Latest and Most Recent News in Oceania from Topix (April 2011 Diet)

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Up to 100 people being held at Sydney's Villawood Detention Center were involved in the riots, which began Wednesday night when two detainees climbed onto a roof, immigration officials said.

Source: Rioters set fire to Australian detention center

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Surfers, weekend trippers, the elderly and young children - many have left Christchurch in the two months since the quake, leaving it feeling a little too quiet and empty.

Source: Quietly quaking

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Cinematheque, April 22-23, 27-28 at 9:00 pm, with a Skype Q&A with filmmaker, and former Manitoban, Leanne Pooley after the Friday show.

Source: You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll yodel with the Topp Twins.

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A motorcyclist has been killed in south-west Sydney, lifting the NSW Easter holiday road toll to two.

Source: NSW road toll at two as motorcyclist dies

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Even though the trappings of civilization are all around us, there are still some parts of the globe where our influence is small.

Source: The 10 most pristine places on Earth

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A powerful earthquake has struck in waters off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.

Source: Powerful Earthquake Strikes Off Solomon Islands

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Three protesters who have remained on the roof at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre following a fiery riot have asked to come down, a refugee advocate says.

Source: Villawood detainees ask to come off roof

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Potatoes are thought to date back about 2500 years and have been a staple part of the diet of many civilisations for centuries.

Source: Humble spud the centrepiece of thrifty plates

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LONG WAIT: John Jones, 91, of Auckland, was New Zealand's first prisoner of war captured by Japan during World War II.

Source: POW still bitter

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Winston Peters writes a column for the Bay of Plenty Times Weekend. It is a fact that, out of the ruins of World War II, a number of western economies constructed for their people economic and social advances hitherto unmatched in history.

Source: Winston Peters: Childhood can be dog's life