Indonesian kangaroos to gain freedom
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Indonesia is returning 17 rare pygmy kangaroos to the Papuan rain forest after rescuing and acquiring them in recent years from illegal traders and private zoos, officials said Monday. It is unknown how many of the mammals, which can grow up to a yard long and weigh 26 pounds, still survive in the wild.
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AUSTRALIAS Air Force will be equipped with advanced cruise missiles in a move Indonesia warns could spark a regional arms race. Defence Minister Senator Robert Hill said yesterday the Government had approved
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- Negotiators in Afghanistan said Tuesday they had reached agreement on a deal that will allow 19 South Korean church volunteers to go free after six weeks in Taliban captivity, apparently ending a hostage crisis that has gripped both nations, officials said.
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: Australia will enjoy a close security relationship with Indonesia if former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won presidential elections there as early returns indicate, Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday.
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Former army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on course to unseat Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia&#39;s first direct presidential election.
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Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Koalas are considered in danger of extinction in parts of Australia, but in one southern state authorities plan to implant 2,000 of the furry marsupials with contraceptives to control their numbers.
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Indonesia&#39;s new President, Susilo Bangbang Yudhoyono, has been sworn in at a ceremony at the Indonesian parliament. Australia&#39;s Prime Minister, John Howard, is one of a handful of regional leaders attending the ceremony.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The Indonesian government yesterday told foreign military forces to leave by the end of March and tightened controls over the movement of international aid workers, raising concerns that relief might not reach isolated regions that need it most.
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An Iraqi militant group claiming to have  kidnapped two Indonesian women said it would release them if  Jakarta freed a Muslim cleric detained on suspected terror  links, Al Jazeera television reported Saturday.
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Sydney - Australia&#39;s koalas, once a threatened species, are now growing so fast in some areas that wildlife authorities are putting them on the pill.
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New rules take effect in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta,  banning people from keeping domestic birds.
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Forty eight orangutans rescued from a Thai amusement park were given a VIP reception on Wednesday hosted by Indonesia's first lady, Kristiani Yudhoyono, to mark the endangered apes return to home soil.
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A new security pact between Australia and Indonesia came into force Thursday at a ceremony in Perth attended by the foreign ministers of the at-times testy neighbours.
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Australia&#39;s Prime Minister, John Howard, has personally congratulated Indonesia&#39;s President-elect, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, on his recent victory.
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Authorities are stepping up a sterilization and relocation program in a bid to curb a population explosion of Koala bears on a South Australian island where the cuddly mammals are literally eating themselves out of house and home.
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Indonesia&#39;s President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, shake hands with Australian Prime Minister John Howard, during a meeting in Jakarta, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004.