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

VIDEO: Australia PM dodges sandwich

Thursday, May 30th 2013, 12:15
related countries: Australia
related places: Canberra

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has had a sandwich thrown at her while visiting a school in Canberra.
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Sydney blaze nurse admits 11 murders

Monday, May 27th 2013, 3:36

A nurse who started a fire at a nursing home for the elderly in the Australian city of Sydney admits 11 counts of murder.
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Ford to shut Australian production

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 3:02

Ford Motor says it will shut all its Australian manufacturing plants by October 2016, after more than 85 years making cars in the country.
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Wiggins loses time after Giro fall

Friday, May 10th 2013, 17:12

Sir Bradley Wiggins's hopes of winning the Giro d'Italia for the first time suffer a blow after a crash on stage seven.
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Kate hoax DJ to appear at inquest

Monday, April 29th 2013, 9:36

An Australian DJ who made a hoax call about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge will appear at the inquest into the death of the nurse who answered it.
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Australian film wins Tribeca prize

Friday, April 26th 2013, 9:12

Australian film The Rocket takes the top honour at this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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'Titanic man' Palmer enters politics

Friday, April 26th 2013, 4:47

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, who says he is building a replica Titanic, says he is forming a political party to run for PM.
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Australia hacking 'leader' charged

Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 3:23

Australian police say they have arrested and charged a "self-proclaimed leader" of the hacking group LulzSec.
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Singapore Air increases Virgin stake

Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 3:03
related countries: Singapore

Singapore Airlines increases its stake in Virgin Australia to tap into the Australian market and counter the strength of its rivals.
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Australian Olympic swimmers fined

Friday, April 19th 2013, 4:45
related countries: Australia

Members of Australia's Olympic swimming team are fined and issued deferred suspensions for taking banned medication and misbehaviour.
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Black Caviar retires after 25 wins

Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 9:00

Unbeaten Australian mare Black Caviar is to be retired after winning 25 consecutive races during a four-year career.
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Australian film industry hit by strong currency

Tuesday, April 16th 2013, 21:00
related countries: Australia

Why foreign film makers are giving Australia a miss
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Scott thanks inspirational Norman

Monday, April 15th 2013, 5:44

Adam Scott dedicates his Masters victory to Greg Norman, saying his fellow Australian had "inspired a nation".
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Scott wins Masters in play-off

Sunday, April 14th 2013, 23:43
related countries: United States
related places: Masters

Adam Scott collects the first major of his career after beating Angel Cabrera at the second play-off hole at the Masters.
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More Thatcher funeral guests named

Saturday, April 13th 2013, 2:50
related countries: United States

Downing Street release the names of more guests who will attend Lady Thatcher's funeral, including US politician Newt Gingrich and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
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Day leads after Woods charge falters

Saturday, April 13th 2013, 0:37

Australian Jason Day leads the Masters by a shot with Tiger Woods three strokes behind going into the third round.
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Australian $40bn LNG project shelved

Friday, April 12th 2013, 4:34
related countries: Australia

Australia's second biggest oil company, Woodside Petroleum, puts a $40bn proposed liquefied natural gas project on hold.
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Garcia and Leishman lead Masters

Thursday, April 11th 2013, 23:38
related countries: Spain

Spain's Sergio Garcia and Australian Marc Leishman set the pace in the opening round of the 77th Masters at Augusta.
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VIDEO: Row in Sydney over rainbow crossing

Thursday, April 11th 2013, 13:29

A row has erupted in the Australian city of Sydney after the authorities tore up a road crossing that had been painted in rainbow stripes for the annual gay parade
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China and Australia in currency pact

Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 0:25
related countries: Australia, China, Japan, United States

The Australian dollar becomes the third currency, along with the US dollar and the Japanese yen, that can be converted directly into and out of the Chinese yuan.
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Thatcher 'racist', says Australia FM

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 21:13
related countries: Australia

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr describes "unabashedly racist" comments made by the late Margaret Thatcher in her retirement.
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Billabong in fresh takeover talks

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 10:17
related countries: United States

Australian surfwear firm Billabong is to start talks over a possible takeover by a consortium led by its former US boss Paul Naude.
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Australia PM on China trade mission

Friday, April 5th 2013, 6:53
related countries: China

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard leaves for China on a five-day visit aimed at strengthening ties with the country's largest trade partner.
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Living Black: Australia's trail-blazing indigenous show

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 0:43

Trail-blazing Australian TV show tackles indigenous issues
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VIDEO: 'I paid captors to free my husband'

Monday, March 25th 2013, 13:11
related countries: Philippines, United States

The wife of an Australian man kidnapped by an al-Qaeda-linked group in the Philippines has revealed that she paid a ransom of four million pesos (US$98,000) to secure his release.
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Australia PM condemns infighting

Monday, March 25th 2013, 5:56

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveils a new front bench, days after an abortive leadership vote she called "unseemly" and "self-indulgent".
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Abu Sayyaf release Australia hostage

Saturday, March 23rd 2013, 2:17
related countries: Australia, Philippines

Warren Rodwell, an Australian man kidnapped 15 months ago by an al-Qaeda-linked group in the Philippines, is released.
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Australia smashes Asia drug ring

