Australia to send more troops to Solomons
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The Australian government announced on Wednesday it will send more troops to the Solomon Islands after an Australian officer of a regional intervention force was killed by
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Australia plans to enforce a maritime security zone more than 1,100 miles out to sea, far beyond its territorial waters, in a move to boost defenses against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday.
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Australia plans to enforce a maritime security zone more than 1,100 miles out to sea, far beyond its territorial waters, to boost defenses against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, the prime minister said Wednesday.
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Australia is considering plans to double its troop deployment to Afghanistan to about 1,000 to head off an expected spring resurgence of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said on Thursday. But Nelson ruled out any plans to follow Britain's lead and reduce Australia's military commitments in Iraq, saying any phased withdrawal of soldiers helping provide security in Iraq's south would put the lives of those who remain in danger.
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Three planeloads of Australian troops will today leave for Solomon Islands, in a show of force directed at rebels around Honiara. The Federal Government has ordered an infantry company from Townsville to leave
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_ Australia plans to closely monitor ships beyond its territorial waters in a move to boost the country&#39;s defenses against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said
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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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Just days before the team&#39;s Confederations Cup playoff against Australia on Saturday, the Solomons&#39; 465,000 people who live on a chain of 992 mountainous islands 2,250 kilometers (1,400 miles) northeast of Sydney are focusing on the opening match in the
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Europe should deploy more troops to the dangerous southern regions of Afghanistan, Australia's foreign minister said Friday as the country mourned its second soldier killed there in three weeks.
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The African Union plans to send more  troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended Darfur peacekeeping  mission, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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Australia is considering sending more military trainers to Iraq but does not plan to increase its combat forces there, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday.
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Australia&#39;s swift reaction to the sniper killing of one of its soldiers serving with an international peacekeeping force in the troubled Solomon Islands on Wednesday will likely quell any further turmoil.
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A CRACK squad of heavily armed combat troops will fly into the Solomon Islands today to reinforce the Australian police officers after a peacekeeper was killed by a sniper while on patrol yesterday.
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The African Union plans to send more  troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended peacekeeping  mission in war-ravaged Darfur, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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Australia is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan to counter resurgent Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said Thursday.
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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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Australia is to send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor the actions of Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica.