Australia PM visits East Timor for crisis talks
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Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made  a lightning visit to East Timor on Friday to pledge support  after an assassination attempt on the country's president, Jose  Ramos-Horta.
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Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Thursday urged wanted East Timorese rebel leader Major Alfredo Reinado, surrounded by Canberra-led troops, to surrender.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard meets Southeast Asian leaders in Laos under growing pressure to sign a non-aggression pact with them to dispel concern about his policy of pre-emptive strikes.
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Singapore&#39;s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Indonesia and Thailand from Monday as part of his ongoing series of introductory visits to the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Australia hoped to finalise negotiations with East Timor over oil and gas reserves by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
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Australia said on Saturday it would  contribute up to 130 police to a new U.N. mission in East  Timor, in addition to troops sent to restore order after a wave  of violence in the fledgling nation three months ago.
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Hundreds of additional Australian troops have landed in Dili to boost an international peacekeeping force sent to quell violence and restore order in East Timor.
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East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and seriously wounded Monday by rebel soldiers in an attempt to assassinate the nation's leaders, and was airlifted to Australia for emergency treatment.
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Australia's foreign minister has expressed concern over the breakout from an East Timor prison of a rebel militia leader and more than 50 others and announced he would travel to Dili at the weekend.
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East Timor will sign a formal request to join the 10-member Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) next week, the tiny nation's new Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said.
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Australia rushed troops into East Timor to help enforce a security clampdown a day after assassination attempts on the president and prime minister.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard toured stricken Aceh province on Wednesday as Indonesia said it had buried more than 110,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Nobel prize-winner Jose Ramos-Horta has been named as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister, President Xanana Gusmao announced, ending weeks of political uncertainty in the nation.
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Australia's prime minister and the United Nations chief on Friday pledged continued support for East Timor to ensure peace and stability in the tiny nation.
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East Timor is likely to face an upsurge in anti-government protests and civil unrest this week, Australia warned in a travel advisory.
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PRIME Minister John Howard will have a series of bilateral meetings with regional leaders as Asia-Pacific nations gather for a key economic forum.
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Australia's prime minister and the United  Nations chief on Friday pledged continued support for East  Timor to ensure peace and stability in the tiny nation.