Australia will fund world&#39;s longest golf course
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Plans to build the world&#39;s longest golf course, across 1,200 km (750 miles) of treeless desert, received a welcome boost on Wednesday when the Australian government offered seed funding for the venture.
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A key deadline to bring Australia&#39;s Free Trade Agreement with the United States into force has expired. But the Australian Government is still confident the deal will come into effect next year, as Louise Willis reports.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia plans to create  what it believes will be the most lethal force of fighter jets  in Southeast Asia by equipping its aircraft with long-range  missiles in a move critics said could antagonize neighbors.
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The Memorial has come a long way since its inception three decades ago, mostly because the players have traveled a long way to get here. They come from every continent where golf is played, representing 15 countries. Then again, it's like that just about every week on the PGA Tour.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, one of President Bush&#39;s closet allies, on Tuesday became his country&#39;s second-longest serving leader.
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Australia&#39;s Labor opposition will spend millions of dollars in forging closer ties with Asia if it wins the Oct. 9 election, saying Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s focus on
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--The world&#39;s largest owner of shopping malls, Australia&#39;s Westfield Group (WDC.AU), bid GBP585 million for Chelsfield PLC (CLF.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Golf finally joined other major sports Thursday when its leading organizations announced an anti-doping policy that will begin in 2008.
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Ernie Els will try to mark his 35th birthday tomorrow by winning the World Match Play title at Wentworth for a record-breaking sixth time, and with it collect golf&#39;s biggest cheque of Â£1million yet again.
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World&#39;s No.1 player must beat Australian to become first man since 1988 to win three majors in a year. By KEITH NIEBUHR, Times Staff Writer.
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SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard passed a major milestone Tuesday, becoming Australia&#39;s second-longest-serving prime minister.
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Essen, Germany: A consortium led by German construction giant Hochtief has won a 400 million euro contract to build and operate South America's longest bridge in Chile, Hochtief said yesterday.
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Australia promised &#36;764 million &#151; the largest government pledge &#151; to the tsunami relief effort, topping a &#36;674 million German aid package on the eve of a crucial donors' conference Thursday. World leaders were competing to head the donors list as summit participants got firsthand looks at the apocalyptic landscapes carved out by south Asia's tsunami.
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Australia's conservative government has pledged to spend an extra 39 million dollars (27 million US) on immigration controls and border protection measures, including new customs offices in Beijing and Jakarta.
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Australia's largest state said it would invest 27 million dollars (21.3 million US) in a specialist marine command capable of conducting high-speed pursuits of terrorists and other criminals.
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For many of us, the days ripe for golf are getting fewer and fewer. But it's a big world, which is why the news and developments still spill forth.
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Australia plans to spend nearly $300 million on new long-range missiles. The Defense Minister says the missiles, capable of hitting land and sea targets, will be carried on F/A-18 fighter jets and maritime patrol planes.