Monday, April 20, 2015 from Business Insider Australia (Australian Stories)
"Head to the pub." - Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldWASHINGTON (AP) " The world's financial leaders see a number of threats facing a global economy still on an uneven road to recovery with U.S. and European officials worrying that Greece will default on its debt.The finance ministers...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalSex workers are safer on the streets of Christchurch than Auckland, new research from the University of Canterbury shows.A report into the likelihood of sex workers from Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington experiencing physical...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalThe eviction of long term campers in Clareville and a man with a 'forgiving' wife in Rotorua are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today. Home is where the heart is - a group of long-term campers say they...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Gold Coast | Top NewsCOUNCIL workers have been ordered to tear union stickers off construction vehicles as bitter pay disputes boil over to major public projects.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from The Courier Mail | Top StoriesA RARE Macca’s treat for a young mum and her son turned into a vomit fest after the woman found something crunchy in her Big Mac. It wasn’t the lettuce.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) " An electronic billboard at an upscale Saudi mall flashes an advertisement for a designer fragrance before switching to images of soaring F-16s and King Salman saluting the troops. "The response has come...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Herald Sun | News | More NewsSICK and frail Victorians are being left waiting for wheelchairs, walking aids and even oxygen needed to breathe due to shortfalls in the state’s medical equipment program.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - World5:40 p.m. (1540 GMT, 11:40 am. EDT)The head of the United Nations' refugee agency says the latest deaths of migrants at sea in the Mediterranean show the need for stronger rescue capabilities.U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Stuff.co.nz - NationalWitnesses described fireballs and sounds like machinegun fire after an early-morning crash in New Plymouth yesterday left one man dead.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalA vacant house has been seriously damaged in a suspicious fire in Christchurch overnight.Fire crews were called to the property on Brentwood Road in suburban Parklands just before 1am, southern fire communications shift manager...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Daily Telegraph | Breaking NewsTHE Islamic State jihadist group has released a video purportedly showing the executions of about 20 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldBOSTON (AP) " Parents of some of the 43 students who vanished in Mexico last September are rallying and marching in Boston this weekend to call attention to their plight.Relatives say the missing students have not been seen since...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalAn engine issue grounded a Christchurch-bound flight at Dunedin International Airport yesterday, but Air New Zealand has kept tight lipped about the problems.Flight NZ8080 was cancelled after ''unforeseen engineering requirements''...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Daily Telegraph | Breaking NewsUS actor Ben Affleck asked PBS television chiefs to hide that one of his ancestors was a slave owner, according to a WikiLeaks email.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Gold Coast | Top NewsGIRLS as young as 13 are being groomed for a life of crime and drugs by older boyfriends before graduating to commit serious offences on their own.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Daily Telegraph | Breaking NewsAFTER a 40-year campaign by the Wiradyuri people, the NSW government has approved a dual name for the Mount Panorama track in Bathurst.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from The Courier Mail | Top StoriesA 14-YEAR-OLD boy from Northern England has been arrested over an alleged terror plot in Australia, authorities have said.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Stuff.co.nz - National
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from The Courier Mail | Top StoriesA MASSAGE therapist who allegedly used a hidden camera to indecently film 16 clients, including children, is facing several charges including rape, sexual assault and indecent treatment of children.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) " Ten months after taking office, Cabinet ministers in a Palestinian unity government are making a rare visit to the Gaza Strip.The Cabinet ministers, all from the West Bank, are spending the week in Gaza...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) " Police say eight people have been shot dead at a Brazilian soccer team's fan club in the city of Sao Paulo.Police said on Sunday that a group of armed men stormed into the site where Corinthians' fan group...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from The Courier Mail | Top StoriesWRECKAGE from the aircraft flown by missing recreational pilot Rob Pavan has been found north-west of Gympie .
