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Australia denied on psychiatrist request
Feb 14 2007 11:33PM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia was refused permission to send an independent psychiatrist to Guantanamo Bay to assess the lone Australian prisoner at the U.S. detention camp in Cuba, a senior Foreign Department official said Thursday.
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Obama fallout roils Australian politics
Feb 14 2007 11:00PM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Prime Minister John Howard's fracas with Sen. Barack Obama provoked a third straight day of political recriminations Wednesday, as the Australian leader told parliament that the pledge by the Democratic presidential candidate to withdraw troops from Iraq will only invite more bloodshed.
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Japanese whaling ship catches fire
Feb 14 2007 8:50PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A Japanese whaling ship caught fire Thursday in icy waters near Antarctica and most crew members were safely evacuated but one was listed as missing, officials said.
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Anti-whaling group quits pursuit of ships
Feb 14 2007 6:28AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday its two protest ships were abandoning their pursuit of Japanese whaling vessels because one of the group's ships was running out of fuel.
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