Australia denies army chief visited Philippines in hunt for Bali bombers
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Australia's defence ministry has denied its army chief is on a secret visit to the southern Philippines this week to be briefed on a hunt for two suspects in the 2002 Bali bombings that left 200 people dead.
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The government has denied allegations by former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib that an Australian official stood by while he was being tortured in Pakistan after his arrest there in late 2001.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seemingly isolated after New Zealand signalled it might join a Southeast Asian non-aggression pact, remained defiant on Tuesday, saying his country had no intention of attacking anyone.
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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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The government refused on Friday to speculate on who might have been behind the explosion outside its embassy in Paris, nor would it verify whether Indonesia was the intended target.
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Human rights activists Tuesday protested a visit to Australia by Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, accusing her government of carrying out political killings and abductions.
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AUSTRALIANS seem undeterred by warnings that terrorists are planning a bomb attack in Indonesia over Christmas, with only a handful of travellers cancelling holiday plans.
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Prime Minister John Howard has responded to reports that he was warned by a senior defence officer shortly before Australia went to war against Iraq that Saddam Hussein did not have any banned weapons.
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Australia Wednesday brushed off threats by China over a visit by the Dalai Lama and called on Beijing to respect Canberra&#39;s liberal political system.
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An attack that injured Australian soldiers near the nation&#39;s embassy in Baghdad yesterday wasn&#39;ta suicide bomber, an army commander said.
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The Australian government Tuesday denied that it had forged a secret deal with US Vice President Dick Cheney to secure the release of Guantanamo Bay terror detainee David Hicks.
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Most Australians view neighbouring Indonesia as a threat but only about a third know it is not ruled by the military and fewer still can name its president, a poll said on Monday.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barak Obama to become U.S. president.
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Australian police denied newspaper reports on Sunday they were investigating whether an Indian doctor detained on terror charges may have been plotting to blow up a high-rise building on the Gold Coast.
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Australia has no plans for setting a timeline for the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said Thursday.
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Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has dismissed the speculation that he would head up the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Visiting Defense Minister Robert Hill defended on Friday Canberra&#39;s proposal on a new maritime security zone following Indonesia&#39;s rejection.