LATEST World News, Jan 05, 2020

Iran's response to US will be military -- Khamenei's advisor ...

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1 hour ago - Tehran, Iran (CNN) The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said Sunday that Tehran's response to the killing by the United States of its ...

TOM LONG, American-Born Australian Film and Television Actor, Info, Jan 05, 2020

Tom Long (actor) - Wikipedia

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Tom Long (3 August 1968 – 4 January 2020) was an American-born Australian film and television actor. Contents. 1 Early life; 2 Career; 3 Personal life ...

‎Early life · ‎Career · ‎Personal life · ‎Selected filmography

PHILLIP Island (External Territory, Norfolk Island, Australia) Info, Jan 05, 2020

Phillip Island (Norfolk Island) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Phillip_Island_(Norfolk_Island)

Jump to External links - Phillip Island Department of the Environment and Water Resources; [1] Management Plan 2008-18 | Norfolk Island National Park ...

‎Flora and fauna · ‎Plants · ‎Animals

NEPEAN Island (External Territory, Norfolk Island, Australia) Info, Jan 05, 2020

Nepean Island (Norfolk Island) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nepean_Island_(Norfolk_Island)

Australia. Demographics. Population, 0. Additional information. Time zone. NFT (Norfolk Island Time) (UTC+11:00). Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap. Nepean Island is located about 800 metres (870 yards) south of Norfolk Island. Nepean Island (Norfuk: Nepeyan Ailen) is a small uninhabited island located about 800 metres ... It is part of the Commonwealth of Australia's external ...

HEARD Island & McDonald Islands (External Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 05, 2020

Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about ...

‎Geography · ‎Climate · ‎Flora · ‎Fauna

LATEST World News, Jan 04, 2020

Participants - CMStatistics 2019

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... ECONOMETRICS AND STATISTICS | Contact: CMStatistics 2019January 4, 2020, 01:32 ... Panayiotis Andreou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus. ... Essam Atta Arsanious Ghaprial, Banque Misr, Egypt. ..... Cristina Gutierrez Perez, University of Extremadura, Spain. ..... Zinoviy Landsman, University of Haifa, Israel.

WILLIS Island (Coral Sea, Australia) Info, Jan 04, 2020

Willis Island - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Willis_Island

Willis Island is the only permanently inhabited island in the Coral Sea Islands Territory, an external territory of Australia, located beyond the Great Barrier Reef in ...

‎Weather monitoring station · ‎History · ‎Recreation · ‎Hazard reduction

MIDDLETON Reef (Coral Sea, Australia) Info, Jan 04, 2020

Middleton Reef - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Middleton_Reef

Elizabeth Reef is located in Australia and New Zealand. Elizabeth Reef. Location of Middleton Reef east of New South Wales. 1934 map of Middleton Reef. Middleton Reef is a coral reef in the Tasman Sea. It is separated by a deep oceanic pass some ...

‎Flora and fauna · ‎Shipwrecks

ELIZABETH Reef (Coral Sea, Australia) Info, Jan 04, 2020

Elizabeth Reef - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Elizabeth_Reef

... 159.07556Coordinates: 29°57′25″S 159°4′32″E / 29.95694°S 159.07556°E ... The Environment, Sport and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1997 included Elizabeth Reef in Australia's Coral Sea Islands Territory. It is the ...

‎Flora and fauna · ‎Shipwrecks

CATO Island (Coral Sea, Australia) Info, Jan 04, 2020

Cato Reef - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cato_Reef

Cato Reef, is a part of Cato Bank, an area in the Coral Sea off the central coast of Queensland, Australia. Contents. 1 Geography; 2 Cato Island; 3 History.

‎Geography · ‎Cato Island · ‎History · ‎Shipwrecks

CORAL SEA Islands (External Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 04, 2020

Coral Sea Islands - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Coral_Sea_Islands

The Coral Sea Islands Territory is an external territory of Australia which comprises a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the ...

Population‎: ‎4 (2018)

Major islands‎: ‎1

‎Gay and Lesbian Kingdom · ‎Category:Coral Sea Islands · ‎Willis Island

LATEST World News, Jan 03, 2020

January 3, 2019 - FDD

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4 hours ago - FDD | January 3, 2019 | January 3, 2020 | ... Qassim Soleimani's death in a U.S. airstrike deprives the regime of the man who orchestrated a ...

