Row over Australia&#39;s refusal to sign ASEAN non-aggression treaty
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PETER CAVE: Australia has been looking forward to coming away from an unprecedented summit of regional leaders with an agreement on a free trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and the ASEAN nations.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seemingly isolated after New Zealand signalled it might join a Southeast Asian non-aggression pact, remained defiant on Tuesday, saying his country had no intention of attacking anyone.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard was defiant about his support for the war in Iraq despite a new report's finding that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the basis for the invasion.
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The Australian government's plan to apologise to Aborigines for past injustices ran into trouble Thursday when the opposition indicated it might not support the move.
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Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighboring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakarta&#39;s sovereignty over its own waters.
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Prime Minister John Howard has rejected suggestions Australia was adopting the role of regional &quot;sheriff&quot; in the Pacific by building up its military and police forces.
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New Zealand says it is looking positively at joining ASEAN&#39;s non-aggression treaty, which Australia is refusing to sign. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced her position after the summit in the
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Leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit appeared deadlocked on Thursday over what their "Sydney declaration" on climate change and cutting greenhouse gas emissions should say.
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New Zealand is considering signing an anti-aggression treaty with south east asian nations despite Australia saying it will not. The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) is urging both countries
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CRICKET Australia cannot rule out withdrawing the invitation for the West Indies to play in this summer&#39;s one-day tournament if the players&#39; contract dispute is not settled.
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Leading Socceroo players are at odds with coach Graham Arnold&#39;s claims that some of them don&#39;t have their heart in being at the Asian Cup.
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An Australian author refuses to apologise after Japan protests over a book about Crown Princess Masako.
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The federal Labor Party has questioned the Prime Minister&#39;s pre-emptive strike policy, asking why he has not launched a military attack against terrorists in the region.
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PRIME Minister John Howard today rejected claims warnings from a top weapons expert were ignored before Australia sent troops to war in Iraq.
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: Indonesia accused fellow ASEAN member Myanmar on Friday of dodging the issue of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s detention and said there was a gap between official junta statements and reality.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Thursday rejected UN secretary-general Kofi Annan&#39;s claims that last year&#39;s Iraq war was &quot;illegal,&quot; while a British
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The company has been rebuffed in Australia as it tries to grow.