prix.
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PM remark angers indigenous groups

Wednesday, March 11th 2015, 6:08

Indigenous rights groups criticise Australian PM Tony Abbott, after he said people living in remote communities were making a "lifestyle choice".
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Branson pleads for Bali Nine pair

Wednesday, March 11th 2015, 0:32
related countries: Indonesia

Virgin founder Richard Branson urges Indonesia's president to grant clemency to Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
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Funding boost for ailing car industry

Tuesday, March 10th 2015, 3:05

Australian government says it plans to restore hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer assistance to the ailing car manufacturing sector.
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VIDEO: Relatives visit 'Bali Nine' island prison

Monday, March 9th 2015, 9:54

Relatives of two Australian drug smugglers have visited them for the first time on the prison island of Nusakambangan, where they are due to be executed.
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Families visit condemned Bali pair

Monday, March 9th 2015, 6:39
related countries: Indonesia

Relatives of two Australian men convicted of drug smuggling in Indonesia visit them on the prison island where they are due to be executed.
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Australian teens 'tried to join IS'

Monday, March 9th 2015, 3:44

Two brothers aged 16 and 17 arrested at Sydney airport were attempting to reach a "conflict zone" in the Middle East, officials say.
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Sexist abuse claims at England game

Saturday, March 7th 2015, 13:10
related countries: United Kingdom

Claims that a group of British soldiers shouted sexist abuse at the Australian women's team are being investigated.
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Australia announces Eurovision singer

Thursday, March 5th 2015, 14:00
related countries: Australia

Former Australian Idol winner and X Factor judge Guy Sebastian will be Australia's first ever entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Australian Hunt banned over cocaine

Thursday, March 5th 2015, 10:17

Queensland Reds full-back Karmichael Hunt is banned for six weeks by the Australian Rugby Union for cocaine possession.
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Indonesia rejects prisoner swap offer

Thursday, March 5th 2015, 7:53
related countries: Indonesia

Indonesia rejects a last-ditch offer from Australia of a prisoner swap aiming to save the lives of two Australian men on death row.
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Abbott hints at MH370 search limits

Thursday, March 5th 2015, 3:56

Australian PM Tony Abbott says the massive search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cannot "go on at this intensity forever".
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Australian pair moved for execution

Wednesday, March 4th 2015, 8:54

Two members of the Bali Nine Australian drug smuggling ring are moved to the Indonesian island where they and other foreigners face execution.
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Palmer apology over suicide comment

Wednesday, March 4th 2015, 3:57

Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer apologises for telling Australian PM Tony Abbott to "commit suicide" during press conference.
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Alonso to miss Australian Grand Prix

Tuesday, March 3rd 2015, 14:51

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will miss the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 15 March on medical advice.
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Australia to bolster force in Iraq

Tuesday, March 3rd 2015, 2:59
related countries: Iraq

Australia is to more than double its contingent of troops training local forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.
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HP to buy wireless network firm Aruba

Monday, March 2nd 2015, 15:21

Hewlett-Packard agrees to buy wi-fi network systems maker Aruba for $3bn.
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VIDEO: Living underground in the outback

Sunday, March 1st 2015, 23:59

Jon Donnison visits Coober Pedy in the Australian outback, where residents are moving underground to escape the heat.
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Australian wine firm back to profit

Friday, February 27th 2015, 2:59
related countries: Australia

One of the world's biggest listed winemakers, Australia's Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has returned to profit in the six months to December.
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Alonso to start season, say McLaren

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 12:37

McLaren expect Fernando Alonso to recover from his crash and race in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 15 March.
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Australia warning on women militants

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 3:26
related countries: Australia
related places: Canberra

Up to 40 Australian women have either taken part in terror attacks or support terrorist groups, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says.
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New fees for foreign property buyers

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 2:56

Foreign investors may have to pay large fees before buying Australian residential real estate or businesses, the government announces.
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Row over Australia HRC chief deepens

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 0:17
related countries: Australia

Australia's opposition party calls for police probe into whether the government tried to induce the head of the Australian Human Rights Commission to resign.
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Abbott to target domestic extremists

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 8:11

Australia is to toughen citizenship laws and tackle those inciting hatred under new measures against extremism, PM Tony Abbott says.
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Australia strips Harris of honours

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 3:46

Rolf Harris is stripped of his Australian honours after his conviction last year for child sex offences, a formal statement says.
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Why a ‘poetic’ sign language interpreter went viral in Australia

Friday, February 20th 2015, 17:39
related countries: Australia

Australian sign language interpreter has become viral sensation
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Powerful cyclones hit Australia

Friday, February 20th 2015, 11:06

Two powerful storms hit Queensland and the Northern Territory, damaging homes, knocking out power and forcing evacuations in coastal areas.
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Rugby star Hunt on cocaine charges

Friday, February 20th 2015, 0:35

Australian rugby union star Karmichael Hunt is charged with supplying cocaine following an investigation in Queensland, officials say.
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Hicks 'relief' as conviction quashed

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 8:53
related countries: United States

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Australian David Hicks speaks of his relief after a US court quashes his terrorism conviction.
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Australian wins US terror appeal

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 2:08
related countries: United States

An Australian former Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks, successfully challenges his terrorism conviction in the US.
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Chainsaw drink-driver loses appeal

Tuesday, February 17th 2015, 10:59

An Australian learner driver who stitched his own chainsaw wound and drank gin before trying to drive to a hospital loses a Supreme Court appeal.
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Australia ex-PMs in Bali Nine plea

