Australia defends tough anti-terror stance over medic
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard and senior ministers rallied to defend Australia's tough anti-terrorism stance on Sunday, saying laws by which a man linked to the failed UK bombings was held for 12 days before being charged were essential to protect its citizens.
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Hockey Australia (HA) defended their decision to withdraw the Olympic champions out of the Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan in December, saying security concerns had left it no choice.
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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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Australia will not alter its commitment  to Iraq, the conservative government said on Monday, despite a  poll showing an overwhelming majority of Australians believe  the war has not reduced the threat of terrorism.
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Australia moved on Friday to calm  Indian concerns over the detention of an Indian doctor on  terror charges as the case against him hit a new problem.
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AUSTRALIA needed to be doing more than giving out fridge magnets in the war against terror, Labor&#39;s foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd said yesterday.
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Labor accused Prime Minister John Howard of undermining the war on terror by his renewed support for pre-emptive strikes. But Mr Howard stood firm and said his support for pre-emptive strikes in another country
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Australia on Wednesday played down the risk of a diplomatic rift with India over the treatment of a doctor on terror charges, as he appealed against a government decision to keep him locked up.
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Australia is to boost its defence against terrorism by creating a 1000-nautical mile security zone around its coast to protect its shipping, ports and oil rigs from attack, it was reported here.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer defended his decision to issue a warning about a terrorist threat in Indonesia, as many Australians shrugged off his advice and went ahead with plans to spend Christmas in Indonesian resorts.
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SYDNEY, Australia  -- Australian police on Friday resumed their interrogation of an Indian doctor suspected in failed the British terrorism attacks after dropping a request to extend his 11-day detention without charge.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has disputed a warning by a leading US terrorism expert that the city of Melbourne was at heightened risk of an Al-Qaeda attack within the next year.
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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.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard was defiant about his support for the war in Iraq despite a new report's finding that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the basis for the invasion.
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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
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Australia's government moved to reassure its Asian neighbours that plans for pre-emptive strikes on overseas terrorist bases would not involve attacks on its partners in the war against terror.
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Australian political leaders have gone into hot debate Monday as how to eliminate threat of regional terrorism, either through cooperation with local countries, or a pre-emptive strikes.