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(AP via Yahoo! News) (AFP via Yahoo! News) Over fifty-thousand Australians have been placed on evacuation alert in the Australian state of Victoria in eleven towns since Saturday due to the 2010 Victorian floods. (AFP via The West Australian) Emergency teams in Guatemala resume rescue efforts after mudslides bury dozens of people.
(AFP via Yahoo) Nokia sells its mapping application Here to German car makers BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz for 2.8 billion euros. (AFP via Yahoo) The Athens Stock Exchange reopens after more than a month with share values falling by 22 percent in early trading.
The South Korean military holds a live-fire drill on Yeonpyeong Island which was shelled by North Korea last year. The Yonhap news agency in South Korea reports that the People's Republic of China has reinforced fences and increased patrols along its border with North Korea in order to stop a flow of refugees. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
AFP foreign supplier countries (blue), including European Union members (light blue) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (Filipino: Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy (including the Marine Corps).
The People's Liberation Army of China holds three days of live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait, while Taiwan holds exercises simulating Chinese submarines attacking Kinmen and being repelled by Taiwanese amphibious forces. (The Guardian) (AP via Yahoo) Boko Haram insurgency. An improvised explosive device in a Yola, Nigeria displacement camp ...
Over a million Syrian refugees live in Turkish territory, including many Syrian opposition figures. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Tunisian Army soldier is killed after a shooting rampage in which 7 fellow soldiers are killed and 10 others injured in their barracks in Tunis. (AP via Fox News) (AFP via News24) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ireland's government agrees to bank bailout number five, valued at €24 billion, and does not force senior bondholders into burden-sharing. (The Irish Times)It is revealed that chief executive of nationalised Anglo Irish Bank Mike Aynsley received €1 million, including a "housing allowance" for his second home in Australia, while the bank admits billions were squandered last year in the ...
Former Australian Federal Police Headquarters. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia.