Australia reveals tougher immigration plans, denies Muslims targeted
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Australia announced plans to toughen its citizenship policies but denied that new demands requiring immigrants to pledge allegiance to Australian values were aimed at Muslims.
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AUSTRALIA yesterday tightened security at airports and set up a 24-hour federal police operations centre amid fears terrorists could strike again in the wake of the Jakarta embassy bombing.
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Australia has a bigger portion of Muslim youths at risk of turning to radical Islam than any other Western nation, with up to 3,000 in "ideological sleeper cells" in Sydney alone, a government-backed study said on Monday.
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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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Migrants who want to become Australian citizens will have to be able to correctly identify the country&#39;s prime minister and national flower, according to a new draft citizenship test released Sunday.
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Australia will demand new citizens   pass an English language test and sign up to undefined   Australian values, Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday,   but denied any racist overtones in the coming policy.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  has called on migrants, particularly Muslims, to integrate into  Australian society by quickly learning English -- sparking  warnings his comments may lead to race riots.
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Malaysia has hit out at Australian plans to base counter-terrorism teams in Southeast Asia, saying it&#39;s capable of dealing with any terrorism threat on its own.
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The Australian government's plan to process asylum-seekers in remote Pacific island camps was on a knife-edge after a key lawmaker vowed to vote against the controversial legislation.
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Australia said on Sunday it was relaxing  its migration program to allow more skilled workers into the  country where the jobless rate is at a three-decade low and  most companies face a labor shortage.
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Australia attracted the largest number of immigrants for a decade in the past financial year and is among the top three countries in resettling asylum seekers, despite its tough refugee policies, new data showed.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended a proposed security pact with Japan that has raised the hackles of China and South Korea.
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SYDNEY,  - Prime Minister John Howard unveiled a plan for &quot;flying squads&quot; of police to stop terrorist attacks in the region, stressing he would not hesitate to order a pre-emptive strike overseas if needed to protect Australia.
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Prime Minister John Howard has rejected suggestions Australia was adopting the role of regional &quot;sheriff&quot; in the Pacific by building up its military and police forces.
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Australia said on Wednesday a terrorist attack could be carried out soon in Indonesia, possibly targeting Western establishments such as a Hilton hotel in the world&#39;s most populous Muslim nation.
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Australia&#39;s plan to establish a maritime surveillance zone that would cover much of Indonesia has provoked a furious response from Jakarta, which says the policy contravenes both national sovereignty and international law.
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The Australian government Sunday upgraded its travel warning for Britain, saying there was a high risk of a terrorist attack.