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The Papua New Guinea government has approved a visa that will allow it to settle refugees.  

American senators and the CIA are trading accusations over a report critical of interrogation methods used by the spy agency.

Medical groups say Australia's health system is being put under strain by people visiting hospital emergency departments with minor illnesses.

Calls for governments to live up to their promises of help for Syrians; West Australians bombarded by political messages ahead of Senate re-run vote; An Australian Tamil community group responds to terrorism accusations.  

An Australian Tamil community group has been listed as a terror group by Sri Lanka's government.

International aid agencies are calling on governments to live up to their promises of help and support for Syria's embattled citizens.

The Australian Greens are hoping to secure bipartisan support for more generous single parent payments.

Voters in Slovakia have delivered a shock result in the country's Presidential election.

Legal aid slashed for asylum seekers; 30 years since the discovery of HIV; The Northern Territory government in crisis.  

Ilwad Elman's family established the first rape crisis centre in the country known as Sister Somalia.  

West Australians are being bombarded in the build-up to the historic re-run of the Senate election on Saturday.

The Museum of Sydney has a new exhibition: 'Celestial City: Sydney's Chinese Story.'

This month marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, which affects over 25,000 people in Australia.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague has ordered an immediate stop to Japan's whaling in the Southern Ocean.

Japan is opposing plans for a statue in Sydney honouring up to 200,000 women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WW2.