Semi-Weekly Bulletin

The Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Semi-Weekly Bulletin covered critical national and regional security issues, broadly understood, in Australia and the surrounding region. Archives from 2005 until 2010.

APSNet, Semi-Weekly Bulletin

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 18, 2008

  1. Schemes to Import Seasonal Workers Labour under a History of Exploitation
  2. Philippines: Displaced Villagers in Mindanao Begin to Return Home
  3. British Troops Will Be Pulled Out of Iraq ‘by May’
  4. Questions Linger about India’s Safeguards
  5. Minister of Research and Technology: Nuclear Power Plant to be Built on the Banten Coast
  6. Nursing a Nuclear Test Hangover
  7. Indonesia Linked to Teacher Deaths
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 14, 2008

  1. Free Trade Talks to Start With South Korea
  2. Singapore, Australia Ink Defense Cooperation Pact
  3. Smith Throws down Trade Gauntlet
  4. Autopsy Doubt on East Timor Rebel Alfredo Reinado
  5. Rice and Circus in East Timor
  6. ‘Sovereignty’ that Risks Global Health
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 11, 2008

  1. Papuans Want to Return: Jakarta
  2. Taliban Linchpin Taken Out
  3. Taliban Attacks Near Aussie Troops Rise
  4. Report Highlights Problems with Timor Police
  5. Nelson under Fire on Army Truck Bungle
  6. Great Deal at Stake in Rudd’s Seoul Visit
  7. Government Takes Hard Line against Torture
  8. Trafficking: the First Breakthrough
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 7, 2008

  1. Clutches of a Dictatorship
  2. Indonesian Meeting Focuses On Border Security Enhancement
  3. Gangster Nets Key Dili Project
  4. Chinese Nuclear Forces 2008
  5. US Official Says Malaysia Ready for Nuclear Energy
  6. Charter Will End Ethnic Dominance
  7. Indonesia Ignoring Cholera Outbreak
  8. Fertile Ground for Population Panic
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 4, 2008

  1. Canberra Approves US-India Nuke Pact
  2. This Is Our War: Pakistan Unlikely to Accept Advisers
  3. Rudd’s Subtle Israel Shift
  4. Work Lifeline for East Timor
  5. Darwin Beats Timor for LNG Plant
  6. Blame Shifts off Indonesia for Trashing our Shores
  7. Britain Admits Dangers of 1950s Nuclear Tests
  8. Senate Committee Recommends White Paper on Peacekeeping
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 31, 2008

  1. Haneef Was Not a Threat: ASIO
  2. Detention Rules Change Welcomed
  3. On Al Qaeda, Good News and Bad News
  4. Torres Strait Islanders Welcome NT Coast Rights Ruling
  5. Iran Backs Rudd’s Plan to End Spread of Nuclear Weapons
  6. Iran, Indonesia Keen to Expand Ties
  7. So What? Matching Policy to Australian Interests in West Asia
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 28, 2008

  1. Soldier’s Rescue Not Botched: ADF
  2. Private Contractors’ Role in Afghanistan to Grow with Awarding of Latest Contracts
  3. Civil Discontent Growing over Alleged PNG Corruption
  4. Solomons Parliament Passes RAMSI Review Motion
  5. Pakistan: Nuke Deal to Spark Arms Race
  6. Is the ASEAN Charter Necessary?
  7. The South China Sea Hydra
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 24, 2008

  1. Blow to Rudd’s Asia Plan
  2. Offer to Help Fight Terror in Pakistan
  3. Rules Protecting Civilians Hamper Airstrikes in Afghanistan, Military Says
  4. We’re in Iraq for Long Haul: Labor
  5. Iran: The Threat
  6. Bribery Claims Cast Cloud over Nuclear ‘Yes’ Vote
  7. Interview – Indonesia Millers Fret over Australia Wheat Supply
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 21, 2008

  1. Police in Raids over E Timor Shootings
  2. Australia and United States Defence Satellite Communications Cooperation at Geraldton
  3. Stifling Soldiers of Spin
  4. US Looks to Boost Troop Numbers
  5. Japan: Govt Drops Plan to Send SDF Troops to Afghanistan
  6. Coalition Warships Seize 30 Tonnes of Afghan Drugs
  7. TNI Responsible For East Timor Mayhem: Chief
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 17, 2008

  1. Fitzgibbon Calls for Afghan Surge
  2. Australia Better off out of Iraq – Joel Fitzgibbon
  3. Fitzgibbon Backs US Link
  4. Indonesia ‘Regrets’ Timor Atrocities
  5. Black Hawk Crash Inevitable, Says Inquiry
  6. South Korean Defence Minister to Promote Arms Deals in Turkey, Indonesia
  7. Taking on the Tyrants
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