Australia against new starting blocks for Beijing
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Australia are set to oppose a plan to introduce a revolutionary new starting block at this year's Beijing Olympics. The official timing suppliers have designed a new block with an angled foot hold at the back, similar to the types used in athletics.
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There will come a time when playing host to preseason basketball games will not set pulses racing in China, a time when the country is secure enough in its place as a world sports superpower that it will settle for nothing but the meaningful.
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Australia may not want to go to war with China, but it could get dragged in by the US, writes Robert Ayson.
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China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region, Australia said in a new defense strategy paper launched by Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday.
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Australian PM John Howard dismisses suggestions a security declaration with Japan could strain China ties.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;s Olympic athletes will train and compete regularly in Beijing over the next three years after an historic co-operation agreement was signed today by the Australian and Chinese Olympic Committees.
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The IOC has a word of advice for organizers of the 2008 Olympics &#151; prepare. Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.
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China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday.
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Injury-hit Chinese tennis star Li Na will re-launch her Olympic ambitions at two events in Australia next month, state media reported Wednesday.
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Australia are eager to get stuck into New Zealand when they meet in a crucial Champions Trophy decider on Thursday. The clash at The Oval will determine which side progresses to the semi-finals from Group A.
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Australia could start exporting uranium to China within months and expects to corner about a third of the market for Beijing's giant nuclear power programme, a senior official said.
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With China's lead close to unassailable in the final stretch of the Athens Paralympics, Britain and Australia were dueling for second place in the overall medal standings as the Games resumed.
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China&#39;s rapid military expansion  risked causing greater instability in the region, Australian  Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday.
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Australia will seal a security  relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense  ties with any country except the United States, but Prime  Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with  China.
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China's move to become the biggest shareholder in Rio Tinto could face scrutiny by Australian regulators.
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China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday  denied the Chinese government would mount a legal challenge  against BHP Billiton's  proposal to take over rival  Australian miner Rio Tinto .
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Australia on Thursday warned China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region as Prime Minister John Howard launched a new doctrine calling for military operations far from home.