COCOS (Keeling) Islands (Australia) Info, Jan 03, 2020

Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands

Jump to Transfer to Australia - On 23 November 1955, the islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Transferred from UK to Australia‎: ‎23 November ...

Calling code‎: ‎+61 891

Spoken languages‎: ‎Malay; English;

Government‎: ‎Directly administered dependency

‎Cocos Malays · ‎Bantam, Cocos (Keeling) Islands · ‎Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport

WEST Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia) Info, Jan 03, 2020

West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › West_Island,_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands

West Island is the capital of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The population is roughly 120 making ... School operates a primary and secondary campus on West Island. Most of the students of that campus originate from the Australian continent.

NORTH KEELING Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia) Info, Jan 03, 2020

North Keeling - Wikipedia

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Jump to Battle of Cocos - North Keeling is a small, uninhabited coral atoll, approximately 1.2 square kilometres (0.46 sq mi) in area, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Horsburgh Island. It is the northernmost atoll and island of the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

‎History · ‎Pulu Keeling National ... · ‎Other protected area ...

HOME Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia) Info, Jan 03, 2020

Home Island - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Home_Island

Home Island, also known locally as Pulu Selma, is one of only two permanently inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the Southern Atoll of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian ...

HORSBURGH Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia) Info, Jan 03, 2020

Horsburgh Island - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Horsburgh_Island

Horsburgh Island is one of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Its area is 1.04 square kilometres (0.40 ... Surviving six-inch guns from World War II are listed on the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List. This island is named after James Horsburgh, ...

CHRISTMAS Islands (External Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 02, 2020

Christmas Island - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Christmas_Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the ...... "Christmas Islands Hidden Secret". Advanced Diver Magazine.

Spoken languages‎: ‎Chinese; Malay; English;

Currency‎: ‎Australian dollar‎ (‎AUD‎)

Government‎: ‎Directly administered dependency

Highest elevation‎: ‎361 m (1,184 ft)

‎Christmas Island Detention ... · ‎Shire of Christmas Island · ‎Battle of Christmas Island

GIGANTEUS Island (Australian Antarctic Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 02, 2020

ACAP Breeding Sites No. 31. Giganteus Island, Mac ...

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Giganteus Island, part of the Rookery Islands in Mac. ... 75 small islands and rocks in Holme Bay, some 10 kilometres west of the Australia's Antarctic station of Mawson. ... Status and conservation of seabirds of the Australian Antarctic Territory.

FRAZIER Islands (Australian Antarctic Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 02, 2020

Australian Antarctic Territory - Frazier Islands to Cape Poinsett ...

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Australian Antarctic Territory - Frazier Islands to Cape Poinsett (Marine Chart ... It is available as part of iBoating : Australia Marine & Fishing App (now supported ...

HAWKER Island (Australian Antarctic Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 02, 2020

Hawker Island — Australian Antarctic Division

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Sep 23, 2016 - Hawker Island. ... 167, following a proposal by Australia, primarily to protect the southernmost breeding colony of southern giant petrels.

MASSON Island (Australian Antarctic Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 02, 2020

Masson Island - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Masson_Island

Masson Island or Mission Island is an ice-covered island about 31 kilometres (17 nmi) long and rising to 465 metres (1,526 ft), lying 17 kilometres (9 nmi) northwest of Henderson Island within the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Masson Island is located in the western part of Mawson Sea at 66°08′S ... Masson Island was discovered in February 1912 by the Australian Antarctic ...

LATEST World News, Jan 02, 2020

Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, injuring 14 - Al ...

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10 hours ago - A factory manufacturing batteries caught fire and collapsed in the Indian ... Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador .... collapse at a factory for Okaya batteries in New Delhi on January 2, 2020. (AFP) ... from the debris of the building in Peera Garhi area in western New Delhi.

FAZLE ABED, Founder of a Leading Relief Agency, Info, Jan 02, 2020

Fazle Abed, Founder of a Leading Relief Agency, Dies at 83 ...

https://www.nytimes.com › 2020/01/01 › world › asia › fazle-hasan-abed-dead

23 hours ago - Fazle Abed, who started a temporary relief effort for refugees in Bangladesh that became one of the largest nongovernmental organizations in ...

LEXII ALIJAI, Rapper, Info, Jan 02, 2020

Minnesota rapper Lexii Alijai dead at 21 - Page Six

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4 hours ago - Minnesota rapper Lexii Alijai died on New Year's Day, distraught loved ones confirmed on social media.

