Rod McGuirk

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Passengers disembark from the Aurora Australis in Hobart, Australia Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, following their rescue from a ship trapped in ice in the Antarctic. The ship rescued 52 passengers with the help of a helicopter from a Chinese ship on Jan. 2, 2014 after the Russian icebreaker Akademik Shokalskiy became trapped in ice-clogged Commonwealth Bay on Christmas Eve 2013.(AP Photo/AAP, Rob Blakers) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES

Rescued Antarctic passengers arrive in Australia

Rod McGuirk · January 22, 2014 5:12 am

Parents of a detained Australian journalist Lois Greste, left, and Juris Greste speak during a press conference in Brisbane, Australia, Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014. Al-Jazeera English television said Australian correspondent Peter Greste and two colleagues were detained on Dec. 29, 2013, and have been interrogated on suspicion of having unlicensed equipment and broadcasting false news that harmed national security. (AP Photo/AAP, Tertius Pickard) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Parents call for Egypt to free Australian reporter

Rod McGuirk · January 21, 2014 11:14 am

No hope for 55 people lost in Indian Ocean capsize

Rod McGuirk · June 10, 2013 8:57 am

Boat with up to 60 migrants sinks in Indian Ocean

Rod McGuirk · June 9, 2013 1:58 am

Report: Plans for Australia spy HQ hacked by China

Rod McGuirk · May 28, 2013 6:42 am

Australia gov’t forecasts $19.4 billion deficit

Rod McGuirk · May 14, 2013 11:13 am

Australian treasurer rules out austerity measures

Rod McGuirk · May 14, 2013 12:41 am

Australia to slow increase in foreign aid spending

Rod McGuirk · May 13, 2013 9:27 am

Australia’s central bank cuts rate to 2.75 percent

Rod McGuirk · May 7, 2013 6:37 am

Papua New Guinea proposes firing-squad executions

Rod McGuirk · May 2, 2013 9:13 am

Australia tax revenue falls as mining boom cools

Rod McGuirk · April 29, 2013 5:34 am

Australian behind new Titanic plans political bid

Rod McGuirk · April 26, 2013 6:00 am