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14-year-old's marriage fuels debate

A 14-year-old girl and 23-year-old man have celebrated their recent marriage in Malaysia.

Crown, iwi partnership idea

Film-maker protects source in genocide case

<i>Geoff Cumming</i>: You can't hide from prying eyes

State agencies will gain fresh powers to snoop and search under a sweeping law change,

Disabled let down in education and employment

<i>Hobbit</i> hopeful surprised by media storm

<i>Hobbit</i> casting agent fired over racism row

A casting agent for Sir Peter Jackson's planned film adaptations of <i>The Hobbit</i> has been dismissed after placing newspaper ads seeking extras with "light skin tones".

Health groups slammed over locking up of alcoholic

A watchdog has slammed three organisations over the locking up of a alcoholic, 43, in a resthome for more than a year without proper legal authority.

Detention death angers activists

<i>Editorial</i>: Suu Kyi must now play a waiting game

Death at Sydney detention centre

Detainees at Sydney's Villawood detention centre may go on a hunger strike after the death of an Iraqi asylum seeker.

<i>Nehginpao Kipgen:</i> Big challenges ahead for Suu Kyi

An analyst of the political conflicts which beset modern Myanmar says Suu Kyi faces plenty of obstacles ahead.

Suu Kyi's release from house arrest

People around the world have celebrated as Aung San Suu Kyi was this week freed from seven years of house arrest. She says she will continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-ruled nation of Myanmar.

Ex-political prisoner welcomes Suu Kyi's release

A former Burmese political prisoner says Aung San Suu Kyi is 'the hope of the nation'.

<i>All in a day's work: </i> A woman's place?

Women losing the gains of workplace equality...

<i>Suu Kyi free:</i> Joyous moment eclipses years of anger

The police were helpless to contain the crowd's enthusiasm when the barricades around Suu Kyi's house were taken down.