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Christmas Vacations in Hawaii, Hawaii for Christmas

For several people that live in the Northern Hemisphere, Christmas is considered a winter holiday. The chilly, possibly snowy, is great weather for some hot chocolate or even a cup of hot apple cider. There is nothing like a wonderful whi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 08 2013 | Comments : 0

SOLDIER INJURED IN CHRISTMAS ISLAND CRASH

An Australian soldier has been seriously injured in a car crash on Christmas Island. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) on Sunday said two members were involved in a single-vehicle accident on the island on Saturday. Local emergency se [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Nancy Pelosi Is Spending Her Christmas In A $10,000-A-Night ...

The House Minority leader is likely having a better vacation than you are. According to the Hawaii Reporter (via Drudge), Nancy Pelosi is spending her Christmas at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu on Hawaii. And [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Go crab in the Christmas Island

Get up close and personal one of the most unique creatures on earth- crabs, in the Christmas Island situated 300 miles south of Jakarta along the Indian Ocean. Here, don't expect to see crowding human as it numbers a mere 1500 locals [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Christmas Island tragedy remembered

Survivors and Christmas Island residents will this morning remember the 50 asylum seekers who were killed a year ago today when their boat was smashed against cliffs. The SIEV 221 disaster was Australia's worst maritime tragedy in pea [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Asylum-seekers target Christmas Island

In news that is sure to add to the government's headaches over asylum-seekers, the strife-torn and overcrowded detention centre is now being has been targeted directly by people-smugglers. In the past three years, the proportion of su [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

New Christmas Island radar failed to detect stricken asylum ...

Border Protection Command yesterday confirmed the failure as the island received another boat carrying 116 asylum-seekers and five crew -- the largest arrival since Julia Gillard's Malaysia Solution was killed off by the High Court in [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Another riot erupts at Christmas Island detention centre

And with the centre at boiling point, a boat carrying another 52 asylum seekers has reached Australia’s shores. The new arrivals and two crew members will be transported to Christmas Island. Last night asylum seekers housed on Chris [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Christmas Island boats inadequate: inquiry

Police, Customs and volunteer rescue boats on Christmas Island were not equipped for the high seas prevailing when an asylum-seeker boat hit rocks on the island, an inquest has heard. An Australian Federal Police (AFP) boat and a rescu [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Christmas Island tragedy left 'more dead than alive'

A navy commander has described carrying out the dangerous sea rescue that saw 41 shocked and wounded survivors plucked from hazardous waters during the Christmas Island boat tragedy. Lieutenant Commander Mitchell Livingstone today told [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Alleged Christmas Island people smuggler charged

A Sydney court refused bail this afternoon to the man allegedly responsible for the Christmas Island boat wreck that killed at least 50 asylum seekers. Authorities deported Iranian-born Australian Ali Khorram Heydarkhani to Australia from [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Christmas Island mayor backs riot review

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has launched an investigation into how the AFP and the centre's independent operator handled the violent protests, which saw police firing tear gas and bean-bag bullets at detainees. The Ombudsman will [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Christmas Island 'tense but in control'

The situation at the Christmas Island immigration detention centre remains difficult but not out of control, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says. Mr Bowen warned the protesters that their actions would not achieve the desired result an [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Call to turn Christmas Island plane around

Mr Bowen says he expects to finalise plans to release the nine-year-old Iranian boy, known as Seena, into the community sometime today. But this morning, Seena and 21 other asylum seekers were in limbo in the Kimberleys after their plane [...]