Australia and Pakistan set to wage speed war
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Australia and Pakistan have both delayed naming their teams for the first test starting in Perth on Thursday as they consider adding extra pacemen to their bowling stocks in anticipation of a speed war.
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HAVING crossed India&#39;s last frontier and plucked the hapless Kiwis, a bigger challenge for Australia now lies in the path of a hurtling Rawalpindi Express.
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PAKISTAN cricket coach Bob Woolmer is hoping his new look team can catch Australia by surprise when their three Test series starts next month.
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FAST bowler Glenn McGrath has batting trumps Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana in his sights and he has warned Pakistan to expect a rough ride on an old-style Perth pitch this week.
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Pakistan is due for a two-month long tour of Australia, which include three test matches in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. They would also be playing a triangular limited-over series with West Indies completing the numbers.
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Australia and the United States launched their biggest joint war games Monday, with 27,500 troops backed by a U.S. aircraft carrier engaging in exercises aimed at consolidating the allies' military dominance in the Asia Pacific region.
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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 and Pakistan both delayed naming their teams for the first cricket test starting in Perth today as they consider adding extra pacemen to their bowling stocks in anticipation of a speed war.
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Australia&#39;s Prime Minister John Howard has to win the upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the United States-led coalition in Iraq - a move which would deal a blow to American President George Bush&#39;s global war on terror.
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Australian troops were due to arrive in the troubled Solomon Islands on Thursday in a show of force after the killing of an Australian peacekeeper, the first casuality under Canberra&#39;s tougher South Pacific security policy.
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Australia risks provoking a regional arms race with plans to dramatically increase its missile strike power by arming new destroyers and its fleet of F/A-18 Hornet fighters with cruise missiles.
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The front line of Australia&#39;s war on terror continues to be fought on Indonesian soil. Last week&#39;s bomb blast outside
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The rivalry between the U.S. and  Australia is set to heat up at the short course world  championships with most of the five finals later Sunday  featuring head-to-head clashes by the two swimming powerhouses.
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Australia will be intent on recording a comprehensive win over the United States when the teams meet tomorrow night in the ICC Champions Trophy after its main group rival in pool A, New
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S next Olympic effort will be based on a policy of sleeping with the enemy -- or should that be our new best friend?
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Australia&#39;s plans to create a maritime surveillance zone reaching into Indonesian waters is an example of its insensitivity to Asia and will bolster the view of Australia
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Head-to-heads: The two teams have met 51 times since 1956-57. Australia hold the advantage with 23 victories while Pakistan have won 11, with 17 draws.