Asylum Seekers
2009-4-23 |
NEWSPAPER EDITION
AUSTRALIAN officials have intercepted another boatload of suspected asylum seekers off the northwestern coast of Australia, the home affairs minister said yesterday.
Bob Debus said the 32 men, believed to be Sri Lankan, on board were being transported to Christmas Island, a remote Indian Ocean territory where the government detains and processes refugees.
Australian garden killer jailed
AN AUSTRALIAN man was yesterday sentenced to at least 18 months in jail for fatally beating another man during an argument over Sydney's water restrictions. Todd Munter, 39, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in December...
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