Australia begins gradual troop withdrawal from East Timor
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The Australian government said it had started reducing troop numbers in East Timor as security in the tiny nation was steadily improving.
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DILI, East Timor, March 5 -- East Timor's president invoked emergency powers on Monday to quell unrest after hundreds of young men demanding a withdrawal of foreign troops blockaded roads with burning tires and concrete blocks. The United States issued a travel warning, and Australia said it would...
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International police deployed to East Timor in the wake of unrest in May have formally handed over their authority to the United Nations at a ceremony in the capital.
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East Timor handed over security to Australian troops in the capital to restore order in the streets and stop a bloodbath between the Timorese military and rebel soldiers.
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Australia will deploy an extra 100 troops to the troubled Solomon Islands after one of its peacekeepers was shot dead, the first casualty of its new, tougher security policy in the South Pacific.
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The East Timorese government will hand over responsibility for security in the capital Dili to Australian troops, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta told AFP in an interview.
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Indonesia has temporarily closed its border with East Timor to prevent fugitives sneaking into Indonesian territory ahead of a tense lead-up to presidential elections, the military said on Monday.
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Heavily-armed Australian troops arrived in the Solomon Islands yesterday as the body of the first peacekeeper killed during a mission to restore law and order in the Pacific nation was flown home.
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East Timor rebel soldiers surrendered the first of their weapons to Australian peacekeepers Friday, beginning a process deemed vital to ending months of bloody unrest.
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Australia will issue its first formal apology to the countryâs indigenous people.
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Australia urged more European nations  on Tuesday to let their troops move into southern Afghanistan  to help fight a resurgent Taliban, but said its own commandos'  deployment there was due to end shortly.
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Malaysia is planning to pull out most of its 200 troops from strife-hit East Timor by the end of the month, its army chief said.
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The time has come for Australian combat troops to leave Iraq, the head of the country's armed forces says.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vowed Friday his nation's troops would stay in East Timor as long as needed, following assassination bids on the president and prime minister this week.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq and the possibility of a troop reduction as staunch ally Australia pledged not to withdraw its soldiers.
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Australian troops were due to arrive in the troubled Solomon Islands on Thursday in a show of force after the killing of an Australian peacekeeper, the first casuality under Canberra&#39;s tougher South Pacific security policy.
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Protesters urge the withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq, less than a week before a general election.