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Solomon Islands lawmakers elect new PM
Dec 19 2007 11:58PM (CT)
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) - Solomon Islands lawmakers voted in opposition candidate Derek Sikua as prime minister Thursday, the government said, a week after Parliament ousted the volatile South Pacific nation's former leader.
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Australia to monitor Japanese whaling
Dec 19 2007 10:53AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia will send planes and a ship to conduct surveillance of Japanese whaling ships off Antarctica in a bid to build a potential legal case against whaling for scientific research, the government said Wednesday.
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Court to turn off man's life support
Dec 19 2007 3:59AM (CT)
DARWIN, Australia (AP) - A judge ruled Wednesday that a hospital can remove a car accident victim from life support against his family's wishes, saying the patient was unlikely to recover.
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Alleged Fiji assassination plotters free
Dec 19 2007 2:08AM (CT)
SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Ten men accused of plotting to assassinate Fiji's military chief after he seized control of the country in a coup were freed on bail Wednesday after prosecutors reduced the charges against them.
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