Prime minister announces new 1,700-kilometre security zone off Australia
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australia plans to enforce a maritime security zone more than 1,700 kilometres out to sea, far beyond its territorial waters, in a move to boost defences against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday.
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Police backed by military support will arrive in Australian Aboriginal communities within days as part of a controversial plan to end child sex abuse, Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday.
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SYDNEY : Australia&#39;s largest state said it would invest 27 million dollars (21.3 million US) in a specialist marine command capable of conducting high-speed pursuits of terrorists and other criminals.
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The government has unveiled the latest weapon in Australia's battle against poachers who haunt its Antarctic fishing grounds, a high-speed patrol boat equipped with twin .50 calibre machine guns.
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Prime Minister John Howard unveiled a plan for &quot;flying squads&quot; of police to stop terrorist attacks in the region, stressing he would not hesitate to order a pre-emptive strike overseas if needed to protect Australia.
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AUSTRALIA will open specialist bomb centres in south east Asian cities and set up flying squads of federal police to foil terrorist attacks across the region under plans unveiled by Prime Minister Mr John Howard yesterday.
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SYDNEY,  - Prime Minister John Howard unveiled a plan for &quot;flying squads&quot; of police to stop terrorist attacks in the region, stressing he would not hesitate to order a pre-emptive strike overseas if needed to protect Australia.
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Australia has received new information warning that a terrorist attack could be carried out soon in Indonesia, possibly targeting international hotels, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said on
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Australia is to boost its defence against terrorism by creating a 1000-nautical mile security zone around its coast to protect its shipping, ports and oil rigs from attack, it was reported here.
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New Australian PM reportedly plans to use armed vessel to track Japanese whalers
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Australia announces plans to create a security zone around its coastline, five times larger than its territorial waters.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Indonesia Bureau Chief Haseenah Koyakutty. SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s Defence Minister Robert Hill is in Jakarta where there is an uproar over Australian Premier John Howard&#39;s plan to create a maritime surveillance zone to screen ships.
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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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AUSTRALIA yesterday tightened security at airports and set up a 24-hour federal police operations centre amid fears terrorists could strike again in the wake of the Jakarta embassy bombing.
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A coalition plan to use flying squads of Australian Federal Police officers in neighbouring countries was designed to keep terrorists out of Australia, Prime Minister John Howard says.
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Prime Minister John Howard unveiled a plan to use flying squads of Australian police to pre-empt terrorist strikes in neighbouring countries.
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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.