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Rescuers are still searching for dozens of asylum seekers believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia.

A boat carrying would-be asylum seekers to Australia has sunk in Indonesian waters, killing at least three people including two children.

Australia plans to deport would-be asylum seekers to detention camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

One body has been recovered after a crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean.

A boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized today and 123 people were rescued from the Indian Ocean, Australia’s prime minister Julia Gillard said, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey.

Scores of people are feared drowned after a boat believed to be carrying about 200 asylum seekers capsized south of Indonesia.

Scores of people are feared dead after a wooden ship carrying about 250 asylum seekers sank off Indonesia's main island of Java.

Australia’s plan to expel asylum seekers to Malaysia as part of a new refugee swap deal was today delayed for at least two weeks until the Australian High Court can rule on its legality.

BACKROOM HSE staff spent thousands of euro in taxpayers’ money on flowers, candlesticks, hotels, foreign trips, restaurant tips and phone calls — including some from abroad by people allegedly on sick leave.

A boatload of 32 asylum seekers found in Australian waters will be the first to be sent to Malaysia, Papua New Guinea or another country under a contentious new strategy to deter future refugees from making the same journey, an official said today.

A memorial service was held today on Australia’s Christmas Island for the victims of boat crash that left at least 30 people dead.

NO new survivors of a horrific boat crash that killed at least 28 asylum seekers were found in the churning waters off an Australian island yesterday, more than 24 hours after their rickety boat smashed into rocks and broke apart in monstrous waves.

Rescuers were returning to treacherous seas today to hunt for any possible survivors after a wooden boat smuggling up to 100 asylum seekers smashed against the cliffs of Christmas Island, Australia, tossing people overboard and killing at least 28.

A WOODEN boat packed with asylum seekers smashed against jagged rocks in a storm off an Australian island yesterday, killing at least 27 people.

Twenty-seven asylum seekers have been killed after their boat smashed apart on rocks off an Australian island, customs officials said.

A wooden boat packed with dozens of asylum seekers smashed apart on jagged rocks in heavy seas off an Australian island today, flinging screaming women and children into churning water and sending many to their deaths.

Australia's prime minister is expected to introduce a new border-protection policy this week as the government struggles to cope with boatloads of illegal asylum seekers who filled an offshore detention centre and fuelled political debate over immigration.

Australia has announced today that it will no longer accept refugee claims from Sri Lankans and Afghans, saying the situations in those countries has improved enough that their people may no longer need to seek protection elsewhere.

Three Afghan asylum seekers set fire to their boat in a deliberate act of sabotage, causing an explosion that killed five people, an Australian coroner ruled today.

Australia’s navy intercepted a boat carrying dozens of suspected asylum seekers - the fourth such incident in just over one week.

Sean Connery may come out of retirement to narrate a movie about a war veteran’s battle against military bosses.

Australian coastguards have intercepted a boat carrying 194 suspected refugees in the Indian Ocean north of Australia.

Australian authorities intercepted a boat carrying more than 30 suspected asylum seekers, the latest in a string of vessels carrying refugee hopefuls to reach the country’s waters this year.

Australia’s navy detained 20 suspected asylum seekers found on a boat in the Indian Ocean, officials said today.

Anglo-Dutch company Unilever says it is recalling some of its Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they are found to contain traces of an industrial chemical.

Confectionery giant Cadbury became the latest victim of China’s poisoned milk scandal, reporting findings of melamine in its Chinese-made chocolates.

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A series of powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, sending a 10-foot tsunami crashing to shore and damaging hundreds of houses as panicked residents fled to the hills.

A second powerful earthquake in as many days jolted Southeast Asia and triggered a regional tsunami warning today, damaging hundreds of buildings along Indonesia’s western coast and sending panicked residents fleeing inland.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 triggered a tsunami warning today on Indonesia's Java Island and Australia’s Christmas Island, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.

Australia may slaughter 57,000 sheep or dump then on an island if it fails to find a buyer this week for the animals, which have been stranded for two months on a ship in the Gulf.

Tiger Woods tees off at the British Open tomorrow as the bookies’ favourite for the 27th consecutive Major championship.

Veterans and civilians involved in nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s have started legal proceedings after claiming exposure led to chronic illness.

Australia’s highest court has granted an urgent hearing to a civil rights lawyer who has accused the government of illegally turning away hundreds of asylum seekers rescued from a sinking Indonesian boat in August.

More than 350 migrants - most of them Iraqis - drowned when the boat they were on sank off the coast of Indonesia, the International Organisation for Migration said in Switzerland tonight.

Australia’s government said today it will fly about 230 asylum seekers to a remote island in Papua New Guinea later this week, where they will stay while their applications for refugee status are processed.

A boatload of asylum seekers turned away from Australia by a navy ship had thrown children overboard in protest, Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said today.

Officials are negotiating with hundreds of refugees who are refusing to leave an Australian navy ship anchored off the Pacific island of Nauru.

Australia has turned away a second boatload of refugees.

The captain of the Norwegian cargo ship, who was forbidden from landing in Australia with the 400 refugees he rescued, says he was “surprised and disappointed” by Australia’s handling of the crisis.

A court decision on the fate of a boatload of refugees refused entry to Australia by Prime Minister John Howard will be made by the end of the week, a judge said today.

Australian authorities have charged four men with people smuggling following the Christmas Island refugee saga.