News: Aruba

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Aruba: news

Australian court increases fine over 'misleading' Nurofen

Friday, December 16th 2016, 1:28
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

The UK manufacturer of Nurofen is hit with an increased fine for misleading customers in Australia.
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Mick Fanning enjoys magical surf beneath the Northern Lights

Friday, December 16th 2016, 0:02
related countries: Norway

Australian champion Mick Fanning completes a spectacular surf beneath the Aurora Borealis in Norway.
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Fiji's baffling albinism

Thursday, December 15th 2016, 2:42
related countries: Fiji

An Australian filmmaker shines a light on the unusually high level of albinism in Fiji.
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Bali policeman's widow rejects 'donation' from accused killer

Wednesday, December 14th 2016, 0:11
related countries: Indonesia

The wife of a man allegedly slain in Indonesia rejects a "donation" from his accused Australian killer.
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Drunk on credit

Wednesday, December 14th 2016, 0:09

Luke Brett Moore, a young Australian, had just lost his job when he discovered his bank was mistakenly allowing him unlimited credit. It was too good an opportunity to miss.
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Snake eats wallaby on Australian golf course

Tuesday, December 13th 2016, 6:00

A 4m scrub python swallows an entire wallaby at a golf course in Far North Queensland.
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Australia teenager tells of Northern Territory youth detention ordeal

Monday, December 12th 2016, 8:58

An Australian teenager tells an inquiry of his humiliating ordeal during youth detention.
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Australian doctor murdered wife with insulin

Thursday, December 8th 2016, 22:58

An Australian doctor who gave his wife a fatal injection of insulin is found guilty of murder.
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Sydney home destroyed in error after letterbox 'boo-boo'

Thursday, December 8th 2016, 10:26

Australian businessman returns home - only to see it had been destroyed by blundering builders.
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Australian court approves intersex child's surgery

Wednesday, December 7th 2016, 13:47

A five-year-old child born genetically male will grow up as a sterilised female after a court ruling.
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Backpacker killed by lightning strike on Australian mountain

Tuesday, December 6th 2016, 23:19
related countries: United States

An American backpacker dies instantly when lightning hits his tent on an Australian mountain.
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Australia Day: Fremantle banned from citizenship ceremonies

Monday, December 5th 2016, 22:11

An Australian city is not allowed to hold citizenship ceremonies on its alternative national day.
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Australian charged with murder over death of French tourist

Sunday, December 4th 2016, 2:48
related countries: France

An Australian man is charged with murder over the death of a French tourist in the outback.
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Australia Police grant cancer patient's wish 'to blow stuff up'

Friday, December 2nd 2016, 4:04

A 12-year-old Australian boy in remission from cancer is granted his request to "blow stuff up".
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Martin Shkreli: Australian boys recreate life-saving drug

Thursday, December 1st 2016, 5:38

Australian students cheaply recreate a life-saving drug that was famously hiked in price last year.
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Australian parliament disrupted by pro-asylum seeker protesters

Wednesday, November 30th 2016, 9:46
related countries: Australia

Around 30 people halted Australia's parliament temporarily while protesting the government's tough detention laws.
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The woman trying to help rapists

Wednesday, November 30th 2016, 2:11

Australian psychologist Erin Sweeny writes about how she copes with treating sex offenders.
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Pygmy marmosets to be reunited after Australian zoo theft

Monday, November 28th 2016, 16:24

Three rare monkeys have been found after they were stolen from a wildlife park southwest of Sydney.
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Missing Tyrone

Monday, November 28th 2016, 16:13

An Australian boy's suicide prompts debate about same-sex attracted children feeling safe in school.
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Rare pygmy marmosets stolen from Australian wildlife park

Sunday, November 27th 2016, 23:29

Three critically endangered monkeys are stolen from a wildlife park southwest of Sydney.
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Australian IS recruiter Neil Prakash 'still alive'

Friday, November 25th 2016, 6:47

An Australian militant thought to be dead is alive and under arrest in the Middle East, reports say.
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Australia Day: City shifts celebrations to 'inclusive alternative'

Friday, November 25th 2016, 1:44

An Australian city will delay celebrating the national day after consulting with Aboriginal elders.
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Highest basketball shot world record from top of dam

Thursday, November 24th 2016, 15:46
related countries: Switzerland

Video shows Australian Derek Herron setting the record for the highest basketball shot, on 26 September in Switzerland.
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Brisbane shop crash witness: 'I was in me jocks'

Thursday, November 24th 2016, 15:36

An Australian man, wearing just his underwear, has chased a man who allegedly crashed his car into a neighbouring shop.
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Is this man 'Australian of the year'?

Thursday, November 24th 2016, 10:08

Wearing nothing but his underwear Daniel McConnell chased a man fleeing a crash in Brisbane.
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Daniel McConnell: Australian underwear 'hero' wins millions of fans

Thursday, November 24th 2016, 1:27

An Australian man finds fame after telling how - dressed in underwear - he chased a man fleeing a crash.
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Australian teen released by Bali police as white powder 'not drugs'

Wednesday, November 23rd 2016, 10:21
related countries: Indonesia
related places: Bali

A Perth teenager is to be released from custody in Bali after white powder found to be innocent mix.
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Australian woman abandoned 14 cats which ate each other

Wednesday, November 23rd 2016, 7:52

An Australian woman whose cats ate each other after she abandoned them is convicted of cruelty.
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Australian police dust crime scene, uncover bottom print

Monday, November 21st 2016, 23:16
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Officers in Victoria uncover an unusual clue while dusting for fingerprints after a burglary.
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Australia bank fire started by Myanmar asylum seeker

