Australia snubs ASEAN treaty: report
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The federal government&#39;s refusal to sign a non-aggression pact with Australia&#39;s Asian neighbours is causing tension ahead of Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s visit to the ASEAN leaders&#39; summit in Laos, a newspaper report says.
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Thailand is sticking to its refusal to discuss Muslim unrest gripping its southern provinces at next week&#39;s ASEAN summit. It says the slow pace of Burma&#39;s democratic reforms should feature on the agenda.
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Australia is on track to meet targets set by the global Kyoto Treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions but will still not sign the pact because it ignores key areas of the fight against global warming in developing nations.
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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 will begin talks with South East Asian nations on a free trade pact after Prime Minister John Howard headed off a row over his refusal to sign up to a non-aggression pact with the region.
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Australia may increase its assistance to war-ravaged Iraq and Afghanistan but is unlikely to send more combat troops, Prime Minister John Howard announced.
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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.
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New Zealand is considering signing an anti-aggression treaty with south east asian nations despite Australia saying it will not. The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) is urging both countries
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Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he is unlikely to sign a nonaggression pact with Australia&#39;s Asian neighbors. The issue is reportedly causing tension ahead of Howard&#39;s visit
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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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SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister John Howard assured Indonesia on Tuesday that Australia is unlikely to launch a preemptive attack on its neighbor to take out a terrorist target.
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The government is resisting renewed pressure to ratify and implement the Kyoto Protocol as it came into effect amid claims Australia's refusal to join will damage its international reputation.
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Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has dismissed the speculation that he would head up the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, slamming the United Nations as &quot;paralysed&quot;.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia will become the first country in the Southeast Asia Pacific region to be armed with long-range stealth cruise missiles in a move that could irritate its neighbours, a newspaper said Thursday.
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Australia will seal a security relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense ties with any country except the United States, but Prime Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with China.
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Southeast Asian foreign ministers said they would encourage Australia and New Zealand to accede to a non-aggression pact with their 10-nation ASEAN group that South Korea signed.