Tuesday, February 17th 2015, 10:41
related countries: Indonesia

All of Australia's living former prime ministers make a united plea for Indonesia to spare the lives of two Australian men on death row.
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Australia minister's emoji interview

Monday, February 16th 2015, 8:46
related countries: Indonesia, United States

Relations with the US are :-) but with Indonesia :-| as Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop conducts a Buzzfeed interview in emoji.
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Australian Clarke to miss Cup opener

Thursday, February 12th 2015, 5:07
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom
related places: Melbourne

Australia captain Michael Clarke will not play against England in the Cricket World Cup opener in Melbourne on Saturday.
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Pakistani wins Australia visa tussle

Wednesday, February 11th 2015, 11:47
related countries: Australia, Pakistan

Australian judges order ministers to grant a visa to a Pakistani refugee after a long-running legal battle.
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'Terror suspects' charged in Sydney

Wednesday, February 11th 2015, 5:32

Two men arrested in the Australian city of Sydney on suspicion of planning an imminent attack on the public are charged with terror offences.
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Abbott survives leadership test

Monday, February 9th 2015, 3:56

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott urges an end to disunity after surviving a party confidence vote on his leadership.
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Australia PM faces leadership vote

Sunday, February 8th 2015, 16:37

The Australian prime minister brings forward a party confidence vote to Monday, saying he wants to end political uncertainty over his leadership.
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Dennis breaks hour world record

Sunday, February 8th 2015, 14:46
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Granges

Australian Rohan Dennis breaks the hour record, completing 52,491km on the track in Granges, Switzerland.
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Italian on 'couchsurf' rape charge

Friday, February 6th 2015, 14:53
related countries: Italy

An Italian policeman is accused of using the website Couchsurfing.com to lure an Australian woman to his home and then drugging and raping her.
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Australian PM 'will fight challenge'

Friday, February 6th 2015, 10:47

Australian PM Tony Abbott says he and his Liberal party deputy leader Julie Bishop will "stand together" against a leadership challenge from MPs.
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Irish teen 'shared cell with Greste'

Thursday, February 5th 2015, 18:02
related countries: Egypt, Ireland

An Irish teenager who has spent over a year in jail in Egypt shared a cell with Australian journalist Peter Greste, according to his family.
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Australia PM faces backbench revolt

Wednesday, February 4th 2015, 1:55

Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces a growing backbench rebellion, with three MPs calling for a vote on his leadership.
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Bishop 'not seeking to oust Abbott'

Tuesday, February 3rd 2015, 6:33

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop tells the cabinet she is not seeking to challenge PM Tony Abbott, amid leadership rumblings.
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Greste 'angst' for jailed colleagues

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 22:03
related countries: Egypt

Australian Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste says he is relieved to be free, but feels "incredible angst" at leaving behind two jailed colleagues in Egypt.
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'Bali Nine' pair 'next' to be killed

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 11:54
related countries: Indonesia

Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will be included in the next group of prisoners to be put to death, Indonesia says.
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Greste to pursue colleagues' release

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 11:52
related countries: Egypt

Australian journalist Peter Greste, freed from prison in Egypt on Sunday, will not rest until two colleagues are also released, his family says.
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VIDEO: Abbott's gaffes leave Aussie PM at risk

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 7:51

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott drops one of his signature policies - a paid parental leave scheme - in the latest blow to his leadership.
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VIDEO: Family delighted at Greste release

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 5:14
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo

The family of Australian al-Jazeera and ex-BBC journalist Peter Greste give their reaction to his release and deportation from Egypt after 400 days in a Cairo prison.
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Abbott 'hasn't considered resigning'

Monday, February 2nd 2015, 4:59

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he has not considered resigning, despite a slump in popularity and growing questions about his leadership.
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Murray 'melted down' in final - Cash

Sunday, February 1st 2015, 15:31

Andy Murray needs "a good, hard look in the mirror" after his Australian Open final defeat, says former finalist Pat Cash.
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Djokovic beats Murray in Melbourne

Sunday, February 1st 2015, 15:07
related countries: United Kingdom

British number one Andy Murray is beaten in four sets as Novak Djokovic wins a fifth Australian Open title.
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Abbott pledge after Queensland rout

Sunday, February 1st 2015, 9:11

Australian PM Tony Abbott vows he will learn the lessons of an election rout in Queensland but insists government is not a "popularity contest".
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Abbott suffers Queensland poll blow

Sunday, February 1st 2015, 5:18

Australian PM Tony Abbott's coalition seems to be heading for a dramatic defeat in elections in the north-eastern state of Queensland.
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Williams wins sixth Australian Open

Saturday, January 31st 2015, 10:37

World number one Serena Williams overcomes illness to win her 19th Grand Slam title with a 16th successive victory over Maria Sharapova.
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VIDEO: What not to say in an obituary

Friday, January 30th 2015, 22:33

Australian writer's mean obituary sparks online fightback
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Djokovic in Australian Open final

Friday, January 30th 2015, 13:31

Novak Djokovic beats defending champion Stan Wawrinka in another dramatic five-set contest to reach the Australian Open final.
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Djokovic & Wawrinka await semi-final

Thursday, January 29th 2015, 22:54

Defending champion Stan Wawrinka and world number one Novak Djokovic will meet for a place in the Australian Open final.
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