Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Poverty is the major root cause of terrorism and extremism. Gilani : Perth (SANA) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani had a bilateral meeting here in Perth which the Australian Prime Minister invited Prime Minister Gilani to visit her country in 2012 along with delegation ...

Australia pledges $50m for polio eradication : In responding to yesterday's commitment, Global Poverty Project chief executive Hugh Evans urged other world leaders to follow Australia's example. ''We congratulate the Prime Minister and the Government for using the opportunity provided by CHOGM to ...

Polio warriors begin a new humanitarian adventure : We met the Australian Acting High Commissioner, Judith Robinson, from Temora, at a 60th birthday party for our organisation. She pointed out the need for Australian aid. The number of people living below the poverty line in Fiji is 42% with official ...

New Zealand: Students protest against university cuts : Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce told the New Zealand Herald that students were “reasonably well looked after” and should “keep [their] heads down.” In fact, students face widespread poverty and unemployment. Almost one in five 15 to 24 ...

Swimming: First steps towards sorting out sport in crisis : After months of slanging between various factions and the Swimming New Zealand board, a special annual meeting in Wellington tomorrow will vote to approve an SNZ review of the sport, to be done in association with government sports agency Sparc. ...

Indonesian mine declares force majeure The announcement comes amid a worsening security situation in the remote eastern Indonesian Papua province. A statement by its Indonesian unit said it "has declared force majeure on shipments of concentrate under sales agreements from its Grasberg ...

Golkar asserts RI claim to Papua : Golkar Party chief Aburizal Bakrie warned the international community against intervening in Papua , saying the issue was part of Indonesia's domestic affairs. "Golkar is standing in the front row against any foreign interference in Papua . ...

Obama seeks authority to make Pacific trading pacts : Brunei , Chile, New Zealand and Singapore signed the original agreement in 2005. Since then, five more countries, including the US, Australia, Malaysia, Peru and Vietnam have been trying to join. Theres also talk that Japan might be interested in ... Washington Times