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 16, 2007

  1. Australia: Uranium Deal for India under Attack
  2. Fiji to Hold Elections in March 2009
  3. Escalation by the Numbers: What “Progress” in Iraq Really Means
  4. New Zealand: Clark ‘Appalled’ at Air NZ’s Iraq Troop Flights
  5. Philippine Army in New Offensive
  6. Whither the Bush Doctrine?
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 13, 2007

  1. Police Unite against NT Permit Plan
  2. Troops to Sit it Out in E Timor Chaos
  3. Australian Troops under Renewed Taliban Attack
  4. Howard Warns Maliki: Act or Face Pullout
  5. Singapore Wants To Be a Regional Force
  6. PNG PM Accuses Australia of Interference in Elections
  7. Bali Doctors Investigate Possible Bird Flu Deaths
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 9, 2007

  1. Australian Troops Attacked in Dili
  2. Canberra to Remain in South Pacific
  3. Extra Troops to Solomons for No Confidence Vote
  4. Pacific Aid: Fighting Fires Is Not the Best Answer
  5. Alliance Would Get a Fresh Coat of Paint under Rudd
  6. Afghanistan at Odds with U.S. on Plan to Curb Opium
  7. Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bills 2007
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 6, 2007

  1. Air Force Takes Operational Control of Southern Afghanistan Skies
  2. Afghanistan: Shopkeepers Strike over Digger Raids
  3. Iraq: Spike in Mass Bombings against Civilians
  4. Australia Defence Policy: And Now the Defence Wedge
  5. Canberra’s NT Troop Move ‘Devastating’
  6. Australia extends Rp800 Billion to Fight against HIV/AIDS in Indonesia
  7. Climate Change and Conflict, ICG, July 2007
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 2, 2007

  1. Open Your Gates to Migrants: Bank Chief
  2. Australia Signs Comprehensive Security and Economic Pact with ASEAN
  3. ASEAN Calls for Phased Pullout of Foreign Troops from Iraq
  4. 400 Killed by Terrorism in Philippines since 2000, Report Says
  5. Out of Sight: Endemic Abuse and Impunity in Papua’s Central Highlands
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 30, 2007

  1. Afghanistan: Aussie Soldiers Fire on Civilians
  2. Iraq PM Relations with Petraeus Poor
  3. Success or Failure? Iraq’s Insurgency and Civil Violence and US Strategy
  4. AFP: Cost Lingers after PNG Mission Collapse
  5. Plans to Re-arm Solomon Islands Police Abandoned
  6. UN Boycotts Timor Panel
  7. ASEAN Agrees on Concrete Plans to Rid Region of Nukes
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 26, 2007

  1. AFP to Form Paramilitary Wing
  2. Haneef Charge Will Be Dropped: Lawyer
  3. Afghanistan: Australian Forces Kill Civilian
  4. India to Buy our Uranium
  5. The US and the Southern Philippines’ Quagmire
  6. Commonwealth to Assist Countries in Application over Continental Shelves
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 23, 2007

  1. Australian Forces Try New Tactics against Taliban
  2. Afghanistan: Kidnappers Extend Deadline for Korean Hostages
  3. Pakistan’s Peril
  4. Denmark to Pull Troops from Iraq
  5. Operation Resolute: How Howard’s Plan Threatened Security
  6. China, Indonesia Look into Joint Maritime Operations
  7. Indonesian Papua: A Local Perspective on the Conflict
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 19, 2007

  1. Australia: Travel Ban on Solomons Ministers to Stay
  2. Goff Discussing E. Timor Exit Strategy Today
  3. Australia: The Bumpy Road to Justice of a Non-Citizen Doctor
  4. Philippines: New Terror Law Targets Militants in South
  5. Thailand: Opposition Grows against Security Act
  6. USA: National Intelligence Estimate
  7. UK: We are Failing in Afghanistan
  8. Design Faults: The Asia Pacific’s Regional Architecture
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 16, 2007

  1. Two Australians Killed in Iraq
  2. Iraq: Initial Benchmark Assessment Report
  3. Haneef Detained after Bail Win
  4. Crown Appeal Sentence in Pine Gap Case
  5. Indigenous Australia: Rehousing Work Will Take Years
  6. The Pessoptimist in Istanbul: Will Bin Laden Win?
  7. Governor ‘Led Torture in Timor’
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