Australia says job is done for soldiers in Iraq
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Australia's top military commander  said on Wednesday the job of the country's combat soldiers in  southern Iraq was done, bolstering a government decision to  bring them home mid-year.
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Australia&#39;s role in the US-led coalition in Iraq was cemented at the ballot box Saturday when Prime Minister John Howard swept to his fourth consecutive
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(Sydney, Australia-AP) Oct. 9, 2004 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard has claimed victory in national elections. The vote will ensure the country keeps its troops in Iraq.
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SYDNEY - President Bush vigorously defended his troop buildup in Iraq today, and got a boost when Prime Minister John Howard of Australia said his country's forces there won't change for the foreseeable future.
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Fresh from an Iraq drop-in, President Bush is bringing conviction that his troop buildup strategy is working to one of his few remaining staunch war allies, Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
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Australia&#39;s Foreign minister, Alexander Downer, says the Government will provide any help it can to help secure the release of CARE Australia&#39;s leader in Iraq, Margaret Hassan.
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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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No Australian troops were caught up in a terror attack which killed at least 22 American soldiers and civilians at a base near Mosul in Northern Iraq, the Australian Defence Force said.
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American troops will train with new U.S. military equipment in Australia under a pact being negotiated by Washington and Canberra, a prominent defense analyst said Friday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with execution.
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A growing number of Australians think Iraq war is not worth it, but many say Australian troops should stay there as long as necessary, according to a latest poll.
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US President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday said they saw progress in Iraq and rejected heavy pressure to set a timetable to bring home troops fighting there.
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. The Government confirmed Australia had turned down an approach by the United Nations to send troops to help protect UN officials in Iraq.
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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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The Prime Minister has made public a letter he received last week from the acting Prime Minister of Iraq. The letter thanks John Howard for Australia&#39;s contribution to securing peace and safety for the people of Iraq.
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AN attack on an Australian convoy in Baghdad, which injured three soldiers, could have been far worse had it not been for the excellent protection they had, the commander of Australian forces in the Middle East said today.
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Australia's top military commander  said on Wednesday the job of the country's combat troops in  southern Iraq was done, bolstering a government decision to  bring soldiers home mid-year.