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North Korea rejects UN report on rights abuses
North Korea has lashed out at the findings of a United Nations inquiry headed by the former Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby, describing it as a fabrication.
Australia's new govenment takes up the reins
Australia's new Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been sworn in at Government House in Canberra.
Wrong to suggest Indonesia soft on people smugglers: report
After monitoring a series of people smuggling trials in Indonesia over a two year period, Melbourne Law School researcher, Dr Antje Missbach she says the new Australian government's strategy to stop asylum seeker boats won't work in the long term.
Charting the impact of south-south migrant flows
The World Migration Report for 2013, produced by the IOM, the International Organisation for Migration, is presenting for the first time what it describes as a global picture of the well-being of migrants.
Japan should lower dependence on nuclear power, says minister
Two-and-a-half years after the Fukushima disaster, a senior Japanese minister says the government should consider lowering its dependence on nuclear power.
Assessing the health threat from global pollution
Chemical contamination is as big a risk as climate change and could threaten the health of the next generation, according to a group of international experts gathered in Melbourne this week.
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