Australia will not gag Beijing blogs: AOC
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Australian Olympics chief John Coates said Sunday the AOC's management will not police blogs written by its athletes at this year's Beijing Games.
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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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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard Tuesday vowed to fight this year&#39;s election despite reports that senior ministers have told the conservative leader his position is untenable.
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The International Federation of Journalists says it&#39;s not surprised East Asian countries have rated the worst in an international index on media freedom but Australia may be undeserving of its poor ranking.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to continue his vast country's opening up to the international community, notably rejecting suggestions Beijing is set to crack down on foreign media.
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Australian PM John Howard dismisses suggestions a security declaration with Japan could strain China ties.
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British Olympic officials insist there is no intention to gag athletes from making political comment in China during the 2008 Games in Beijing.
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday that Indonesia is not a danger to his country even though a recent poll suggests the most Australians think otherwise.
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Australia on Thursday warned China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region as Prime Minister John Howard launched a new doctrine calling for military operations far from home.
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John Howard says he will not step in to block the planned $8.8bn takeover of Australian national airline Qantas.
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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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ELEANOR HALL: To China now, and authorities in Beijing have released an Australian man arrested for unfurling a banner that read &quot;No Olympics In China Until Tibet Is Free&quot;.
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Australia would not end its biggest single export, coal, as part of the government's strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday.
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Two days away from a closely-fought election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday he did not need to apologize for participating in