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Stuff.co.nz - WorldAs many as 700 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight (local time), in one of the worst disasters seen in the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said on Sunday.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Top StoriesA suicide bomber in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad killed 33 people and injured more than 100 on Saturday, setting off a blast outside a bank where government workers collect salaries.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from International Business Times AUThe latest move from Australia about how it treats asylum seeks has been condemned by various activist groups.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from International Business Times AUThe sanctions Russia is currently riding on has proven to be a useful catalyst for the country to test its level of resiliency.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from International Business Times AUCanadian troops had their first bombing mission in Syria on April 8. After that, the
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from WorldA Moroccan man who was denied political asylum in Germany suffers severe burns after dousing himself in petrol and setting himself on a German street in front of shocked passers-by, police say.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Daily Telegraph | Breaking NewsHEALTH Minister Kim Hames says WA will not be joining NSW in medicinal cannabis trials because research is needed on a national scale.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldLONDON (AP) " British police are appealing for information on a family with four children who may have travelled to Syria.Thames Valley Police say Asif Malik, his partner, Sara Kiran, and four children aged between 12 months and...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalSpeed limits need not have been posted in Tapanui, West Otago, during filming of Walt Disney Pictures' "Pete's Dragon" on Saturday.Most cars cruised through town with drivers' and passengers' eyes wide, transfixed on the glamour...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he is certain New Zealand defence forces "will give a fine account of themselves" in the joint training mission with Australia in Iraq to help Iraq fight the Islamic State."They will be...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has taken part in the dedication for the Australian Memorial at the Pukeahu National War Memorial, saying the Anzac links forged a century ago continued to the present day joint operation in Iraq.The...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalThe successful union campaign against "zero hour" contracts, as well as new pro-worker industrial legislation promised by the National Government, suggests something interesting is going on. It might not exactly be a socialist revolution...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Stuff.co.nz - NationalThere are many harrowing and dramatic tales from the battlefields of Gallipoli, but one of the most tense - and chronologically definitely the last - must be that of former Te Awamutu resident Cliff Haysom.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Stuff.co.nz - NationalA 27-year-old man from Singapore crashed his rental campervan into a ditch near Kaikoura the day he arrived in the country.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Daily Telegraph | Breaking NewsA RUNAWAY cow in German has injured a construction worker, two police officers and two residents trying to capture the animal.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Gold Coast | Top NewsWHERE’S Johnny? That’s the question being asked after Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp failed to board his scheduled flight back to Australia.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldSANAA, Yemen (AP) " Political party of former Yemen leader Saleh welcomes UN resolution calling for a cease-fire.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldMEXICO CITY (AP) " A towering black plume of smoke is pouring into the sky above Mexico City.Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera says in a tweet that the fire broke out at installations of the Ceverceria Modelo brewery. There are no immediate...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Business Insider Australia (Australian Stories)
Swarming flies. - Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Daily Telegraph | Breaking NewsA SYDNEY mother had her five-month-old boy in the car when she was involved in a crash while allegedly more than four times over the legal limit.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalTwo large Fletcher cranes have appeared at the end of Bledisloe Wharf at the Ports of Auckland, but it is not known if this signals a start to work on two wharf extensions.Stop Stealing Our Harbour spokesman Michael Goldwater said...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalOtago Peninsula jewelled geckos smuggled to Germany are the first to return to New Zealand under strengthened rules designed to crack down on poaching.Yesterday, the geckos were recovering in Wellington Zoo after arriving on Saturday...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - WorldPARIS (AP) " President Francois Hollande says France is continuing discussions with Russia about completing a mammoth weapons deal following France's decision to suspend delivery of a warship last year citing Russia's role in stoking...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - NationalThe driver of a utility vehicle involved in a crash involving two other trucks this afternoon has been flown to Waikato Hospital for treatment.One person was initially reported as being critically injured in the crash on State Highway...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from International Business Times AUA farmer lost his bid to save his house he built in green belt land. He was ordered to take it down or go to prison.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from International Business Times AUIt is to be debated whether Argentina's action violates the sovereignty of Falklands.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Civil Beat
Ten Maui police officers are using body cameras in the field, The Maui News reports, recording interactions with the public while responding to emergency calls. The pilot project, which started April 6 and runs until May 5, involves offi... - Old-school elegant dancing graced the National Auditorium stage on Thursday night when 17 youth dancers put on a colourful show.
