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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

'Anything goes' as Australian nudist resort tries to beat economic blues

Thursday, November 13th 2008, 16:30

Australian holiday resort in Queensland will hold a month-long, nude "anything goes" party in March to combat the global credit crunch.
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'Australian Taleban' fully free

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 3:36

Australian David Hicks, who was held for five years at Guantanamo Bay, is fully free after orders controlling his activities expired.
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'Australian Taleban' trial delay

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 12:30
related countries: United States United States

A federal judge in the US suspends the war crimes trial of an Australian prisoner at Guantanamo base.
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'Big Dry' hits Australian farmers

Friday, May 2nd 2008, 3:27

More than 10,000 Australian farming families are forced to leave the land due to the country's ongoing drought.
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'Brave battle' of late newsreader

Sunday, November 4th 2007, 18:13

Friends of the TV star found dead at a notorious suicide spot in Sydney describe her "battle" with depression.
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'Breakthrough' in malaria fight

Monday, July 14th 2008, 11:26
related countries: Australia Australia

Australian scientists say they have made a discovery that could be a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria.
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'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin killed

Monday, September 4th 2006, 12:12

Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin is killed by a stingray while diving.
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'Dead' Everest man safe at camp

Saturday, May 27th 2006, 15:01

An Australian man left for dead as he descended Mount Everest is rescued and taken to a camp for treatment.
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'Dr Death' returns to Australia

Monday, July 21st 2008, 11:01
related countries: Australia Australia, United States United States

A man dubbed 'Dr Death' by the Australian media returns from the US to face charges he failed patients in his care.
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'Edgy' Burns wins top comedy gong

Saturday, August 25th 2007, 23:34

Controversial Australian comedian Brendon Burns wins the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's top comedy prize.
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'Gang of sharks' kills Australian

Sunday, January 8th 2006, 11:35

An Australian woman dies after being attacked by up to three sharks in shallow waters near Brisbane.
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'Holocaust denier' free from jail

Friday, November 21st 2008, 10:15
related countries: Germany Germany, United Kingdom United Kingdom

An Australian "Holocaust denier" is freed from jail after Germany abandons efforts to have him extradited from the UK.
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'Hope for coral' as oceans warm

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 0:43

Corals threatened by rising sea temperatures may be able to adapt, Australian researchers report.
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'Jihad Jack' cleared of terrorism

Thursday, October 23rd 2008, 9:23

An Australian man is cleared of taking money from al-Qaeda but could still face jail after falsifying a passport.
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'Jihad Jack' conviction quashed

Friday, August 18th 2006, 8:00

An Australian Muslim convert jailed for receiving funds from al-Qaeda has his conviction quashed.
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'Jihad Jack' given five-year term

Friday, March 31st 2006, 6:14

An Australian man known as "Jihad Jack" is sentenced to five years in jail for receiving funds from al-Qaeda.
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'Jihad Jack' guilty in Melbourne

Sunday, February 26th 2006, 5:52

An Australian man known as "Jihad Jack" is convicted of receiving funds from al-Qaeda.
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'Missing athletes' handed warning

Friday, March 24th 2006, 7:46

Missing Commonwealth athletes are told they will need a "bona fide reason" to stay by Australian officials.
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'Nazi' accused faces extradition

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 13:01
related countries: Hungary Hungary

An Australian court rules that a Perth man can be extradited to Hungary to face accusations of murdering a Jew in 1944.
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'Penis fire' suspect is charged

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 5:14

An Australian woman appears in court charged with murdering her husband by setting fire to his penis over alleged infidelity.
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'Tamil rebel' arrested in Sydney

Tuesday, July 10th 2007, 7:01
related countries: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

The Australian police detain a man on suspicion of fundraising for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels.
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'Tank exploded' on Qantas jet

Wednesday, July 30th 2008, 8:40

An exploding oxygen cylinder was the probable cause of a hole in an Australian passenger plane, a safety official confirms.
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'The Big Dry'

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 4:11

Australian farmers helpless against drought
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'Tortured' Australian speaks out

Wednesday, December 7th 2005, 10:15
related countries: United States United States

Australian Mamdouh Habib says he was caught up in the US policy of transferring terror suspects abroad, and abused.
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Aboriginal remains to go home

Friday, November 17th 2006, 11:20

The Natural History Museum is to return the remains of 18 aboriginal people to the Australian government.
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Aborigine child sex abuse 'rife'

Friday, June 15th 2007, 13:15

An Australian inquiry says it found cases of child sex abuse in every aboriginal community visited.
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Aborigine crackdown under way

Monday, June 25th 2007, 6:56

The Australian government's controversial plans to tackle child abuse in Aboriginal areas get under way.
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