Australian PM doubtful on benefit of tsunami foreign debt relief
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has expressed scepticism about the merits of freezing foreign debt repayments of countries ravaged in the tsunami disaster, saying it would not help victims on the ground.
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Indonesia on Thursday sent out mixed  signals about an interim freeze by Western governments of debts  owed by Indian Ocean countries devastated by last month's  tsunami, and Sri Lanka said it may not go far enough.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday that Indonesia is not a danger to his country even though a recent poll suggests the most Australians think otherwise.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Canada announced a  debt payment moratorium on Thursday for countries struck by the  Indian Ocean tsunami, and said it would speak with other  creditor nations about offering relief.
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PRIME Minister John Howard today rejected claims warnings from a top weapons expert were ignored before Australia sent troops to war in Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday that Australia is unlikely to sign a non-aggression treaty with the members of the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN).
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The International Monetary Fund is to offer up to $1bn in financial assistance to each nation affected by the Asian tsunami.
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PRIME Minister Mr John Howard was yesterday forced to defend Mr Alexander Downer in relation to the Foreign Ministers comments that Australia was not bound to help the US defend Taiwan.
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Indian PM Manmohan Singh visits tsunami victims but faces more criticism over the handling of the disaster.
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Aid for the countries hit by the Indian Ocean tsunamis is at risk of not reaching people, relief agencies say.
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CREDITOR countries in the Club of Paris, which includes Australia, are to discuss public debt owed by countries hit by the quake disaster in Asia at a meeting planned in Paris for January 12, a source for the creditors said today.
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Australia is considering a security pact with Indonesia if incoming president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono agrees, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Monday.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Sunday said the threat of diplomatic action from Tokyo would not stop his government from gathering evidence against Japanese whalers to help stop the slaughter of the animals.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin met with key cabinet ministers and diplomats Sunday to talk about Ottawa's response to the tsunami crisis that has devastated south Asia.
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TORONTO (CP) - It has been more than a week without word from the 150 Canadians listed as missing in Asia's tsunami disaster, but Prime Minister Paul Martin says he continues to hold out hope that some will be found alive.
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SYDNEY - Normally exuberant New Year celebrations were tempered by thoughts for victims of south Asiaâs tsunami as several major cities cancelled parties and Australia led a global minute of silence.
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Australia, one of the best-performing advanced economies, faced looming economic turbulence from the subprime lending meltdown in the United States, Prime Minister John Howard warned on Sunday.