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 12:16

Australian police say they have smashed an international crime syndicate with links to Asia, seizing drugs and assets worth millions.
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VIDEO: Tornado hits Australia caravan parks

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 10:25
related countries: Australia

Aerial footage has shown the devastation caused after a tornado hit two Australian states.
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Australia's Kevin Rudd in party vow

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 5:16

Kevin Rudd rules out "100%" any return to the Australian Labor Party leadership, as political ructions continue after Thursday's abortive ballot.
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Australia head swim coach steps down

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 5:25

The head coach of the Australian swimming team steps down following reports of a lack of leadership and a "toxic" culture in the Olympic team.
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Storm over Australia's press reform proposals

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 1:22
related countries: Australia

Why Australian minister is being called a despot
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Drug-resistant pandemic flu warning

Monday, March 18th 2013, 16:04

Australian experts are concerned about a new type of drug-resistant pandemic flu that is circulating in the population at large.
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Raikkonen eyes second world title

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 10:52

Kimi Raikkonen hopes to use his victory in the season-opening Australian GP as the foundation for a second world title.
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Raikkonen wins tense opening race

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 7:44

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen beats Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in a tense strategic battle in the season-opening Australian GP.
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Vettel takes pole in Melbourne

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 1:03

Sebastian Vettel takes pole for the Australian GP as qualifying was completed on race morning after heavy rain on Saturday.
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Qualifying delayed by heavy rain

Saturday, March 16th 2013, 9:44

Qualifying at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix has been delayed until Sunday morning following heavy rain.
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Grosjean heads wet final practice

Saturday, March 16th 2013, 4:09

Lotus's Romain Grosjean is fastest from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in a rain-hit final practice at the Australian GP.
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Vettel sets second practice pace

Friday, March 15th 2013, 7:17

World champion Sebastian Vettel sets an ominous pace in his Red Bull on the first day of practice at the season-opening Australian GP.
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Vettel quickest in first practice

Friday, March 15th 2013, 3:08

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel heads Ferrari's Felipe Massa in first practice for the season-opening Australian GP.
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'Only Bradman is better than Cook'

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 12:04
related countries: New Zealand

Alastair Cook is a "genius" who is second only to Don Bradman, says New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum.
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Why Canberra isn't 'boring'

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 0:52
related countries: Australia

Readers argue the Australian capital is far from 'boring'
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Hackers target Australian bank

Monday, March 11th 2013, 7:55
related countries: Australia

The Reserve Bank of Australia confirms a press report that it has been targeted by hackers, but says no data has been lost.
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Team Sky's Porte wins Paris-Nice

Sunday, March 10th 2013, 16:26
related countries: France
related places: Nice, Paris

Richie Porte of Team Sky becomes the first Australian to win the Paris-Nice road race in France.
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Prisoner X 'worked for Israel'

Wednesday, March 6th 2013, 11:21
related countries: Israel

Australia confirms for the first time that an Australian-Israeli man who died while secretly jailed in Israel worked for the Israeli government.
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Two ill on overheated Qantas flight

Monday, March 4th 2013, 7:19

An air-conditioning fault on an Australian Qantas flight sends temperatures soaring, with two passengers taken to hospital with dehydration.
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Black Saturday bushfire case opens

Monday, March 4th 2013, 4:04

Survivors of one of the biggest bushfires in Australian history sue a power company for negligence, in a case expected to last several months.
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VIDEO: Australia finds largest meth haul

Thursday, February 28th 2013, 6:51
related countries: China

Australian police say they have made their largest-ever seizure of the drug methamphetamine hidden in a shipment from southern China.
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Australia finds largest meth haul

Thursday, February 28th 2013, 4:41
related countries: China

Australian police announce the country's largest-ever seizure of the drug methamphetamine, hidden in a shipment from China.
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VIDEO: Billionaire to rebuild Titanic

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 3:54
related countries: China

An Australian billionaire has unveiled plans to build an almost-exact replica of the ill-fated Titanic.
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Physicist proposes in science paper

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 10:28

An Australian physicist's successful proposal to his long-term girlfriend - in the form of a scientific paper - hits the internet.
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The Australian boatman at Kumbh Mela

Monday, February 25th 2013, 3:54
related countries: India

The Australian boatman at India's festival
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Is Australian sport badly broken?

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 5:27
related countries: Australia

Damning reports put Australia's athletes in the spotlight
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Israel's Prisoner X 'hanged himself'

Tuesday, February 19th 2013, 15:12
related countries: Israel

Israel confirms that a secret detainee known as Prisoner X - identified as Australian-Israeli Ben Zygier - hanged himself in his cell 2010.
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Israel's Prisoner X 'leaked secrets'

Monday, February 18th 2013, 12:47
related countries: Israel

An Australian report says Israel secretly jailed an Australian man who worked for its Mossad spy agency because it believed he had leaked secrets.
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Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry

Sunday, February 17th 2013, 21:41
related countries: Israel

An Israeli parliamentary inquiry will investigate the death in custody of Prisoner X, said to be an Australian-Israeli with links to Mossad.
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