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    Kabul's traffickers are in for the long haul

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 17/11/2013

    » Kabul's black market for illegal travel is still doing a brisk trade despite the crackdown from Australia's newly installed government on people smuggling. However, the logistics required to circumvent the authorities and ensure a safe trip have become more complex and smugglers are under pressure to maximise profits. Fake passports, forged visas, tickets to Southeast Asia, sometimes via the Middle East, and boats to Australia and elsewhere are often available for about US$25,000 (788,000 baht) a head, more than double the costs the smugglers first charged when they began plying the Kangaroo Route in the late 1990s.

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    Khmer Rouge justice a race against time

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 27/05/2012

    » Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal has been dogged by controversy since the first public hearings were held in November 2007, including allegations of corruption, funding issues and disputes over the scope of the tribunals.

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    Anwar verdict to test political waters

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 08/01/2012

    » After two years of graphic and often offending evidence Malaysians will find out tomorrow whether opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, will spend up to 20 years behind bars when a verdict is handed down in his sodomy trial.

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    War crimes and the price of justice

    Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 22/01/2012

    » Putting a price on human life has never been a simple matter. For example, hospitals constantly face financial pressures, but patients' rights to privacy ensure that such awkward subjects are handled behind closed doors.

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