Saturday, November 19th 2016, 7:13

An asylum seeker from Myanmar is identified as the man who set himself alight in an Australian bank.
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Australian sets himself on fire in Melbourne bank

Friday, November 18th 2016, 7:57

An Australian man starts a fire at a bank, setting himself alight and injuring at least 26 other people.
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Rich for some

Thursday, November 17th 2016, 0:46

It is one of the wealthiest countries on Earth, so why do so many Australian children still live in poverty?
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Golfer set up Australian PM's call with Donald Trump

Wednesday, November 16th 2016, 23:29

Malcolm Turnbull is among first to congratulate Donald Trump after getting help from a champion golfer.
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New Zealand earthquake: Warships head to Kaikoura

Wednesday, November 16th 2016, 10:27
related countries: Canada, New Zealand, United States
related places: Kaikoura

US, Canadian and Australian warships are helping to evacuate and supply aid to earthquake-hit Kaikoura.
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Superfetation: Woman falls pregnant twice in 10 days

Wednesday, November 16th 2016, 9:10

An Australian woman gives birth to twins conceived 10 days apart after having hormone treatment.
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Cow escapes Australian cattle ship and swims for freedom

Tuesday, November 15th 2016, 10:10

A runaway cow swims to freedom after escaping being loaded onto a cattle ship in Western Australia.
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Controversial 'Tinder death' interview airs in Australia

Sunday, November 13th 2016, 23:46
related countries: Australia

An Australian man acquitted of killing his Tinder date is quizzed if he is "heartless".
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Australian police find loaded gun in biker's bottom

Friday, November 11th 2016, 1:49
related countries: Australia

Police in Australia find a loaded handgun wedged in the behind of a gang-linked motorcyclist.
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Spy's double life

Thursday, November 10th 2016, 18:19

How an Australian journalist learned his father was a top agent for MI6.
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Hot dog to hot tub: Australian's sausage drone

Thursday, November 10th 2016, 10:48

An Australian whose drone flew a hot dog to his hot tub could be fined for breaching safety rules.
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Australian man wins fight over bargain engagement ring

Thursday, November 10th 2016, 7:47

Australian man buys ring for accidental A$32,900 (£20,326) discount and wins legal fight to keep it.
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Australian shot with bow and arrow arrested

Wednesday, November 9th 2016, 0:57
related countries: Australia

A burglar in Australia is arrested after being shot by a homeowner armed with a bow and arrow.
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Provocative 'tourism ad' stirs mixed feelings in Australia

Tuesday, November 8th 2016, 8:29
related countries: Australia

An Australian tourism ad slogan barely concealing a profanity sweeps the internet, stirring mixed feelings.
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Hoax broadcasts made to passenger planes in Melbourne

Tuesday, November 8th 2016, 4:03

Australian police investigate 15 hoax transmissions to planes over Melbourne, including one that forced an aborted landing.
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Australian burglar shot with bow and arrow

Monday, November 7th 2016, 11:37
related countries: Australia

A burglar in Australia is shot with a wooden bow and arrow after being confronted by a homeowner.
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Gable Tostee 'Tinder death' interview angers Australian netizens

Monday, November 7th 2016, 0:50

An Australian TV interview with a man acquitted of murdering a woman he met on Tinder sparks anger.
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Indonesia protest: President Joko Widodo cancels Australia visit

Saturday, November 5th 2016, 8:49
related countries: Australia, Indonesia
related places: Jakarta

Indonesia's President Widodo cancels his Australian visit in the aftermath of protests in Jakarta.
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Massive fire engulfs Australian car yard

Saturday, November 5th 2016, 5:31
related countries: Australia
related places: Sydney

A car wrecking yard is destroyed by a fire in Sydney, Australia.
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Scott Ludlam: Australian senator takes leave to treat depression and anxiety

Friday, November 4th 2016, 12:25

Australian Senator Scott Ludlam reveals he is getting help with depression and anxiety issues.
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Australian frog species found that 'flashes' enemies

Friday, November 4th 2016, 7:20
related countries: Australia

A species of frog which startles predators by flashing its orange groin has been found in Australia.
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Australian impostors play official golf tournament in North Korea

Thursday, November 3rd 2016, 7:09
related countries: North Korea

Two Australians pose as world-class golfers to blag their way into a North Korean tournament.
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Andrew Gaskell: Missing Australian found in Malaysia jungle

Tuesday, November 1st 2016, 10:19
related countries: Malaysia

Australian tourist Andrew Gaskell is found alive after going missing in a Malaysian jungle for almost two weeks.
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Australian magistrate tells Aboriginal teen to 'be like 50 Cent'

Thursday, October 27th 2016, 8:31
related countries: United States

An Australian magistrate suggests an Aboriginal boy use US rapper 50 Cent as a role model.
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Australian MP uses official chauffeur to shuttle dogs

Thursday, October 27th 2016, 4:52

A senior Australian politician apologises for using his chauffeur to transport his dogs 120km (80 miles) to his country house.
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Australia Dreamworld: Tributes paid to four people killed

Wednesday, October 26th 2016, 12:59

"He was this amazing kid" - brother of one of the four people killed at an Australian theme park.
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Dreamworld: Four killed on Australian theme park ride

Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 11:01
related countries: Australia
related places: Gold Coast

Four people are killed on a river rapids ride at the Dreamworld theme park on Australia's east coast.
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IBM: Did you try to turn it off and on again?

Tuesday, October 25th 2016, 9:58

Computer bosses admit Australian census issues could have been prevented by switching router "off and on again".
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Australian coach kidnapped in Yemen appears in hostage video

Friday, October 21st 2016, 2:07
related countries: Yemen

An Australian football coach who was kidnapped in Yemen last month appears in a video online saying his captors want ransom money.
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