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

Row mars Australian sailing bid

Wednesday, May 5th 2010, 14:45

An Australian teenager is told she has not gone far enough to be the youngest person to sail solo and unaided around the world.
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Live - World Snooker Championship

Sunday, May 2nd 2010, 13:01

Australia's Neil Robertson beats Scotland's Graeme Dott 18-13 to win the World Snooker Championship.
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Australia to ban cigarette logos

Thursday, April 29th 2010, 9:00

Australia announces new rules banning logos and colour from cigarette packaging, and a 25% cigarette tax increase.
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Should Australia delay climate plan?

Tuesday, April 27th 2010, 10:46

A key emissions trading scheme is delayed after being repeatedly blocked in the Australian Senate. Do you agree with the decision?
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Drunk sportsmen 'not role models'

Wednesday, April 21st 2010, 23:22

Drunken antics by sporting heroes do not affect the drinking habits of young people, Australian research suggests.
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Australia mobster killed in jail

Monday, April 19th 2010, 9:15

Infamous Australian gangland boss Carl Williams dies after a beating at a high security jail in Melbourne.
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Sensitive misprint in pasta book costs publishers dear

Saturday, April 17th 2010, 16:27

An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.
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Australian bush fire survivor victim of rare wombat attack

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 8:11
related countries: Australia

A survivor of Australia's 2009 bush fires falls victim to a rare wombat attack, before killing the animal with an axe.
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Australian rates raised to 4.25%

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 6:39

Australia's central bank raises interest rates to 4.25% from 4% as it attempts to cool inflation and slow rises in house prices.
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Battle to stabilise stricken Reef vessel

Monday, April 5th 2010, 2:11

Australian authorities battle to stabilise a ship aground near the Great Barrier Reef, but say it may take weeks.
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Live - Malaysian GP practice

Friday, April 2nd 2010, 5:30
related countries: Malaysia
related places: Sepang

Lewis Hamilton tops first free practice ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur.
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Australian Serb faces extradition

Tuesday, March 30th 2010, 17:27
related countries: Australia, Croatia

Australia's High Court rules that a former Serb paramilitary leader wanted in Croatia for war crimes should be extradited.
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Button wins dramatic Australian GP

Sunday, March 28th 2010, 9:54

Jenson Button wins for McLaren at an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix from Renault's Robert Kubica and the two Ferraris.
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Live - Australian Grand Prix

Sunday, March 28th 2010, 4:34

McLaren's Jenson Button wins a dramatic Australian Grand Prix, with Robert Kubica second.
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Superb Vettel denies Webber pole

Saturday, March 27th 2010, 7:45

Sebastian Vettel takes pole in the Australian Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
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Live - Australian GP qualifying

Saturday, March 27th 2010, 2:30

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel sets the fastest time in Q1 as Vitaly Petrov of Renault drops out.
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Hamilton dodges rain to set pace

Friday, March 26th 2010, 7:41

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton posts the day's fastest time ahead of Jenson Button in Friday's practice for the Australian Grand Prix.
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Live - Australian GP practice

Friday, March 26th 2010, 1:06

Second practice is under way in Melbourne, after Renault's Robert Kubica sets the fastest time in the first session.
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Australia police in racism probe

Thursday, March 25th 2010, 4:12
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Police officers in the Australian state of Victoria are investigated for sharing a racist e-mail on police computers.
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Terror suspect 'freed by mistake'

Tuesday, March 23rd 2010, 15:08
related countries: Kenya

Kenya allowed an Australian terrorism suspect to go free after mistaking him for an illegal immigrant, the police tell the BBC.
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'Terror suspect' escapes in Kenya

Monday, March 22nd 2010, 9:57
related countries: Kenya, Somalia

An Australian man of Somali origin suspected of links to terrorism escapes from custody in Kenya, local media report.
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Surgeon denies charges in court

Monday, March 22nd 2010, 5:20
related countries: United States
related places: Brisbane

An Indian-born surgeon pleads not guilty to manslaughter at the start of his trial before a court in the Australian city of Brisbane.
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Fourth Australian named by Dubai

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 11:00

A fourth Australian passport-holder has been named in connection with the murder of a Hamas commander in Dubai.
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Fourth Australian named by Dubai

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 11:00

A fourth Australian passport-holder has been named in connection with the murder of a Hamas commander in Dubai.
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Joint bid for Australian gas firm

Monday, March 8th 2010, 8:12
related countries: Netherlands

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina launch a joint takeover bid for Australian liquefied natural gas group Arrow Energy.
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Mummy goes to court in attempt to protect her name

Monday, March 8th 2010, 2:46

An Australian court rejects a mother's request to ban the use of the term "mummy D" in reference to her daughter's step-mother.
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Australia probes Indian boy death

Friday, March 5th 2010, 10:00
related countries: India

Australian police are investigating the possible murder of a three-year-old Indian boy, Gurshan Singh, in Melbourne.
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Australia green minister demoted

Friday, February 26th 2010, 8:13

Australian environment minister Peter Garrett is demoted over a home insulation programme linked to four deaths.
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Australia anger at Dubai killing

Thursday, February 25th 2010, 13:13
related countries: Australia, Israel

Australia asks Israel to explain the use of Australian passports by three suspects in the Dubai killing of a Hamas official.
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Guantanamo man to sue Australia

