The Australians, part of a group of 32 foreigners, are expected to be deported for visa violations. The other foreigners will have to report to Indonesian immigration officials today, after which police may lay charges or deport them. None had their passports stamped with the correct visas to attend a conference, instead they were travelling on tourist visas. They had been attending an Asia Pacific Labour Solidarity conference near Jakarta. Delegates say the conference was raided on Friday by about 40 police carrying guns and tear gas.
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A renewed tension between India and Pakistan has developed after US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged both parties to show restraint. Having struck agreements with Nauru and Papua New Guinea to off-load asylum seekers heading for Australia, the Federal Government has turned its attention to Fiji as the next destination for unauthorised arrivals. Scientists have discovered eight new planets outside our solar system.