Australia say SLankans won't be sent home if they face persecution
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Australia vowed Saturday not to send home a group of 85, mostly Sri Lankan boat people if it meant they would face persecution.
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Fears that the Beslan school massacre will lead to attacks against people from the Caucasus mounted yesterday after skinheads beat four people &quot;of Caucasian appearance&quot; on the underground railway system in Moscow.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday he would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would not approve the sale of uranium to Moscow if there was any possibility it could be resold to Iran or Syria.
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An Iranian artist and democracy campaigner facing deportation from Australia as an illegal immigrant is likely to be killed if he is returned to his native country, a refugee advocacy group said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Olympic field hockey champion Australia pulled out of a December tournament in Pakistan because of security fears.
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ATTORNEY-General Philip Ruddock has defended Australia&#39;s approach to counter-terrorism despite a visa being granted to September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
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CANBERRA: Australia, unable to verify a report that two of its citizens had been taken hostage in Iraq, said today it had sent a logistics team to the country and still was trying to account for all of its nationals there.
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Australia, unable to verify a report  that two of its citizens had been taken hostage in Iraq, said  on Wednesday it had sent a logistics team to the country and  still was trying to account for all of its nationals there.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday that Australia will not make concessions with kidnappers of two Australians if the hostage-taking information is confirmed.
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Australia's government calls for an end to a permit system which limits those who can visit Aboriginal lands.
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Australian PM John Howard says he "did not accept" the expulsion of its top diplomat from the Solomon Islands.
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Chechen refugees in Georgia's once-notorious Pankisi Gorge say fear keeps them away from Russia, Neil Arun reports.
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PRIME Minister John Howard today said Australia was unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbours. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Mr Howard&#39;s visit to Laos for the ASEAN leaders&#39; summit next week.
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Unaccompanied children denied the right to stay in the UK, will be deported, the Home Office says.
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Australia ended on Friday its  controversial policy of sending asylum seekers into  often-lengthy detention on small Pacific island nations, with  the last refugees leaving Nauru to live in Australia.
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Australia's highest-profile family of asylum seekers have been deported to Pakistan, ending a four-year battle for sanctury.
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A Malaysian Government spokesman says Australia should not bulldoze through its controversial new maritime security zone plan. Malaysia&#39;s Deputy Defence Minister Zainal Abidin Zin has told AFP that Canberra