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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:18 PM

Oceania

Type: Continent

Name: Oceania

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 21 Documents (in Environment)

'Code Red' in Australia

SYDNEY - Australian firefighters battled dozens of bushfires on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. ... [Today Online - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Australia, Wildfires, Sydney (Australia)

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 9 Documents

Ireland look to show plenty in reserve against Fiji

Ireland coach Declan Kidney decided Saturday's Test against Fiji was an opportunity to give his second-string a chance to shine.So he picked a team replete with British and Irish Lions in key positions.It all gives an indication of the scale of the task ... [France24 - culture - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Ireland, Declan Kidney, BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 22 Documents (in Environment)

Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage

A city worker is seen reading the paper in the shade during a hot day in Sydney. Australia is facing its worst fire danger in four years, with hotter and windier conditions and earlier than normal outbreaks forecast, according to government analysis published ... [France24 - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Australia, Dolphin, Wildfires, Australia First Party (AU)

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 5 Documents

Fiji regime seizes broadcasting licences

Australia says the military regime in Fiji has seized broadcast licences after the interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum was given new powers.Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says the action was carried out by decree, which does not allow ... [Radio New Zealand - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Stephen Smith

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 16 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Politics)

Australia refugee council disappointed in NZ stance on asylum seekers in Australia.

The President of Australia’s Refugee Council, John Gibson, says New Zealand is obliged to shoulder some of the resettlement needs arising from the growing number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia.Canberra is under pressure to resettle up to 78 Sri ... [Radio New Zealand International - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Australia, Refugees, John Gibson, New Zealand

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 12 Documents

Super city boundaries a difficult task done well

The Local Government Commission has done a difficult task very well for Auckland's future ward and local board boundaries, the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) says "Twelve wards and nineteen Local Boards is close to what we recommended ... [Scoop - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Auckland

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 8 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Reserve Bank of Australia

Australia executives suspended over banknote probe

Two executives at a banknote-making firm part-owned by Australia's central bank have been suspended over a police probe into alleged bribery and kickbacks, officials said.The managing director and company secretary of Securency, in which the Reserve Bank ... [France24 - Asia Pacific - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Australia, Bob Rankin, Reserve Bank of Australia

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 13 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Telstra Amps Up Its HFC

Telstra Corp. (Pink Sheets: TLSYY) is the latest telecom provider to join the Docsis 3.0 club, stamping its membership with the launch of a 100-Mbit/s service on its hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network in Melbourne.That's a significant boost over Telstra's ... [Light Reading - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Telstra Corporation Limited, BigPond, World Social Prospects Study Association

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 9 Documents (in Energy)

12:00amKing sets the bar high for Leighton

From: The AustralianLEIGHTON Holdings chief executive Wal King has set an 'aspirational goal' to raise profits by a bold 50 per cent within five years to hit $900 million as the economy surges ahead.At a business lunch in Perth yesterday, the 65-year-old ... [The Australian - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Wal King, Liquefied Natural Gas, Australia, Saipem S.p.A., LEIGHTON HOLDINGS LIMITED

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 8 Documents

Formalin leak partially closes Wellington Hospital

Part of Wellington Hospital was isolated following a formalin leak today.The Fire Service was alerted to the incident about 11.30 this morning and units were dispatched to clear the scene.Hospital spokesman Michael Tull said the leak was relatively minor ... [New Zealand Herald - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Wellington (New Zealand), emergency

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Energy)

Man dies in ocean swim race (NZPA)

A swimmer has died during the opening race of the New Zealand ocean swim series in Auckland today.The man was in his late 50s, said event director Scott Rice.However, he would not comment further other than to say the man was well attended by paramed ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Auckland, North Shore (New Zealand), New Zealand

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 31 Documents

Second twin waking 'slowly' after separation op

A second Bangladeshi twin is waking "slowly" and should be conscious later, three days after being separated from her conjoined sister in Australia, a hospital official said Friday.Krishna was said to be in good condition but is expected to make a slower ... [France24 - Africa - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Australia First Party (AU), Melbourne, Australia

Quotes

"Adding Alison back into the squad from the Oceania's really gives us some extra horsepower and experience. We are a much stronger unit with her in the mix."

NZ women eye world championship payback (NZPA) [Yahoo! News Australia - 8 hours ago]

...in the region, because it will host the Travel Mart Latin America (TMLA) 2010, according to a press release by the Peru's Hotels Society (SHP). "Some 950 delegates from Latin America, the United States, Europe, Asia, Europe and Oceania, interested in knowing our history, archaeological and cultural riches will attend the conference, said the SHP general manager, Tibisay Monsalve."

Peru will host Travel Mart Latin America 2010 [LivinginPeru - 14 hours ago]

...BusinessInsider ] No? Then don't skip to 9:30 of this clip, where he slips it in that in "1978 or '79" he and his wife took a trip down under and "came back with another child we hadn't hadn't expected to have made in New Zealand." NewZealand - Oceania - Travel - Recreation and Sports - Recreation

Want To Hear About Julian Roberston Accidentally Knocking Up His Wife? [Dealbreaker - 11/18/2009]

...Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, Chairman of WISE and Qatar Foundation's Vice-President of Education, said "change takes place because individuals or teams of people have not only identified a problem, but have decided to do something about it. That's why we decided, in this inaugural year of WISE, to showcase and reward exceptional projects and initiatives that demonstrate a tangible impact on each of our three sub-themes." In line with the global and inclusive outlook of WISE, the WISE Awards programme generated widespread international interest from diverse groups and...

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Presents WISE Awards to Six Outstanding Education Innovators [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]

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Blogs

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Julia Moulden: Top 10 New Radical Gifts [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 1 hour ago] Are you like me -- suddenly realizing that the holidays are only weeks away? And are you totally and completely convinced that you don't want to give the ...
The secrets on your smartphone [textually.org - 6 hours ago] Hang on to your handset ... smartphones are a goldmine of information for thieves, writes The Sydney Morning Herald. ... While many mobile-phone SIM cards might ...
Sex And Food In The Giant Squid [Scientific Blogging - 8 hours ago] A nifty news story about students in a Florida classroom watching a giant squid dissected in Melbourne, Australia, led me to hunt down an article about the dissection ...
If You Only Share A Tiny Bit Of A File Via BitT... [Techdirt - 12 hours ago] They send us a list of IP addresses and say 'this IP address was involved in a breach on this date'. We look at that say 'well what do you want us to do with this? ...
Face Of The Day [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 13 hours ago] Haydar Khalil, a Praham market trader spits a cherry pip out of his mouth as he takes part in a cherry pip spitting competition at the launch of the 2009 Victorian ...

Audio/Video

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'You should be proud' PM [News On ABC - YouTube - 3 hours ago]
David Letterman - Viggo Mortensen's Rabbit Dinner [CBS - YouTube - 15 hours ago]
Survivor: Samoa - Next Time On: Episode 11 [CBS - YouTube - 17 hours ago]
Rudd: Climate change is real [CNN International - YouTube - 18 hours ago]
Rudd: Climate change is real [CNN.com - Video - 20 hours ago]

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