- Legendary league coach Graham Lowe has verbally offered his support to help the development of the game in the Cook Islands.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Local NewsWill conduct unannounced visits to ensure compliance By Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com The U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) have approved the last four remaining non compliance issues for LBJ Medical Center, an...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Local NewsDozens of anxious residents get a tour of the apartments opening on Oahu's leeward side.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from NewsNEW YORK (AP) — A stage curtain believed to be the largest Pablo Picasso painting in North America is set to be displayed at a New York City museum.
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking Newsby Edwin Fidelis - EM TV, Lae According to the National Research Institute, more than half of Papua New Guinea’s 7 million people can’t read or write. And those who make a big portion of PNG’s illiterates, are adults. ...
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking NewsHeadlines: Correctional Service Commander calls for more support, armed robbery ends in tragedy, and PNG Men's Softball team starts training.
- ‘Bloody mosquitoes’ sparked some vibrant discussions at LBV in Avarua on Thursday night.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from KHON2 » National
A golden glow in one of the infant's eyes was the first indication something was wrong. - Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Local NewsThere is a new memorial and plaque at Punchbowl, honoring a war correspondent who died 70 years ago.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from KHNL - National - HeadlineSix people have been arrested in two states in connection with a terrorism investigation in Minnesota, where authorities have been tracking youths who have traveled or tried to travel to Syria to fight with militants,...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Civil Beat
Hawaii Gov. David Ige released the following statement Friday afternoon regarding the latest development in the Mauna Kea controversy: Today, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) leadership informed me that construction will continue to be p... - Monday, April 20, 2015 from NewsLOS ANGELES (AP) — Whoever snatched a seal or sea lion pup from a Los Angeles beach early Sunday should not be fooled by the animal’s cuteness — they could suffer a vicious bite, an animal rescue expert said.
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking NewsHighlights: Six police officers were suspended following highway assaults, high rate of Sexual abuse cases in Southern Highways as a result of drug and alcohol consumption and Hekari beats Tafana FC in OFC.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from KHNL - National - HeadlineHillary Rodham Clinton will try to recapture the magic of her come-from-behind victory in the 2008 New Hampshire primary as she returns to the state that gave her first presidential campaign a second wind.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Breaking Newsby Jack Lapauve Jr, EMTV – Port Moresby Opposition leader, Don Polye, says there is more work needed to empower and strengthen the roles of the Ombudsman Commission. Polye says the watchdog’s role is still entrapped with curr...
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking NewsPNG Ports Corporation Limited (PNGPCL) is set to venture into strategic private sector partnerships in order to lift the shipping industry standards in the country. “And with these higher standards, consumer needs could be better a...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Local NewsBy Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga on Thursday signed into law three of his revenue measures endorsed by the Fono. All three measures, approved by the Fono before the 1st Regular Session ended last Tuesday,...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Local NewsEvery picture tells a story. Cancer patients are using paints and palettes in the Lilly Oncology On Canvas competition.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from NewsOKLAHOMA CITY — Every day when Dr. Rosslyn Biggs goes to work as a federal government veterinarian she is reminded of her mother, one of 168 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing and honored Sunday on the 20th anniversary of the dea...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Local NewsBy Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga paid tribute to American Samoa’s military veterans as well as active duty service members in his special remarks at Friday’s 2015 Flag Day ceremony, marking th...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Local NewsMailani Neal’s online petition in support of the Thirty Meter Telescope has been signed by more than 2,100 people.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from NewsCome and celebrate the 10th annual Music Festival at Laupahoehoe Point on Saturday. Performances will include these groups:
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Civil Beat
Several weeks back, Honolulu City Council member Ikaika Anderson and his Zoning and Planning Committee threw a wrench into the Mormon Church’s plan to urbanize the Windward ahupuaa of Malaekahana. Voting as one, Anderson, Carol Fukunaga,... - Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Local NewsHer young life plagued by cancer, 12 year-old Taylor is now finding her voice and inspiring others to help families in need.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Civil Beat
Suzanne Case was approved by a 7-0 vote from the Senate Water and Land committee Friday to lead the Department of Land and Natural Resources. The “aye” votes included the committee’s chair, former DLNR Chair Laura Thiel... - Sunday, April 19, 2015 from NewsPRIVAS, France — Jean-Marie Chauvet noticed air whistling out from a crack on a plateau in southern France, so he and fellow cave enthusiasts went to investigate.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from NewsA bill lawmakers passed Friday could soon make it easier for lower Puna residents to obtain property insurance as the June 27 lava flow remains a more distant threat.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Local NewsBy Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com After two postponements due to rough seas, the 2015 Flag Day Fautasi Race is now rescheduled for Monday, Apr. 20, with a start time of 11a.m., while all nine fautasi are to be at the starting line ...
