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Helene Hofman

GlobalPost

Hélène Hofman is a GlobalPost Breaking News Writer based in Melbourne, Australia. She also works for ABC Radio Australia and Radio France Internationale, and has contributed to The Irish Times, The Age and RTE, among others. Hélène has travelled extensively across five continents and reported from Ireland, France, Australia, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka, and mostly recently, East Timor.

Fresh calls for Maldives’ army to release senior judge Abdulla Mohamed

Politics

There have been fresh calls for a senior judge in the Maldives, Abdulla Mohamed, to be released from military custody.

PETA tells SeaWorld to stop serving fish flesh at restaurants

Lifestyle

British diplomats accuse Argentina of planning blockade of Falkland Islands

Politics

Death toll in Eastern Europe rises as big freeze continues

Agence France-Presse

China bans palm-reading tests for kindergarteners

Lifestyle

Khmer Rouge head jailer Duch gets life sentence

Agence France-Presse

UN-backed war crimes court in Cambodia rejects Kaing Guek Eav’s appeal

Egyptian protesters killed in unrest over deadly football riot

Agence France-Presse

At least three protesters in Suez and Cairo have been killed as police fired on demonstrations denouncing the handling of deadly clashes at a football match

Hollywood filmmakers Mike deGruy and Andrew Wright killed in Australian helicopter crash

Agence France-Presse

Cinematographer Mike deGruy and writer-producer Andrew Wright were shooting a documentary when their helicopter came down shortly after take-off

Search continues for missing Dominican migrants after boat sinks enroute to Puerto Rico

Agence France-Presse

Dozens are missing after an overloaded boat sank between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Saudi Arabian activist Manal al-Sherif tells women to demand the right to drive

Agence France-Presse

The icon of Saudi Arabia’s “Women2Drive” campaign appears on national television urging other women to follow her example