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Tropical Cyclone Pam: Rescue teams remove over 100kg of asbestos from Port Vila's central hospital

Australian rescue teams remove over 100 kilograms of asbestos from Port Vila's central hospital in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Pam.

Yemen mosque bombings: More than 100 killed in suicide attacks in capital Sanaa, medics say

Triple suicide bombings kill more than 100 people at mosques in the Yemeni capital attended by Shiite Huthi militiamen who have seized control of the city, medics say.

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Pakistan postpones execution of Shafqat Hussain who was controversially convicted as a teenager

Pakistan's president postpones the execution of Shafqat Hussain, who was controversially convicted as a teenager, but rights groups fear he will still be executed.

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Tunisia attack: Retired Colombian general regrets 'irony' of losing Australian son Javier Camelo, wife in museum attack

Picasso art: French couple given two-year suspended sentence for 'stealing' 271 works

Solar eclipse as seen across northern Europe and remote Arctic islands

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Emergency aid reaching outer islands of Vanuatu after Pam

Updated 19 March 2015, 11:10 AEDT

Emergency aid is beginning to reach some of the worst-hit islands in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam tore through the country five days ago.

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Australia's HMAS Tobruk to depart for Vanuatu with disaster engineering

Updated 18 March 2015, 18:21 AEDT

The Australian Navy ship HMAS Tobruk arrived in the Queensland city of Townsville yesterday and is being readied for deployment to the Pacific in the wake of Cyclone Pam.

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Relief agencies warn of food and water shortages in Vanuatu

Updated 18 March 2015, 11:07 AEDT

Vanuatu is warning it faces imminent food shortages as accounts emerge of huge damage to the outer islands, especially Tanna.

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