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World survey suggests major technology changes : ... Affairs (UN-DESA) suggests that a technological overhaul of production processes worldwide is needed to end poverty and avert the likely impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. Launched at The Australian National University today, ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Meli honours his father's legacy : As team manager of Papua New Guinea's football team, he was leaving the next day for Sydney and the AFL's international cup. David stayed up until midnight, then let himself go to sleep. ''I had to play footy the next morning and I couldn't be tired,'' ... Sydney Morning Herald

Gay marriage surveys tell a tale of two states : Labor member for Blair Shayne Neumann also found most respondents in his Ipswich-based electorate were opposed to same-sex marriage. Greens MP Adam Bandt, who requested the survey by MPs, told the committee he believed "love" would carry Australia ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Editorial: Society works best when people care THE Pride of Australia awards were handed out yesterday to 11 great South ... Areas such as mental health, homelessness , youth disenfranchisement, ...

Managers need help managing mental illness | Herald Sun A NATIONAL survey has painted anunsatisfactory picture on how mental illness is managed in the workplace the charity Sane Australia says ...

Australia: Social Media Poll Favors Gay Marriage 82%-18% : Hundreds of thousands of votes have been lodged in an Australian Labor Party (ALP) social media poll on marriage equality. The huge response comes just a day before federal MPs are due to speak in Parliament on the same-sex marriage views of their ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Gay Marriage: Something Smells a Little Rotten in Australia... : Looking through the summaries of the reports from Members of Parliament on Crikey.com got me thinking. First off, how were the thirty MP's who reported back on the issue chosen? Were they overwhelmingly from the most conservative areas of the country, ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Outlook bleak if gay bill goes to conscience vote : ... pointing to bullying and suicides, said it was ''time for everybody, every adult in Australia to be given the same opportunity … to wake up with their own loved one''. Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, who is in favour of gay marriage, ... The Age

Brash to announce core economic policies : "I see no reason why New Zealand can't again lead the world in living standards, with good jobs paying good wages for all New Zealanders. We can eliminate poverty and give our children and grandchildren the option of having a good life here or a good ... Voxy

Australian master's artwork found in drugs raid : Australia : The art, all suspected to be stolen, is believed to be authentic ... of jewellery and small amounts of what are thought to heroin and cannabis . ...

Indigenous population still falling through gap : Last year, the Aboriginal imprisonment rate was 14 times that of other Australians . In 2009, the rate for indigenous youth was 23 times that of other Australians , a decline from the peak in 2008. The rate of substantiated child abuse in indigenous ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Health and equality : I remember when I first addressed a public meeting here in Perth convened by the late Archbishop William Foley in 1985 to discuss the emotive issue of Aboriginal land rights. Some Catholic miners were not too impressed by the presence of a Jesuit who ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

African poverty shocks student : SEEING the poverty and homelessness in Pretoria, South Africa has made Whitsunday Anglican School student Jacob Pederson appreciative of the lifestyle he has in Australia . The Year 11 student was awarded an RSL Youth Development Program grant for ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Police can't investigate without official report — Belaga OCPD Bakar was commenting on a front-page report in The Borneo Post yesterday that outsiders, including gangsters, have been illegally harvesting logs with impunity at Bakun lake for the past 10 months. He said the local police had not receive any report ...

Not in my name, Dr Mapp! : The New Zealand Government readily finds the resources to send troops to help support a corrupt overseas regime, while at home the shameful level of child poverty and neglect continues to be a sad commentary on our national priorities. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Students hungry for poverty awareness : The flat had raised $200 so far, but hoped to raise $1000, which will go to Oxfam New Zealand for its work in the Horn of Africa. Shopping list: potatoes, carrots, onions, lentils, chickpeas, preserved fruit, flat spices and herbs, milk, rice, flour, ... Otago Daily Times

Pharmacists told to be patient-oriented : “I've seen so many cases in which pharmacists leave their dispensaries during working hours,” she told The Jakarta Post. The Health Minister's Regulation (Permenkes) No.889/2011 stipulates that pharmaceutical tasks in a dispensary must involve several ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Time to work as one to manage rising cost of living : Although Malaysia is fortunate compared with several destitute parts of the world, we cannot afford to be sanguine about harder economic times. The global economy is in marked decline, with Europe in the doldrums and the US possibly worse off. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Brunei court to hear bid on child custody : An Invercargill man who says his two-year-old daughter was illegally detained in Brunei two months ago gets his day in court in the oil-rich nation next month. Southland Softball chief executive Craig Soper was in Brunei with his wife Waznah Othman and ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Bus Ticket Prices to Sumatra Rise by 20% : TEMPO Interactive, SLEMAN:The prices of bus tickets from Yogyakarta to Sumatra have increased by 20 percent. One week before Lebaran, around 1300 people will pass through Jombor Terminal in Sleman. “We focus on buses going to Sumatra ," Jombor Night Bus ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Unions lay first test for premier-in-waiting Jay Weatherill : ... for South Australian working people" are in an advertisement in The Advertiser today. They also want expanded health, education and community services, better workers' compensation provisions for injured workers, and measures to tackle poverty . ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Australian man faces indictment for anti-Semitic letter : A Muslim man is fighting multiple indictments in the District Court of New South Wales for sending letters to families of soldies who died in Afghanistan and to the family of a trade official who died in last year's Jakarta bombing, according to an AAP ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Fearing an End to Cash Flow, Govt Eyes Better ... - The Jakarta Globe : The government plans to resubmit draft bills for the establishment of a couple of financial safeguards to the House of Representatives before the end of October, as it seeks to set up a stronger legal framework to take any necessary ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Australian politician's gay brother: comments are “dangerous” and “inappropriate” : Now, Carl Katter, the politician's gay brother has come forward with strong criticism of his sibling, calling his viewpoint “dangerous”. In an interview with Australia's Network Ten, he said: “I don't understand his motives. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Muslim rebels reject Philippine peace proposal Representatives from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front insisted on a substate for minority Muslims, chief government negotiator Marvic Leonen told reporters in a video conference from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , where the talks were held. ...

Sabah's stateless children seek official status : While there are disagreements over the official poverty level of 16 percent, local media in November quoted Emmanuel Jimenez, the World Bank's East Asia human development sector director, as saying Sabah was home to 40 percent of Malaysia's ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

No rights for stateless Rohingya fleeing Burma : This stateless status often keeps children from attending school and condemns families to poverty . And it can be particularly hard on women – a fact that I had reinforced to me on a recent trip to Malaysia . In February, I and a colleague travelled to ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

How to build a retirement nest egg : Lim Kok Shien, a financial management lecturer at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam's Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies, says it's important to start early to shore up one's retirement funds as the nearer one is to retirement, ... AsiaOne

Two gay ministers uniting the church : Two congregations of the Uniting Church of Australia (UCA) have appointed two openly gay ministers — understood to be the first time a major Christian denomination has inducted openly gay clergy in Sydney. The Reverend Nicole Fleming was appointed ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Church leaders lobby MPs over marriage laws The couple, who have been together for 14 years and have adopted a 12-year-old, say politicians opposing gay marriage are ignoring the 60 per cent of voters and 53 per cent of Christians who support marriage equality. "We pay our taxes, ...

'Ex-gay therapy' on the rise in Germany : The first ex- gay ministry was formed in 1973, followed in 1976 by the foundation of one of the largest ex- gay organisations, Exodus International, which has over 250 ministries in the US and world-wide including Australia . Most recently in the southern ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

US Bigot Warns Australia's Gay Rights Will Lead To Pedophiles Marrying Kids : Because the fight for consenting, loving adults to marry the partner they have dedicated their life to is totally the same as sexual predators raping children in their “legal possession.” Statutory rape and gay marriage are so completely divorced, ... Unicorn Booty (blog)

Rider's journey to banish the 'black dog' : ... an Australian and international authority in researching mental illness . The riders travel to Port Augusta, South Australia where they are joined by riders from Western Australia , Tasmania, Victoria and SA who will all ride as a group to Coober ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Man wants licence for cannabis medicine : The Kempsey man developed the medicine 10 years ago and is now giving away the liquid cannabis tincture to about 300 people around Australia . ...

Police reveal $22m cannabis haul - ABC News (Australian ... : Police in Sydney say they have seized cannabis more than $22 million during a five-month operation. 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

One Voice of Australia - Homeless World Cup : Australia may have lost their match today against Denmark but, just before the final whistle, they were given a chance to score their first goal of the ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Need for welfare on rise but can't be met, say agencies Welfare agencies nationally reported a 12 per cent increase in assistance for services ranging from homelessness to mental health to aged care, a survey by the Australian Council of Social Service finds. The ACOSS Australian Community Sector Survey, ...

Exporting raw materials the path to poverty : New Zealand Winegrowers have hit the mark with their comments that the high NZ dollar is costing jobs say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). NZ Winegrowers Chairman Stuart Smith said, "We're going along quite well [in ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Greens launch clean rivers policy : The Greens say more than half New Zealand's rivers are unsafe for swimming and are calling for national clean water standards and a charge on irrigation water. The party's clean rivers policy was launched in Wellington today at a clean up of the ... Stuff.co.nz