Thursday, February 25th 2010, 9:50
related countries: Australia

Former Australian Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib wins the right to sue his government for alleged complicity in torture.
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Australia 'faces permanent alert'

Tuesday, February 23rd 2010, 4:41

Australian PM Kevin Rudd says the country faces a permanent, high terror threat, and announces new entry rules.
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Cipriani agrees Melbourne switch

Friday, February 19th 2010, 12:00

Fly-half Danny Cipriani will leave Wasps at the end of the season and join Australian side Melbourne Rebels.
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Australian anti-immigration politician 'migrating to UK'

Monday, February 15th 2010, 14:13
related countries: United Kingdom

Australian former anti-immigration politician Pauline Hanson says she plans to sell up and migrate to the UK.
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Australian grandmother fights off shark attack

Sunday, February 14th 2010, 16:15

An Australian grandmother survives a shark attack after punching the animal, despite losing more than three pints of blood.
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Net attack hits Australian sites

Friday, February 12th 2010, 17:46

A hacktivist group plans to keep up with attacks aimed at Australian government websites
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Low prices hit Rio Tinto profits

Thursday, February 11th 2010, 9:43

Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto says its pre-tax profits were down 14% in 2009, due to lower commodity prices.
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Aborigine children still at risk

Thursday, February 11th 2010, 9:14

High Aboriginal infant mortality is "shameful" and progress on improving living conditions is slow, says Australian PM Kevin Rudd.
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Australia in roof safety checks

Wednesday, February 10th 2010, 7:07

The Australian government orders safety checks on tens of thousands of homes after foil insulation causes electrocutions.
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Australia-China mine deal mix-up

Tuesday, February 9th 2010, 16:49
related countries: China

The status of a coal deal between Australian mining firm Roadhouse and a Chinese energy firm is thrown into question
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Sydney sword swallower sets eye-watering world record

Monday, February 8th 2010, 10:18

An Australian performance artist sets a world record by swallowing 18 swords at the same time.
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Australia in huge China coal deal

Saturday, February 6th 2010, 10:18
related countries: China

An Australian firm signs a $60bn deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations from a mine to be built in Queensland.
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Dave saved: Australia's erotic-photo banker keeps his job

Friday, February 5th 2010, 10:30
related countries: Australia

An Australian banker caught viewing erotic images in the background of a live TV interview will keep his job, his bank says.
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Internet backing for banker seen viewing erotic photos at work

Thursday, February 4th 2010, 15:23

Pledges of support for an Australian banker in trouble after being seen viewing erotic images on live TV are growing across the internet.
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Men At Work lose plagiarism case

Thursday, February 4th 2010, 12:10

Australian band Men At Work lose a court battle, as a judge rules their hit Down Under plagiarised a Girl Guides song from the 1930s.
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Indian man 'faked Melbourne attack'

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 5:21
related countries: India

Australian police say an Indian man who claimed he was set on fire fabricated the story, amid tensions over alleged racism.
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Live TV catches Australian banker looking at semi-nude photos

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 3:47

An Australian banker lands in hot water for looking at semi-nude photos of a model unaware a colleague is live on TV.
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Live TV catches Australian banker looking at semi-nude photos

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 3:47

An Australian banker lands in hot water for looking at semi-nude photos of a model unaware a colleague is live on TV.
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Murray 'hungry' to win first Slam

Sunday, January 31st 2010, 14:02

Britain's Andy Murray says his desire to win a Grand Slam title remains undimmed by defeat to Roger Federer in the final of the Australian Open.
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Live - Murray v Federer

Sunday, January 31st 2010, 7:30

Britain's Andy Murray has a mountain to climb as he attempts to win his first Grand Slam title after Roger Federer wins the opening two sets in the Australian Open final.
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Serena seals fifth Aussie title

Saturday, January 30th 2010, 10:51
related countries: Belgium

World number one Serena Williams beats Justine Henin in three sets to win her fifth Australian Open title.
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Live - Serena v Henin

Saturday, January 30th 2010, 8:27

Defending champion Serena Williams and former world number one Justine Henin go into a deciding set in the final of the Australian Open.
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Federer piles pressure on Murray

Friday, January 29th 2010, 13:09
related countries: United Kingdom

World number one Roger Federer claims Britain's Andy Murray will be under "big pressure" in Sunday's Australian Open final.
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Federer win sets up Murray final

Friday, January 29th 2010, 10:25

Roger Federer brushes aside a subdued Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-3 6-2 to set up a clash with Andy Murray in Sunday's final of the Australian Open.
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Live - Federer v Tsonga

Friday, January 29th 2010, 8:14

World number one Roger Federer will meet Andy Murray in the Australian Open final after he crushes Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.
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Murray powers into Aussie final

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 11:42
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Britain's Andy Murray beats Marin Cilic in four sets at the Australian Open to reach the second Grand Slam final of his career.
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Henin & Serena into Aussie final

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 6:08

Justine Henin will face defending champion Serena Williams in the final of the Australian Open after both women won their semi-finals in straight sets.
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Live - Murray v Cilic

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 2:17

British number one Andy Murray bids for a place in the Australian Open final as he meets Croatia's Marin Cilic.
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