Australia Rejects UN Plea to Send More Troops to Iraq
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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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Australian Aborigines have rejected calls for military peacekeepers to protect indigenous women and children from violence, as a new report Saturday revealed high levels of sexual abuse of young indigenous males.
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The United Nations rejected US demands to increase the number of its staff in Iraq ahead of the national elections, planned for January 30.
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Australia will not reduce its troop commitment in Iraq simply because the United States has moved to scale down its military presence there, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday.
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Australia's foreign minister said Wednesday that the United States had asked him to challenge International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei for the top job at the U.N. nuclear watchdog, but he had declined.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended his government's decision to commit troops to the war in Iraq, saying given his time over again he would make the same decision.
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US allies Britain and Australia on Thursday rejected a claim by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the war in Iraq was &#39;&#39;illegal&#39;&#39; because
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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is again making the case that, from his perspective, the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal -- a charge Australian Prime Minister John Howard flatly rejects.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that 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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The huge turnout in Iraq's landmark elections should not be a trigger to hasten the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from the country, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said.
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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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The Australian government has rejected calls for an overhaul of its anti-terrorism laws, after a high level committee of security and legal experts recommended key changes to protect human rights.
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Prime Minister John Howard hasdefended the size of Australia's troop deployment in Iraq after a stinging rebuke from White House hopeful Barack Obama, calling Canberra's contribution &quot;appropriate&quot;.
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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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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TONY EASTLEY: While Australia has rejected a United Nations requests to provide extra troops to protect UN personnel in Iraq, Britain is considering an American request to provide more British forces.
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The United Nations has rejected an Iraqi request to train about 30 judges and prosecutors to try Saddam Hussein and his close associates.