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, February 26, 2007

  1. Australia: Blitz on Illegal Fishing Will Fill Top End Jails
  2. UN Security Council Extends Timor-Leste Mission
  3. East Timor: Australian Bullet Kills Second Man
  4. East Timor Parliament Ratifies Treaties with Australia
  5. Solomon’s PM Abandons Plans to Re-arm Police
  6. Iraq: The Beginning of the End
  7. Afghanistan: Brits to Send 1500 to Fight Taliban
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 22, 2007

  1. Australian Special Forces May Return to Afghanistan
  2. Howard to Increase Australian Training Force in Iraq
  3. Australian Delegation to Reopen Ties with Pyongyang after Nuclear Pledge
  4. Australia Implements UN Security Council Sanctions against Iran
  5. Jakarta Criticised on Papua Rights
  6. The Privatisation of Maritime Security in Southeast Asia
  7. Can Southeast Asia Afford to Wait? Coping with Floods and Humanitarian Emergencies
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 19, 2007

  1. Australia’s PM Considers more Military Trainers for Iraq
  2. Italy: Official Hits U.S. for Afghan Missive
  3. US Troops Diverted to Afghanistan
  4. Hand on Heart, Alliance Means Zip
  5. The Generation Gap: Australia and the Super Hornet
  6. Indonesia: Bilateral Ties with Partners and Neighbours
  7. Tonga’s Finance Minister meets Australian and NZ Officials Working with Joint Police Mission
  8. Philippines Assigns More Troops against Abu Sayyaf
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 15, 2007

  1. US Gets Military Base in Western Australia
  2. Key Points of N. Korea Disarmament Deal
  3. Indonesia Needs US Assistance to Secure Malacca Straits
  4. East Timor: Ramos Horta Calls for More UN Help
  5. ADF at Fault in Theft Probe: Keelty
  6. Staticide in Iraq
  7. Self-Determination in Oceania: New Roles for US, Japanese and Asian Power?
  8. Australia and Turkey Sign Agreement on Counter-Terrorism
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 12, 2007

  1. Move to Remove Australian Influence in Solomons’ Mission
  2. America’s Secret Air War in Iraq
  3. Obama Blasts Howard on Iraq
  4. Afghanistan: Tea and Talk Tactics to Charm the Taliban
  5. On Shopping List: Fighter Jets with No Stealth
  6. Indonesia: Military Top Brass Visit Outer Islands
  7. Information about the Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste in the Timor Sea
  8. War Crime Risk for MPs in ‘Retro’ Case against Hicks
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 8, 2007

  1. No Matter who’s the Boss, BIN in Need of Reform
  2. Alkatiri Cleared of Timor Assassin Squad Accusation
  3. Newsman Shot after Surrendering: Balibo Witness
  4. President Bush’s FY 2008 Defense Budget Submission
  5. Mercenaries are Second Largest Force in Iraq: UN official
  6. Iraq, Bush and Australia
  7. Afghanistan Receives Australian Police in Drug Fight
  8. Cracks in Defence Let Criminals in: Security Report
  9. Indonesia: Exclusive Bird Flu Deal a Setback to Control
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 5, 2007

  1. Defence Pact to Put Japanese Troops on Australian Soil
  2. Indonesia Cuts Lose from Debtor Group
  3. Papua Evacuees Encouraged to Return Home
  4. Iraq Chaos Could Worsen
  5. U.S. General Leads NATO Afghan Force
  6. Navy Struggles to Fix Fault in Patrol Boats
  7. Scorched Earth an Insecure Place
  8. Remember the Bird Flu Threat? It Hasn’t Gone Away
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 1, 2007

  1. Jakarta Shops for Defence Ties as Relations Thaw
  2. Hunger Threat for Papua Refugees
  3. Indonesia to Declare Bird Flu a National Disaster
  4. Solomons Confirms Reforming Disbanded Police Units
  5. Memorandum of Understanding between Timor-Leste, the UN, and Australia
  6. The Danger of Bush’s Anti-Iran Fatwa
  7. UK General Admits to Mistakes in Helmand
  8. Nuclear Costs Low-Balled to Keep It in Energy Debate
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, January 29, 2007

  1. Diggers to Target Filipino Terror
  2. Australia, UN Sign Timor Security Pact
  3. Study Radio Intercepts, Balibo Five Probe Told
  4. Inquiry Unveils Corruption in PNG Defence Department
  5. China Rising: The Next Global Superpower
  6. Surge in Diggers’ Disorder Claims
  7. Shutdown of Reactor Will Take Decade
  8. Australia and France Sign Treaty to Step Up the Fight against Illegal Fishing
  9. Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of 17 Birds in Western Japan
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, January 25, 2007

  1. Solomons PM Stands Firm on Arming Guards
  2. Terrorists Open New Front in Indonesia
  3. Indonesia: Drilling Likely Cause of Java Mud Flow: Study
  4. Interim Fiji AG Wants Military to Use Public Order Act
  5. Iraq: Analysts See a Chance for Maliki Success
  6. Protecting Australia against Terrorism 2006
  7. Row over Anti-Rocket Defence
  8. Bird Flu: Risks, Laws and Rights
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