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, May 25, 2006

  1. PM Sends Commandos into Dili
  2. Australia to Reduce Troop Numbers in the Solomons
  3. Diggers to Pull Out of Muthanna if Iraqis Take Over
  4. W.H.O. to Study Bird Flu Deaths in Family
  5. China Expands Military Reach
  6. NZ to Allow Guest Workers from Pacific Nations
  7. Climate Alert Spurs Nuclear Debate
  8. Inquiry into Australia’s Defence Relations with the United States
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 22, 2006

  1. Indonesia Challenges PM on Papua
  2. Japan to Help Rebuild Iraq After SDF Pullout: Koizumi
  3. U.S. Should Close Prison in Cuba, U.N. Panel Says
  4. Hopes Rise for Deal to End Timor Unrest
  5. Fiji Plans to Bar the Country’s Armed Forces Commander from Politics, PM Says
  6. Armed Attacks in Bougainville
  7. Solomons PM Wants Inquiry on Police
  8. Pacific Unrest Brings NZ and Australia Closer on Defence
  9. Role for Australia in Future Action Dialogue on Climate Change
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 18, 2006

  1. PM Takes the Helm in Pacific Region
  2. Give Us A Break – Philippines Rejects Anti-Terrorism Critics
  3. Personnel Land in East Timor
  4. Fiji Election Win, Military Commander Challenges Leaders
  5. Jakarta’s Envoy to Return to Canberra
  6. Australia Glad To Sell, Not Lease, Uranium
  7. US, Australia Sign Anti-Terrorism Pact
  8. Canada to Join Kyoto Rival
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 15, 2006

  1. Canberra, Manila Fight Terrorism
  2. A Seasonal Guest-Worker Program for Australia?
  3. It’s the Region, Stupid: Defence Assets Overstretched
  4. Diggers Battle Afghan Hell
  5. Problem of Papuan Refugees
  6. Indonesia Joins Iran in Nuclear Dream
  7. Troops on Standby for Timor Strife
  8. China – A Test of Mateship
  9. Special Report: North Korea and Financial Sanctions
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 11, 2006

  1. Troops Facing Greater Risks in Afghanistan, Iraq
  2. Korean Troops in Iraq to Start Returning Home
  3. Defence Budget: An Embarrassment of Riches to Fight New Threats
  4. Iran Looks to Muslim World for New Friends
  5. Mari Alkitri: Someone Wants a Coup d’État, East Timor
  6. Indonesia Says Deal Reached on Asylum
  7. Papuan Activist ‘Stabbed To Death’
  8. The U.S.-India Deal: Can an Asian Nuclear Build Up Be Avoided?
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 8, 2006

  1. Fresh Australian Troops for Southern Iraq
  2. Extra Australian Troops for Afghanistan
  3. Iraq Afghan Wars Cost US $439 Billion So Far
  4. Fleeing Dili Residents Begin to Return Following Reassurances
  5. Former Guerillas Demand E Timor They Fought For
  6. Separatists Do Not Represent All Papuans
  7. PM Sogavare Replies to Downer
  8. US Wants ANZUS Shipshape
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 4, 2006

  1. Struggle for a future: The threat of a new civil war looms in East Timor
  2. Solomon Islands: A mess in need of minders
  3. Victorian hurt in Iraq blast
  4. Defence force in copters debacle
  5. Time to intervene: A UN peacekeeping force is the only solution for Darfur
  6. Australia-US Alliance Series: Week 4
  7. PNG Indigenous Lawyer vs. International Logging Interests
  8. Freeport mine ‘poisoning’ West Papua’s environment
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 1, 2006

  1. Leaked Email Shows Hand of Canberra in Honiara
  2. Timor’s Rocky Road
  3. Political Elites ‘Prolonging’ Sulawesi Sectarian Conflict
  4. Separatism in Papua a Racist Aim: Vanstone
  5. NATO Mulls Australian Alliance
  6. Goff Welcomes Call for US to Build Relations
  7. Special Report – Solomon Islands: background
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, April 27, 2006

  1. Ex-Soldiers Threaten Guerilla War in East Timor
  2. East Timor: Torture and Mistreatment by Police
  3. Officers Return to PNG
  4. Focus on Papua a Symptom of Narrow Vision
  5. Intelligence Gap Fails Melanesian Security Forces
  6. Hill to Advise on Diggers for Sudan
  7. Arms Bust Puts Indonesia under the Gun
  8. Nuclear Test Findings Look Grim For Veterans
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, April 24, 2006

  1. What Really Went Wrong in the Solomons
  2. Solomons MP Held over Riots
  3. Indonesia’s Rift with Australia
  4. Guest Worker Scheme May Be Better Pacific Solution for both Australia and Region
  5. Diggers in Iraq Face Riskier Role
  6. Push the Button on Nuclear Debate
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