Waikato students raise awareness about poverty | Stuffconz : Two dollars and 25 cents won't buy you a 500gm pack of butter, let alone a loaf of bread to spread it on. 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Papuan Conflict Will Get Worse Without Development Unit: ICG : The government must quickly set up a long-awaited body to oversee political and economic development in the restive province of Papua if it is to stem a rising tide of violence there, analysts said on Monday. Sidney Jones, a senior adviser for the ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Opposition demands Manus Island details : Yesterday the Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Papua New Guinea, paving the way for asylum seekers to be sent to Manus Island. The five-page deal is scant on details. The cost, the number of people who will be sent to PNG and ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

New Australian Party drops candidate for gay marriage question : by Stephen Gray for PinkNews.co.uk Australia's newest political party has dropped one of its candidates, a former police officer, for asking whether he could hold personal views on issues including marriage equality. Jason Somerville was formerly a ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Sperm donor stripped from birth records : Rodney Chiang-Cruise is a sperm donor and co-moderator of Gay Dads Australia who told SX he has “mixed feelings” about the case. “One thing it will do, it will provoke a lot discussion among co-parent dads – they will be up in arms about it,” he said. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Gay marriage flies in the face of Bob Katter : ... after Bob Katter said he would vote against a bill to allow same sex marriages and laughed at the idea of homosexuals marrying last week upon receiving a list of 32000 signatures against gay marriage from Family Voice Australia . ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

It's a Queer World: Idea of gay marriage slowly expands in Australia : Idea of gay marriage slowly expands in Australia . TEN days out from the 2010 election, Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott fronted a forum of undecided voters at ...

Australia Abandons Anti-Psychotic Drug Trial On Teenagers : ... who had early signs of mental illness . Last month, a complaint was lodged with the ethics committee of Melbourne Health, the umbrella service including Orygen, by psychiatrists, psychologists and researchers from Australia , New Zealand, Canada, ... NewsPoint Africa

Security in Latin America and the Gap between Public Perception and Reality By ... : Yet despite the UPP occupation and the official state response, drug trafficking groups still operate in the area. One former drug trafficker, who asked not to be named, told ISN Insights that instead of making life safer for residents, the UPPs have ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Finding a Way Home via Soccer : Homelessness is just stigmatized, there's just something about it that people are repelled by.” In his book, and in person, Bidini was particularly taken with the player Billy Pagonis, who is currently the coach of Canada's team in Paris. ... New York Times (blog)

Man's best friend needs a bed, too : She said the vast majority of welfare operators offering short, medium and long-term accommodation in NSW would not take in a homeless person if they want to keep their animal with them. ''In Australia we have one of the highest rates of pet ownership ... Sydney Morning Herald

Students go back to basics : But he is committed to the cause of raising awareness about the 1.4 billion people – more than 300 times the population of New Zealand – who live in poverty around the world. "It is hard to imagine the challenges that these people face and the struggle ... Stuff.co.nz

Ailments could fester for years : While New Zealand , Australia and other markets appear to have rebounded quickly from the chaotic and savage pounding that began early this month, thanks to opportunistic and risk-taking bargain hunters, others will take a long time to forget this ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Economy may influence election : The global financial downturn, a domestic recession and the rebuild of Canterbury have set a scene of restraint, amid the need to boost New Zealand's financial future while helping the most vulnerable. However, political parties will come at the issue ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Living on less than $3 a day : "It's just a snapshot to try and put yourself in someone else's shoes." The challenge is organised by the New Zealand chapter of the Global Poverty Project. It aims to take a fresh and new approach to the issues of poverty . More than 1.4 billion people ... Auckland stuff.co.nz

Still in pursuit of full independence : In the social sphere, there was the monumental battle to provide jobs, build up housing, schools and health systems, besides reducing poverty . Today, many developing countries like Malaysia have succeeded, to a significant extent, ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Amid Global Woe, Local Investors Seize Golden Opportunity : Ahead of Idul Fitri, investment-minded customers are flooding gold shops in Jakarta . (JG Photo/Afriadi Hikmal) At the Toko Mas Mulia jewelry store along Jalan Cikini in Central Jakarta , customers glance at owner Kurniawan's collection of rare 22- and ... Jakarta Globe

Being who you are : Pridentity has been trialled in several schools over the past two years and is available to schools throughout Australia . "For young people who have never thought about the idea that a gay person is simply a person, a human being, who have always been ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

SEA Games corruption suspect to face trial soon : He is soon facing trial,” Wafid's lawyer Erman Umar told The Jakarta Post on Sunday. “The KPK will hand the file to the Corruption Court next Tuesday, so I'd say his trial is likely to start after Lebaran, or next month.” Wafid was allegedly caught ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Jakarta Souvenir Design Award 2011, Way to Advance Creative Industry : Jakarta Dekranasda held Jakarta Souvenir Design Award (JSDA) 2011 at Senayan City, Jakarta in order to enrich the Jakarta cultural treasures. It is the second even held. There are five winners of this event which previously passing several challenges. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English