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Japan and Australia to beef up their defence relations - 0 views

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    Key ministers from Japan and Australia will meet Wednesday to beef up their defence relations, including a possible future submarine deal, as a rising China stirs tension in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Australia to play enhanced NATO role - 0 views

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    SYDNEY, Sept 03, 2014 (AFP) - Australia will accept an invitation to boost its role within NATO at the group's summit in Wales, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, saying it was in the country's national interest.
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Australia and US sign defence pact - 0 views

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    Agreement will bolster US air and naval presence in northern Australia to project more power into the Asia Pacific.
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Pope urges G20 leaders not to forget the poor - 0 views

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    BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 12, 2014 (AFP) - Pope Francis has called on G20 leaders not to forget the poor, saying to do so would be "regrettable" as the heads of the world's most powerful economies prepare to meet in Australia.
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Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win - 0 views

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    Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
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Australia defends sending refugees to Cambodia - 0 views

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    SYDNEY, Sept 27, 2014 (AFP) - Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday defended the government's plan to transfer refugees to Cambodia, saying the programme would start small but be a long-term arrangement.
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Australia backs US comments on China's 'destabilising' acts - 0 views

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    Australian Defence Minister David Johnston has backed comments by his United States counterpart Chuck Hagel accusing China of "destabilising" actions in the South China Sea.
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Sydney Hostage-Taker is a political asylum in Australia - 0 views

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    TEHRAN, YJC .-- Haron Monis, a 49-year-old man who was gunned down after taking dozens of people hostage in a cafe in Sydney for 16 hours, had expressed his allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in a public statement on November 18 Fars news agency reported.
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We've serious problem of people going to the ME to fight with terrorist groups :Austral... - 0 views

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    SYDNEY, Aug 18, 2014 (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday said migrants had to be on "Team Australia", and warned all citizens to be vigilant to the threat of home-grown terrorism.
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Europe needs to do more to boost growth: US - 0 views

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    CAIRNS, Australia, Sept 21, 2014 (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Sunday called on the eurozone to do more to strengthen demand and make the structural changes needed to kick-start a moribund economy that is hampering world growth.
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Obama says US cannot carry 'world economy on our back' - 0 views

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    BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 15, 2014 (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Saturday said the United States cannot "carry the world economy on our back" and urged G20 leaders to work harder to create jobs by revving up growth.
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Asylum-seeker protest 'broken' says Australian PM - 0 views

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    SYDNEY, Jan 20, 2015 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday that a protest by asylum-seekers angry at their detention at an immigration centre in Papua New Guinea had been broken.
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