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NZ intervenes in whaling case

Source: Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 22 2012, 7:16pm CST

New Zealand has formally intervened in Australia's legal case against Japan over whaling. The NZ government told the International Court of Justice it was necessary to put its side of the dispute over scientific whaling, a stateme ...

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23 hours ago

Japan to join child abduction treaty

Source: SCMP  |   May 22 2013, 2:52pm CDT

Japan's parliament has approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse. ...

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1 day ago

Japan approves child abduction treaty

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 22 2013, 2:41am CDT

Politicians voted unanimously for Japan to join The Hague Convention, which requires the prompt return of kidnapped children to the countries where they normally reside in cross-border custody disputes. Japan is the only mem ...

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25 weeks ago


Quote:
"The Japanese government's whaling program has much more to do with sushi than science"


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1 day ago

Easy money prompts NZ forex intervention

Source: Nikkei News  |   May 21 2013, 11:26pm CDT

The latest countries to do something about the strength of their currencies are New Zealand, South Korea and Australia. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on May 8 announced that it had intervened in the forex ...

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2 days ago

Australia hits out over lengthy UAE court case

Source: Straits Times  |   May 20 2013, 10:43pm CDT

SYDNEY (AFP) - Foreign Minister Bob Carr has blasted as "indefensible" the length of time the legal process took in the United Arab Emirates after an Australian man was jailed for 10 years for property fraud. Businessman Matthew Joyce was sentence ...

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2 days ago

NZ exodus to Australia slows

Source: The Age  |   May 20 2013, 7:17pm CDT

The number of New Zealanders heading for a better life across the Tasman slowed to its lowest monthly pace in almost three years, as local economic prospects start overshadowing Australia's. Seasonally adjusted, almost 2000 mor ...

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3 days ago

High Court faults lack of fairness in student case

Source: The Australian  |   May 20 2013, 9:36am CDT

A TRIBUNAL has been ticked off by the highest court in the land for its handling of a case involving an overseas student. EMOTIONAL zeal coupled with self-interest fuels dedication to climate change. THAT there is any rhyme or ...

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4 days ago

Australia set to return paedophile to NZ

Source: Stuff.co.nz  |   May 18 2013, 11:18pm CDT

A paedophile who took photos of his children's friends as they played together looks set to be returned to New Zealand from Australia. Jeffrey Chadwick is the latest in a string of potentially-dangerous criminals who wi ...

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6 days ago

NZ shares fall

Source: TVNZ  |   May 17 2013, 1:22am CDT

Hands raised on the stock market floor. - Source: Photos.com New Zealand shares fell, with Nuplex Industries cutting its full-year earnings guidance a second time and Summerset Group modestly weaker after its biggest shareho ...

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