http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with world news and current affairs that matter en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295550,analysis-indonesians-fret-as-president-waffles-over-graft-scandal.html Jakarta - Public disillusionment is growing with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over his perceived indecisiveness in handling an alleged graft scandal that has implicated senior officials. Questions have been asked about Yudhoyono's de... Australasia,World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:40:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295550,analysis-indonesians-fret-as-president-waffles-over-graft-scandal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295524,man-who-killed-wife-for-waking-dog-imprisoned-for-14-years.html Sydney - An Australian who strangled his wife for waking up his dog and then went out for a drink at his local pub was sentenced to prison Friday by a Melbourne court. Anthony Sherna, who pleaded not guilty to killing Susanne Wild, was found guilty o... Australasia,World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:46:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295524,man-who-killed-wife-for-waking-dog-imprisoned-for-14-years.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295522,truck-crash-kills-500-sheep-in-australia.html Sydney - More than 500 sheep were killed when a truck carrying them to an abattoir overturned on a bend in Australia's south-east. Victoria Police Sergeant Nick Buenin said Friday that the truck with 750 sheep on board hit a guard rail and slid on it... Australasia,World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:10:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295522,truck-crash-kills-500-sheep-in-australia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295358,three-chinese-arrested-for-forging-university-degrees.html Wellington - Three Chinese citizens have been arrested in New Zealand and charged with forging university degrees, diplomas and other academic records, police announced on Thursday. They are believed to have produced more than 100 false qualification... Australasia,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:46:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295358,three-chinese-arrested-for-forging-university-degrees.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295357,new-zealand-air-force-man-dies-in-explosion.html Wellington - A Royal New Zealand Air Force sergeant died Thursday when an artillery shell exploded at the North Island military camp at Waiouru. Flight Sergeant Andrew Bruce Forster, a father of three, was killed instantly when the unexploded shell w... Australasia,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:40:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295357,new-zealand-air-force-man-dies-in-explosion.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295215,sri-lankan-migrants-to-leave-australian-ship-off-indonesia.html Jakarta - A group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers were to leave an Australian customs ship moored off Indonesia's Bintan island Wednesday after a three-week standoff, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said. The 56 migrants are the remainder of a group of ... Australasia,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:16:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295215,sri-lankan-migrants-to-leave-australian-ship-off-indonesia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295185,pacific-sailors-survive-two-months-adrift.html Sydney - Five villagers from Papua New Guinea were being treated for malnutrition and exposure in a Marshall Islands hospital Wednesday after being rescued following two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean. A party of eight men set out from the mainla... Australasia,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:22:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295185,pacific-sailors-survive-two-months-adrift.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295182,new-zealand-leader-will-not-meet-dalai-lama.html Wellington - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will not meet the Dalai Lama during his scheduled visit to Auckland next month, a spokesman for the trust organising the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's programme, said on Wednesday. There can be on... Australasia,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:04:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295182,new-zealand-leader-will-not-meet-dalai-lama.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295166,drunk-driver-blamed-mouthwash-for-alcohol-breath.html Wellington - A New Zealand mother caught driving her 5-year- old child with a breath-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit blamed mouthwash when stopped by police, a court was told, according to a news report Wednesday. Shona Ann Connor, 4... Australasia,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:46:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295166,drunk-driver-blamed-mouthwash-for-alcohol-breath.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295164,australian-legislator-calls-scientology-a-criminal-organization.html Sydney - The Church of Scientology on Wednesday refuted a claim made in the Australian Parliament that it was a criminal organization masquerading as a religion to gain tax-exempt status. The claim, made by independent Member of Parliament Nick Xen... Australasia,World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:28:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295164,australian-legislator-calls-scientology-a-criminal-organization.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295003,four-arrested-in-new-zealand-coal-mine-protest.html Wellington - Four activists from the Greenpeace environmental organization were arrested Tuesday as they tried to shut down a New Zealand coal mine supplying the world's biggest milk processing plant. Three women and a man from Greenpeace blockaded g... Australasia,World Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:10:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295003,four-arrested-in-new-zealand-coal-mine-protest.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295002,new-zealand-will-not-apologize-to-child-immigrants.html Wellington - The New Zealand government will not make a formal apology to victims of Britain's past child migrant programme, according to Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. She was quoted Tuesday in news reports as saying that the 549 immigra... Australasia,World Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:10:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295002,new-zealand-will-not-apologize-to-child-immigrants.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294823,police-crack-id-forgeries-by-teenagers-looking-to-buy-alcohol.html Wellington - Hundreds of New Zealand teenagers are using forged drivers' licences with false birth dates to show that they are 18 years old - the legal drinking age - police said Monday after charging a student with forgery. Police said they had seiz... Australasia,World Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:04:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294823,police-crack-id-forgeries-by-teenagers-looking-to-buy-alcohol.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294821,australia-says-sorry-to-british-child-migrants.html Sydney - The thousands of British children raised in Australian orphanages where neglect, brutality and even sexual abuse were commonplace received a formal apology Monday in the Canberra Parliament. As many as 10,000 children whom Britain didn't wan... Australasia,World Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:58:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294821,australia-says-sorry-to-british-child-migrants.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294750,apec-leaders-pledge-new-vision-for-economic-growth--summary.html Singapore - Leaders of the 21-nation Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Sunday pledged a new paradigm of growth and rejected protectionism at their two-day summit in Singapore. The global economy has begun to recover, with the Asia-Pacific ... Australasia,World Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:34:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294750,apec-leaders-pledge-new-vision-for-economic-growth--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294654,rudd-promotes-australias-for-new-vision-of-asia-pacific-community.html Singapore - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Saturday promoted his vision of a new Asia-Pacific Community (APC), saying that the region needed one single organization combining political, economic and security issues on its agenda. APC seeks ... Australasia,World Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:52:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294654,rudd-promotes-australias-for-new-vision-of-asia-pacific-community.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294508,australian-shoplifter-hid-steaks-in-her-underwear.html Sydney - A 24-year-old Australian caught with four steaks in her underwear pleaded guilty to stealing in the Darwin Magistrates Court on Friday. The court was told that when the woman was stopped outside a local supermarket she had meat worth almost ... Australasia,World Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:28:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294508,australian-shoplifter-hid-steaks-in-her-underwear.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294506,flasher-causes-bus-collision-with-police-station.html Wellington - A man who exposed himself to a woman on a bus in the North Island city of Hamilton on Friday sparked a chain of events which led to the vehicle hitting a police station. A police statement said the flasher's behaviour terrified the woman... Australasia,World Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:10:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294506,flasher-causes-bus-collision-with-police-station.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294505,six-arrested-in-big-new-zealand-drug-bust.html Wellington - New Zealand authorities arrested four Japanese as they brought 6 kilograms of the banned drug crystal methamphetamine into the country from Malaysia this week, police said on Friday. Worth an estimated 6 million New Zealand dollars (4.4 ... Australasia,World Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:04:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294505,six-arrested-in-big-new-zealand-drug-bust.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294495,maori-party-tells-foul-mouthed-legislator-to-go.html Wellington - Leaders of New Zealand's Maori Party Friday urged one of its lawmakers, Hone Harawira, to quit after he accused the country's white majority population of raping our land and ripping us off for centuries. We are having difficulty contro... Australasia,World Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:28:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294495,maori-party-tells-foul-mouthed-legislator-to-go.html