Aussie PM rejects India plea for uranium, but signals change ahead
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Australia will not sell uranium to nuclear-armed India for the moment, Prime Minister John Howard said, as India reportedly pressed for a change in Canberra's policy.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday stared down reports his own environment minister had urged him to reverse government policy and sign the Kyoto Protocol ahead of next month's election.
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The Australian government will not move to block a foreign takeover of  airline Qantas, the prime minister says.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark sidestepped differences with India over nuclear disarmament on Wednesday and sought to boost business ties between the two countries during a visit to New Delhi.
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Australia's multi-billion dollar uranium industry is gearing up for expansion amid signs the Labor Party could drop its 22-year-old ban on new mines.
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JOHN Howard has seized on a plea by Iraq&#39;s interim Government for Australia to keep its troops in the country as an endorsement of Australia&#39;s continued involvement in post-conflict Iraq.
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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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Australia is considering whether to match a controversial US nuclear deal with India to allow Canberra to sell uranium to the New Delhi government, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has downplayed an early revival of a defense pact with Indonesia, preferring instead to focus on what he calls the &quot;huge achievement&quot; of a peaceful presidential election in Australia&#39;s
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SYDNEY - Australia&#39;s opposition Labor leader, Mr Mark Latham, has spoken about the need for the government to shift attention away from Iraq to South-east Asia and to put much greater effort into supporting Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in combating
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SYDNEY, Australia Australia&#39;s newly re-elected prime minister says he won&#39;t increase the number of his country&#39;s troops in Iraq.
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China's state-run media has played down fresh warnings on climate change issued by a UN scientific panel, while Australia's Prime Minister John Howard said the report bolstered the case for using nuclear energy as an alternative fuel source.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama to become U.
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TONY EASTLEY: For years Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir blocked Australia&#39;s closer involvement with the ASEAN group of nations.
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Â· PM rules out censorship, but wants new controls Â· New look at pre-watershed TV advertising urged
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed aside fears that a projected joint security declaration with Japan would harm his country's ties with China, press reports said.
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VIENTIANE, LAOS - Prime Minister Helen Clark is keeping out of a diplomatic row between Australia and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) over Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s refusal to sign a non-aggression pact.