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Mining boom fuels Australia's thriving sex industry
30/12/2012 - AUSTRALIA

Mining boom fuels Australia's thriving sex industry

Australia’s mining boom has led to an increase in the number of prostitutes heading to remote mining towns, with a marked rise in female sex workers flying in from Asia to cash in on the country’s high wages, the Australian Crime Commission said.
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Park Geun-hye becomes South Korea first female president
21/12/2012 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

Park Geun-hye becomes South Korea first female president

Park Geun-hye becomes South Korea's first female president. Next, health workers are in the firing line in Pakistan. Finally, Chinese artist Yue Minjun brings his grinning self-portraits to Paris. Dozens of his works and more than a hundred sketches are being put on display, making it the artist's single largest exhibition, and his first major show in Europe.
DSK: 'The end'
10/12/2012 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

DSK: 'The end'

It's the end of an 18-month drama as Nafissatou Diallo and Dominique Strauss-Kahn settle their case for an undisclosed sum. Also, Berlusconi's attempt to return to Italian politics is satirised online. Finally, the Australian DJs involved in the royal hospital hoax give their first, emotional TV interviews - this as hacking group Anonymous concludes they're "responsible for murder".
Is everything permitted in the name of humour?
07/12/2012 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Is everything permitted in the name of humour?

One of the nurses targeted in a recent prank phone call to Kate Middleton's hospital has died, leading to speculation that she may have ended her life in part due to the hoax. Also, we take a look at a "candid camera" prank on Brazilian television involving coffins and lifts. Finally, a viral music video mocks overuse of Instagram.
'New York Post' photo sparks ethics debate
05/12/2012 - MEDIA WATCH FRANCE

'New York Post' photo sparks ethics debate

A front page photo of a man about to be hit by a subway has sparked a media ethics debate. Could the photographer have intervened? Should the New York Post have published it? Also, an Australian radio prank on the hospital where Kate Middleton is staying, plus a French TV channel gets the story wrong on who the father of the unborn royal baby is!
Sandy Island goes missing in the South Pacific
23/11/2012 - SOUTH PACIFIC

Sandy Island goes missing in the South Pacific

A team of scientists doing a geographical survey and tasked with locating a South Pacific island released a report of their findings on Thursday. What they found, or more importantly what they did not find, has left them befuddled.
France hope for victory over bogey team Argentina
17/11/2012 - RUGBY

France hope for victory over bogey team Argentina

France will be hoping to build on last week's impressive victory over Australia when they take on Argentina's Pumas in Lille on Saturday. The Pumas are France's traditional bogey team, having beaten them in eight of their last 12 meetings.
China's 'next generation' of leaders
16/11/2012 - THE WEEK IN ASIA

China's 'next generation' of leaders

The Chinese Communist party has a freshly appointed leadership. We give you a run-down of who’s who in the new political elite. Staying in China, we visit the country’s richest village: an impressive example of a hybrid of communism and capitalism. Finally, on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, a team of scientists are on a mission to save the "big-headed turtles", a species teetering on the verge of extinction.
France hammer Australia 33-6
11/11/2012 - RUGBY

France hammer Australia 33-6

A dazzling Frederic Michalak inspired France to an impressive 33-6 defeat of Australia in Paris on Saturday, the home side's first victory over the Wallabies since 2005.
Pro-smoking smartphone apps spark a fiery debate
26/10/2012 - Technology

Pro-smoking smartphone apps spark a fiery debate

In a study this week, Australian researchers identified more than 100 smartphone applications that appear to promote smoking. The study highlights the challenges governments face in keeping tobacco advertising laws in step with technology.
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