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, September 7, 2006

  1. Tokyo Urged to Consider N-Bombs
  2. Downer Defies UN over Timor Troops
  3. Violence in Papua More Than Just About Tribal Rivalry
  4. Afghanistan: Campaign against Taliban ‘Causes Misery and Hunger’
  5. Australia: Submarine Fleet ‘Should Go Nuclear’
  6. US Spy Chief Makes Not-So-Secret Visit
  7. Pacific: Newcomers Face a Rising Tide of Resentment
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, September 4, 2006

  1. Australian Govt. Boosts Iraq Troops
  2. Hundreds Killed in Afghanistan Battle
  3. East Timor: Venom Threatens Separate Mission
  4. Pacific: A Neighbourhood Living on the Edge
  5. Australia and the Nuclear Renaissance
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 31, 2006

  1. Rebel Officer in Timor Mass Jailbreak
  2. UN Acts to Stamp out Sex Abuse by Staff in East Timor
  3. PNG Arrests Indonesian Fishermen
  4. Papua Shrouded by Misperceptions
  5. Australia: Weapons Cover-Up Revealed
  6. Indonesia’s Powderkeg
  7. World Bank Calls on Indonesia to Do More to Fight Bird Flu Virus
  8. Physicist Joins PM’s Nuclear Taskforce
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 28, 2006

  1. Australia: We Want You: $10bn to Raise Army Recruits
  2. Australian Army Decision Just Right
  3. PM Hits a Trouble Spot
  4. Police to Return to PNG
  5. Army to Reduce E Timor Troops
  6. 100 Delegates from Papua and PNG to Hold Meeting in W Kalimantan
  7. Tokyo Company Accused Of Exporting Parts for Nuclear Weapons
  8. United Nations Taking A More Visible Pacific Role
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 24, 2006

  1. Jakarta Wants in on our Nuclear Debate
  2. The National Radioactive Waste Facility
  3. East Timor Ends Emergency Measures
  4. Papua-PNG: Caught in the Crossfire
  5. Overseas Federal Police Unit Doubles
  6. US Opinion: Shifting Sands in Iraq
  7. ‘Jihad Jack’ Set Free
  8. Physicists Back Claim that US-Indian Deal Could Allow for 50 New Indian Nuclear Weapons a Year
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 21, 2006

  1. Farewell of Australian Troops, Bound for Afghanistan
  2. Tehran Accuses Australia
  3. Human Rights: Australia versus the UN
  4. ‘A Reckoning Awaits’ on China’s Power
  5. Oil ‘Time Bomb’ in Philippines
  6. Mud Flood Threatens Java Residents
  7. Timor, Status of Forces Agreements
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 17, 2006

  1. US Backs Howard’s Nuclear Vision
  2. UN Battles Australia Over East Timor Presence
  3. Australian Soldiers Injured By Rocket Attack in Baghdad
  4. Australian Forces Build Regional Links
  5. Australian Military ‘Stretched Too Thin’ To Join Peacekeepers in Lebanon
  6. Indonesia: Bombing Season Is Back
  7. Radicals Brainwashing Aborigines in Prison
  8. How Are The Neighbours? The Millennium Development Goals and Our Region
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 14, 2006

  1. Afghanistan: Unclear and Present Danger
  2. Indonesian Strategy ‘Defeats’ Australia
  3. World Bank Urges Seasonal Labour Plan for Pacific
  4. Lebanon: Australia to Keep Out of Peacekeeping
  5. UN Looks to Beef Up Police in East Timor
  6. Australia-Japan: Downer’s New Samurai
  7. PM’s Secretary May Take Post in Defence
  8. Beazley Maps out Defence Position
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 10, 2006

  1. Indonesia: Official Admits Mistakes in Timor
  2. Australia ‘Should Lead E Timor Mission’
  3. Afghanistan: PM Warns of Casualties
  4. PNG: NGO Releases Report Critical Of Logging Industry
  5. Malacca: Strait Struck From Piracy High-Risk List
  6. Indonesia Records another Bird Flu Death
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 7, 2006

  1. Australia, PNG Team Up To Secure Border
  2. Australia In Poor Shape To Aid PNG, Says Analyst
  3. Jihad leader’s suicide bomb warning
  4. West Papua Border Mission May/June 2006
  5. US Strategy Reaping Chaos Aplenty
  6. Australia: Nelson reiterates commitment to Iraq
  7. Australia: Budget sinks top-end technology hopes
  8. Australia: Claims queried on role of prison ship
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