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Russia sends warship to Syria in support of Assad as UN claims his soldiers have killed 256 children.

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Russia is sending warships to Syria in an apparent show of strength in support of   President Bashar al-Assad. The move to defend Moscow’s interests in the strife-torn country came as a United Nations report revealed horrifying new details of children being tortured to death by Syrian government thugs. Last night, the disturbing claims piled more international pressure on Assad to end the bloodshed that is believed to have claimed 3,500 lives. Russia’s flotilla of warships will give pause to Western leaders pushing for the kind of military intervention in Syria that ultimately drove Muammar Gaddafi from power in Libya. Russia, which has a major naval base in Syria and whose weapons trade with Damascus is worth millions of pounds a year, joined China last month to veto a Western-backed UN Security Council resolution condemning Assad’s government. Russia is planning to send its flagship aircraft carrier, the ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’ along with a patrol ship, an anti-submarine craft and oth

Arab League Imposes Syrian Sanctions as Civil Conflict Grows

The Arab League imposed unprecedented sanctions on Syria, including a freeze on financial assets in Arab countries and a travel ban on senior officials, after it failed to stop its crackdown on protesters. The measures also will halt dealings with the Syrian central bank, Qatari Prime Minister told reporters yesterday in Cairo. The Arab League banned financial transactions and trade with the Syrian government, excluding basic commodities, he said. President Bashar Al-Assad, 46, is under economic and political pressure to end an eight-month crackdown against demonstrators, inspired by popular movements that toppled leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The violence has moved the country closer to a civil war as military personnel defect and take up arms against the government. “Sanctions may put more pressure on Assad, but he will continue his current crackdown as is unless something really big happens,” Paul Sullivan, a political scientist specializing in Middle East security at Georg

Australia, Wake up Australia, Multiculturalism Is A Failure

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Wake up Australia,  Multiculturalism Is A Failure... Over an extraordinary nine months, the leaders of Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany and France have declared that multiculturalism is a failure. Countries in Europe are finding different ways to deal with the explosive issue of multiculturalism and assimilation. The author of Immigrant Nations, Paul Scheffer is a professor of urban sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Scheffer supports ethnic diversity , but not multiculturalism . Asked if Australia should abandon multiculturalism, Scheffer is clear in his position. “Absolutely. I think it is the wrong the philosophy. It is the philosophy of avoidance.” According to Scheffer "multiculturalism always talks about the discriminations of the majority, and they're there, in the discrimination of the labour market, and so on. But there is also plenty of prejudice within the minority communities." For Scheffer, the pr

Australia, Wake Up!!! Facts, Every Australian Should Know About Refugees!!!

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Facts, Every Australian Should Know About Refugees!!!     Refugees are too "culturally different" to fit in with the Australian way of life. and  Australia is being "invaded" or "flooded" by refugees.        Boat people are rich because they can afford to pay people smugglers, and  Indonesia should accept Muslim refugees.     People who arrive unauthorised are not "genuine" refugees   Refugees will create unemployment and "steal" Australians’ entitlements.     Boat people are "queue jumpers", stealing the places of "genuine" refugees waiting patiently in camps.       The atrocity in New York shows that Australia must stop allowing people from Afghanistan to enter the country "holus bolus".         It is not safe to let asylum seekers into the community.     Australia is a "soft touch" because of its "generosity" to refugees.      Refugee detention centres are like holiday camps.   Re

The International Refugees Protection Facts

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Western Europe as well as USA and Australia Weakening Protections on Refugees "European countries, as well as North America and Australia, have   systematically diluted their responsibilities towards refugees over the     past ten to fifteen years," said Rachael Reilly, Refugee Policy Director   at Human Rights Watch. "These countries were the primary architects of   the international refugee regime in the aftermath of the Second World   War - but they are also primarily responsible for its demise." The Western nations that established the   international refugee protection system fifty years ago are the same   ones weakening it today. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the United   Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Human Rights Watch charted   the erosion of refugee protection throughout Western Europe, where punitive policies toward asylum-seekers have   obstructed the right of individuals to seek and enjoy asylum. Among the Wester

The Facts of Australian Refugees Awareness

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The Six Facts, every refugee need to know when they seek refuge in Australia. These facts are based on the Regulations of the Department of Immigrations and according to Australian Refugees Policy and by Law.

Queensland Flood Disaster, 16 die in Qld floods, 60 missing

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The death toll from Queensland's devastating floods has climbed to 16, Premier Anna Bligh says. "This morning the search and rescue teams located another woman who was found deceased near Grantham," she told reporters. Ms Bligh told reporters in Brisbane there were 53 people unaccounted for, including 12 for whom police hold grave fears. Some communities, such as Theodore in central Queensland, had been evacuated entirely. The premier said 4436 people are currently living in 50 emergency evacuation centres. A further 7502 people have registered as being out of their homes. Ms Bligh said there are many thousands more who have not registered. She said those people are "very dislocated at the end of this week". Ms Bligh said Queensland had been overwhelmed by support from other parts of the country. "It certainly helps to endure an event like this, to know we are not alone," she said. The premier said the state had ended the week with a determinatio

Queensland Flood Disaster, 16 die in Qld floods, 60 missing

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The premier braced Queensland for a potentially dramatic rise in the death toll from flash flooding. A four-year-old boy's death during an attempt to rescue his family has taken the  Queensland floods death toll to  16, with 60 people still missing. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the number of missing people had risen to 60 , with grave concerns held for 18 people. The four-year-old boy was swept away in floodwaters at Marburg, west of Brisbane. "The best advice we have at this stage is that this boy's life was lost during an attempt to rescue him and his family," Ms Bligh told reporters on Tuesday night. Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said the boy had fallen out of a boat. "We've just found out a four-year-old-boy has fallen out of a boat and they've just found the body," Mr Pisasale told the ABC. Ms Bligh said the number of missing people had risen from 59 to 78. "Clearly as we get more information from families looking for their loved ones,