Two Steps From Hell - El Dorado (SkyWorld), Jan 02, 2920

LATEST World News, Jan 01, 2020

No, we do not change decade on January 1, 2020 | En24 News

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Dec 24, 2019 - Home · Breaking News · Business · Sports · World · Tech · USA · Canada · Mexico · UK · Italy · Switzerland · Germany · Belgium · Argentina ... No, we do not change decade on January 1, 2020 ... Imamoglu challenges Erdogan · World ... Colombian cyclist Sergio Higuita / Tour de France / Education First:.

PAUL X. KELLEY, United States Marine Corps General, Info, Jan 01, 2020

Paul X. Kelley - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Paul_X._Kelley

Paul Xavier Kelley (November 11, 1928 – December 29, 2019) was a United States Marine .... Marine Corps Times. ^ Jump up to: Cushman Jr., John H. (December 31, 2019). "Gen. Paul X. Kelley, Top Marine Tested by a Bombing, Dies at 91".

JACK SHELDON, American Bebop and West Coast Jazz Trumpeter, Singer, and Actor, Info, Jan 01, 2020

Jack Sheldon - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jack_Sheldon

Jack Sheldon (November 30, 1931 – December 27, 2019) was an American bebop and West Coast jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. He was a trumpet player and the music director on The Merv Griffin Show, as well as the voice heard on several episodes of the educational music television series Schoolhouse Rock!

SPRINGBANK Island (Australian Capital Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 01, 2020

Springbank Island - Canberra, Australian Capital ... - Facebook

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Address. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601 ... 9 likes. Springbank Island, within Lake Burley Griffin, is located in Canberra, Australian...

SPINNAKER Island (Australian Capital Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 01, 2020

Spinnaker Island (Lake Burley Griffin) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Spinnaker_Island_(Lake_Burley_Griffin)

Spinnaker Island, within Lake Burley Griffin, is located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. In total there are six islands in the lake, but only three ..

PINE Island (Australian Capital Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 01, 2020

Pine Island Reserve - Wikipedia

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Pine Island Reserve, a reserve containing a small plantation of pine trees, is located on the Murrumbidgee River where the river flows through the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

ASPEN Island (Australian Capital Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 01, 2020

Aspen Island - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Aspen_Island

Aspen Island, within Lake Burley Griffin, is a man-made island located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Aspen Island is located on the ...

BOWEN Island (Jervis Bay Territory, Australia) Info, Jan 01, 2020

Bowen Island (Jervis Bay) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bowen_Island_(Jervis_Bay)

Bowen Island is a sandstone island lying 250 metres (270 yd) off the tip of the Bherwerre Peninsula at the entrance to Jervis Bay, on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The island, however, is not part of the state of New South Wales but of the Jervis Bay Territory, administered by Australia's federal government.

NEW YEAR 2020 Celebrations Around the World, Dec 31, 2019

New Year 2020 celebrations around the world as Australia ...

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3 hours ago - A new decade has officially arrived as Australia and Japan celebrate New Year 2020 alongside a host of other countries across the world. The south Pacific island nation Somoa was the first to mark the new year at 10am GMT, followed by New Zealand at 11am GMT. The country welcomed ...

LATEST World News, Dec 31, 2019

Russian Terror Suspects In Custody Following U.S. Tip-Off

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16 hours ago - December 31, 2019 03:34 GMT Updated December 31, 2019 15:44 GMT ... telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump to thank him for the intelligence. ... States provided that helped foil a potential holiday terrorist attack in Russia." ... to continuing counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries.".

WEDGE Island (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 31, 2019

Wedge Island (Western Australia) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wedge_Island_(Western_Australia)

Wedge Island is a settlement located north of Lancelin and south of Cervantes on the Western Australian coast. The name mainly refers to the mainland ...

SHARK BAY Islands (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 31, 2019

Shark Bay Island Protection - Shark Bay

https://www.sharkbay.org › Ecological Restoration in Shark Bay

Many of Shark Bay's islands are nature reserves and protect native species that ... Hemidactylus frenatus, is common in Carnarvon and northern Australia and can ... A fatal wart virus affects the threatened western barred bandicoots on the ...

SCOTT & SERINGAPATAM Reefs (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 31, 2019

Scott and Seringapatam Reefs - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Scott_and_Seringapatam_Reefs

Scott and Seringapatam Reefs is a group of atoll-like reefs in the Timor Sea more than 300 kilometres (190 mi) northwest of Cape Leveque, Western Australia, on the edge of the continental shelf. There are three or four separate reef structures, depending on whether Scott Reef Central is counted separately.

