Australian FM plays down Poland&#39;s announcement on Iraq withdrawal
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SYDNEY: Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has declined to reveal any timetable for a possible withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq following a statement by Poland that it is aiming for a pullout by the end of next year.
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Poland should withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of next year, Polish leaders said Monday, the first time the key US ally has indicated
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Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer declined to comment Monday on reports that the US government has been pressing him to announce his candidacy to replace the head of the UN nuclear watchdog.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard dismissed talk of Foreign Minister Alexander Downer taking over as head of the UN nuclear watchdog, amid reported US pressure for him to do so.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Australian Federal Police Commissioner did not oppose the Government&#39;s decision to release information about a warning before the Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta.
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Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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Poland&#39;s defence minister sparked confusion Monday by announcing that the country would pull its troops out of Iraq by the end of next year, only to be contradicted hours later by other top government figures.
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In a major disappointment for Washington, Poland says that it aims to withdraw all of its 2,500 troops from Iraq next year. The US administration sees Warsaw as one of its staunchest allies in Iraq.
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Alexander Kwasniewski, the Polish president, today said the country had set no date for withdrawing its troops from Iraq despite comments from the defence minister that they should leave by the end of 2005.
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard was defiant about his support for the war in Iraq despite a new report&#39;s finding that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the basis for the invasion.
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Australia has turned down a request by the United Nations to send more troops to Iraq to protect UN personnel there. Australia has agreed instead to train a contingent of Fijian soldiers for the job.
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Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka said on Friday that his country plans to reduce the number of its troops in Iraq from early next year and will not stay &quot;an hour longer than needed.
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4 October 2004 (NCA) -- Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz today distanced the government from a statement by the country&#39;s defense minister that Poland would pull its troops out of Iraq by the end of next year.
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Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has dismissed the speculation that he would head up the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Poland will cut its troops in Iraq early next year and won&#39;t stay in the country &quot;an hour longer&quot; than needed, the country&#39;s prime minister said Friday.
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Prime Minister John Howard stood firm on Tuesday against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports two Australians were taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has dismissed a leaked US intelligence report that found the US-led Iraq war increased the global threat of terrorism, rather than diminishing it.