SYDNEY: Tougher food screening measures could be introduced in Australia with frozen berries from China linked to a growing number of hepatitis A infections, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said Wednesday (Feb 18). Nanna’s and Creative Gourmet brand raspberries and mixed…
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eight convicted drug smugglers, including seven foreigners, will be transferred to an Indonesian prison island this week for imminent execution despite international appeals for clemency, an official said Monday. Among the eight are Andrew Chan, 31,…
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A prominent anti-halal campaigner and the “Islam-critical” Q Society are being sued for defamation over their claims the Islamic certification industry is corrupt and funds “the push for sharia law in Australia”. Mohammed El-Mouelhy, the head of one of Australia’s…
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He is Sheik Man Haron Monis, who is a self-styled preacher of Islamic State on bail for accessory to murder. Monis, 50, died at the end of a 16-hour siege at the cafe early this morning, but was no stranger…
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SYDNEY – Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning and freed a number of hostages being held there at gunpoint, in a dramatic end to a 16-hour siege in which three people including the attacker…
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