ROWLEY Shoals (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 31, 2019

Rowley Shoals - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rowley_Shoals

The Rowley Shoals is a group of three atoll-like coral reefs south of the Timor Sea, about 260 km (160 mi) west of Broome on the northwestern Australian coast, ...

Location‎: ‎Indian Ocean

Population‎: ‎0

‎Naming and history · ‎Description · ‎Conservation

SYD MEAD, American Industrial Designer, Visual Futurist, Info, Dec 31, 2019

Syd Mead - Wikipedia

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Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer ... 2007, he completed work on a documentary of his career with the director Joaquin Montalvan entitled Visual Futurist:The Art & Life of Syd Mead.

NEIL INNES, English Writer, Comedian and Musician, Info, Dec 31, 2019

Neil Innes - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Neil_Innes

Neil James Innes (/ˈɪnɪs/; 9 December 1944 – 29 December 2019) was an English writer, comedian and musician. He collaborated with Monty Python and played in The Rutles and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Instruments‎: ‎Vocals; piano; guitar; banjo

Born‎: ‎9 December 1944 (age 75); ‎Danbury, Es...

Years active‎: ‎1960s–present

‎Career · ‎GRIMMS and Monty ... · ‎Reunion concerts · ‎Personal life and death

LATEST World News, Dec 30, 2019

The great lie of Istanbul – Duvar English

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So why would it press forward with the Kanal Istanbul project? December 30 2019 .... As Syrian and Russian forces have intensified their bombardment of targets in Idlib, Trump on Dec. ... U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his approval of a .... Putin, Erdoğan plan to launch TurkStream pipeline on Jan 8: Kremlin.

ROTTNEST Island (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 30, 2019

Rottnest Island - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rottnest_Island

Rottnest Island is an island off the coast of Western Australia, located 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Fremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of ...

LGA(s)‎: ‎A-class reserve administered by the R...

Federal Division(s)‎: ‎Fremantle

Established‎: ‎1830s

Area‎: ‎19 km² (7.3 sq mi)

‎History · ‎Flora and fauna · ‎Climate · ‎Tourism and facilities

RECHERCHE Islands (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 30, 2019

Recherche Archipelago - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Recherche_Archipelago

The Archipelago of the Recherche, known locally as the Bay of Isles, is a group of 105 islands, and over 1200 "obstacles to shipping", off the south coast of Western Australia.

‎Geography · ‎Groups · ‎Islands · ‎Flora and fauna

MONTEBELLO Islands (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 30, 2019

Montebello Islands - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Montebello_Islands

The Montebello Islands, also known as the Monte Bello Islands, are an archipelago of around ... The islands form a conservation park administered by the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation, and it is likely that the ...

‎Description · ‎History · ‎Islands

MARY ANNE Group (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 30, 2019

Mary Anne Group - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_Anne_Group

The Mary Anne Group is an archipelago off the north west coast of Western Australia, nominally located at 21º17'S 115º30'E. Together with the Mangrove ...

KELLY FRASER, Inuit-Canadian Singer, Info, Dec 30, 2019

Kelly Fraser, Inuit-Canadian Singer, Dies at 26 - The New ...

https://www.nytimes.com › 2019/12/29 › obituaries › kelly-fraser-dead

20 hours ago - Kelly Fraser, a Canadian singer who gained attention for an Inuit-language cover of Rihanna's song “Diamonds,” died on Thursday. She was 26. Thor Simonsen, her producer, confirmed the death. No other details were given.

LATEST World News, Dec 29, 2019

Turkey to evacuate wounded after deadly Mogadishu blast ...

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8 hours ago - Wounded people are being dispatched to Turkey for medical treatment ... capital Mogadishu on December 29, 2019 [Emin Sansar / Anadolu Agency] ... Somali Information Minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir Mareye told state media ... in competition with Gulf rivals like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

LOWENDAL Islands (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 29, 2019

Lowendal Islands - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lowendal_Islands

The Lowendal Islands comprise an archipelago, with a total area of about 160 ha of land lying off the coast of Western Australia. It is important for breeding ...

LACEPEDE Islands (Western Australia, Australia) Info, Dec 29, 2019

Lacepede Islands - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lacepede_Islands

The Lacepede Islands, sometimes referred to simply as the Lacepedes, are a group of four islands lying off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, about 120 ...

‎Description · ‎Environment · ‎Birds · ‎History