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking NewsOnly three of the 15 port facilities owned and operated by PNG Ports Corporation Limited (PNGPCL) are profitable, but regardless of this, PNGPCL continues to invest in all its ports. PNGPCL Chief Executive Officer, Mr Stanley Alphonse, s...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Civil Beat
The first telescope built atop Mauna Kea was tiny by today’s standards, an 88-inch instrument that astronomers hoped would reveal new details about the universe, and draw the world’s best researchers to a mountain relatively unknown in t... - Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Breaking NewsBy Theckla Gunga - EM TV, Port Moresby Six police officers in Port Moresby were suspended in relation to the assault of vendors in Roburogo Betel nut market in Central province. National Capital District and Central Divisional Comm...
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from NewsThe University of Hawaii at Hilo Campus Security Department is in the midst of an overhaul following the hiring last year of its new director, Darrell D. Mayfield.
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from KHNL - National - HeadlineTies between Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, political allies for more than a decade, are fraying as the Republican presidential campaign picks up.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from NewsBy LYNNE O’DONNELL and RAHIM FAIEZ
- Afternoon netball drew the crowds to the Tupapa outdoor courts yesterday for the premier game between Tupapa and the Titikaveka Pearls.
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking NewsHighlights: Final report on organic law on provincial and local level governments to be tabled in May, destroyed bridges in Oro to be reconstructed and CPL Group officially opens newest retail fashion outlets in Port Moresby.
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking NewsBy Bridgette Komatep - EM TV, Port Moresby In an interview with EMTV, PIH’s Dr Paul Mondia this morning, he said Governor Agiru was admitted to PIH for kidney failure since last Thursday. Doctor Mondia said Mr Agiru&r...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Breaking NewsDuring the 11 th Pacific Health Ministers meeting, a manual believed to be the first for the Pacific, was launched. Titled as Awareness, Analysis and Action: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Pacific, the manual was launc...
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from KHON2 » National
The growth of the domestic iced tea market is booming, beating juice and sports drinks last year. - Monday, April 20, 2015 from Local NewsBy Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com Education director Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau says all public schools will be closed tomorrow, Apr. 20, the rescheduled date for the 2015 Flag Day fautasi race, while Department of Education p...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from NewsLOS ANGELES (AP) — What do you get when more than 1,100 ukulele enthusiasts gather and begin playing their instruments?
- Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from Breaking NewsBy Jack Lapauve Jr, EMTV – Port Moresby A ceremony was held to swear in members of the Angore Special Purpose Authority in Tari recently. The authority's establishment is significant to enabling the deliver...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from NewsHONOLULU — The Hawaii Legislature has three weeks left to wrap up all its business for the 2015 session, and most of the major legislation remains undecided.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from NewsBy WILLIAM COLE
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from NewsPhotos by HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald.
- Saturday, April 18, 2015 from Local NewsA 27-year-old woman has died after falling from the Makapu'u Koolau Summit Trail Friday afternoon, according to Emergency Medical Services officials.
- Sunday, April 19, 2015 from Local NewsMedicaid funding is not just for LBJ By Fili Sagapolutele fili@samoanews.com The local Medicaid Office is working on finalizing procedures and policies to enroll other health care providers in the territory under the federally funded Med...
- Monday, April 20, 2015 from Breaking Newsby Jack Lapauve Jr, EMTV – Port Moresby Two people are dead as two warring tribes in the Hulia area of Hela clashed last night. The two deceased were laid beside the road as women, children and men mourn their death. This morning,...
