March 17, 2014

Australian Immigration Minister

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison initially said that the violence happened after asylum seekers breached fences at the detention centre.kaskao的博客

He later revised his statement, saying that the clashes largely took place inside the camp's perimeters.

Refugee advocates say the asylum-seekers were attacked inside the camp by local people and security personnel. viery well

Meanwhile, Tony Abbott will visit PNG from Thursday to Saturday, in his first visit to the country since becoming prime minister. zhang's Blog

The Manus Island detention centre is expected to dominate his talks with PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.

In recent months Australia has taken a very tough stance in a bid to halt the flow of asylum seekers, who arrive by boat via Indonesia. vieerli

Under a new policy, people found to be refugees will be settled in Papua New Guinea rather than Australia. Washall

Polls suggest a majority of Australians support the government's approach.

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March 04, 2014

It was instant glory

It was instant glory, media flashing in my face, everything" he says. "The irony is, after five-and-a-half years I get a call on my mobile - the voice huskily says: Remember me?"defu

It was his wife, Shanthi. She was not entirely surprised by her husband's success. "Every time he comes to know something new, he wants to know everything about it," she says. "And then he wants to do something about it that nobody else has done before." yoyoluslyの日記
However, this kind of ambition was not easy to live with. Not only was she shocked by his interest in such a matter, but it took up all of his time and money - at the time, they hardly had enough money to eat properly. And her troubles were compounded by gossip. 陀螺的旋转

"The hardest thing was when the villagers started talking and treating us really badly," she says. "There were rumours that he was having affairs with other women, and that was why he was doing such things." She decided to go back home to live with her mother.

After Shanthi, eventually Muruganantham's own mother and the rest of the villagers - who had all condemned, criticised and ostracised him - came round too.福寿月志

Muruganantham seemed set for fame and fortune, but he was not interested in profit. "Imagine, I got patent rights to the only machine in the world to make low-cost sanitary napkins - a hot-cake product," he says. "Anyone with an MBA would immediately accumulate the maximum money. But I did not want to. Why? Because from childhood I know no human being died because of poverty - everything happens because of ignorance." yoy*l*sl*のブログ

He believes that big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas he prefers the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," he says.

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