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Australia: No deal was made in Indonesia drug case
23 May 2012
Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for the reduction of the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker in Indonesia.Australia happiest nation, leads Norway, US
23 May 2012
Australia is the world’s happiest nation based on criteria including income, jobs, housing and health, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said. Australia led Norway and the US, the Paris-based group’s Better Life Index showed, when each of 11 categories surveyed in 36 nations is given equal weight. Life expectancy at birth in Australia is almost 82 years, two years ...Australia says big tobacco aiding WTO challengers
23 May 2012
GENEVA (Reuters) - The tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco packaging rules at the World Trade Organization, Australian Health Secretary Jane Halton said on Tuesday. "We know that the tobacco companies, because they have admitted it, are providing legal advice to WTO members in order to encourage them to take action ...In this category: Websites: 0, Number of pages: 0, Last updated: 23 May 2012
