Australia urges action on weapons
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Australian's Defence minister Robert Hill calls on Asia-Pacific countries to help combat weapons of mass destruction.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia plans to create  what it believes will be the most lethal force of fighter jets  in Southeast Asia by equipping its aircraft with long-range  missiles in a move critics said could antagonize neighbors.
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Prime Minister John Howard has again raised the prospect of Australian forces striking deep into neighbouring countries as the major parties try to strengthen their credentials in the war on terror before the October 9 election.
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Australian prime minister John Howard proposes an anti-terror force which could be deployed elsewhere in Asia.
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The Australian government's national security committee has met to consider beefing up the army, which is stretched by deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Pacific.
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_ Australia plans to closely monitor ships beyond its territorial waters in a move to boost the country&#39;s defenses against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said
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Australia had become a mediator in a  nuclear stand-off between Iran and the United States, Prime  Minister John Howard said on Sunday, in a move that mirrors  Australia's role in the North Korea nuclear crisis.
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Australian political leaders have gone into hot debate Monday as how to eliminate threat of regional terrorism, either through cooperation with local countries, or a pre-emptive strikes.
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International Development Secretary Hilary Benn on Tuesday called on world leaders to make a priorty the concluding of a treaty regulating the trade of weapons.
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Australia's Defence Minister Robert Hill urged Asia-Pacific countries to expand their role in the fight against terrorism as he launched talks by the US-backed Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Friday called on Pacific nations to press for the removal of Fiji&#39;s military regime, following talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.
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Australia&#39;s foreign minister is in North Korea, urging the Stalinist state to renounce nuclear weapons.
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Australia&#39;s foreign minister pressed leaders in North Korea yesterday to remain involved in six-nation talks on its nuclear program, amid concerns that the Pyongyang administration might pull out of preparatory meetings for the next round of negotiations.
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Terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) are trying to obtain nuclear weapons and will not hesitate to use them, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
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Swiss pacifists are demanding an end to arms exports and today released a flight of doves outside parliament in the capital, Berne, to draw attention to a call for a ban on arms exports. The action coincided with the handing-in of signatures for a people's initiative which will give the Swiss voters the final say on the issue.  The backers of the initiative chose World Peace Day to hand in 109,000 signatures they collected, and celebrated with a flag-waving rally on Parliament Square. "Swiss weapons kill - worldwide" the authors of the initiative say. They want to outlaw the export and transfer of all military material, including technology that can be used for the development, production and use of weapons.
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Australia vows to help safeguard democracy in East Timor after attacks on the president and prime minister.
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Australia's prime minister posts a video on YouTube warning against violent protests at the Apec summit.