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Australian Of The Year Awards Ceremony & Concert

Getty Images 15 days ago

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 25: (L-R) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry and Adam Gilchrist pose for photographers at the Australian of the Year Awards 2010 at Parliament House on January 25, 2010 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo ...

2010 Australian Open - Day

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 25: Lisa Raymond of the USA plays a backhand in her third round doubles match with Rennae Stubbs of Australia against Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei and Monica Niculescu of Romania during day eight of the 2010 Australian ...

Australia, N.Zealand order review of 'bible' gunsights

AFP Asian Edition 18 days ago

Australia Friday ordered its military to look at removing biblical references from weapons used by troops in Afghanistan, after New Zealand banned the "completely inappropriate" inscriptions. Australia's Defence Minister John Faulkner said the military had been unaware of the meaning of the ...

Australia, New Zealand order review of 'bible' gunsights

AFP Asian Edition 19 days ago

Australia Friday ordered its military to look at removing biblical references from weapons used by troops in Afghanistan, after New Zealand banned the "completely inappropriate" inscriptions. Australia's Defence Minister John Faulkner said the military had been unaware of the meaning of the ...

Japan's WWII sinking of ship illegal: Aus PM

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

A Japanese torpedo attack on an Australian hospital ship in World War II was illegal and violated fundamental humanitarian principles, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday. But while condemning the 1943 sinking of the Centaur with the loss of 268 lives, ...

Australia says whaling row will not hurt Japan pact

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

Australia's disagreement with Japan over its annual whale hunts will not affect a proposed defence pact between the nations, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Wednesday. Smith said Australia's opposition to Japan's slaughter of whales would not stand in the way of plans ...

Prince William Visits Australia - Day

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 20: HRH Prince William and the Premier of NSW Kristina Keneally greet the public at the Royal Botanic Gardens on the second day of his unofficial visit to Australia on January 20, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. HRH undertook ...

Prince William to meet Australian PM

AFP European Edition 21 days ago

Prince William will meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd when Queen Elizabeth II's grandson visits Sydney this week, the Australian leader and avowed republican said Monday. The 27-year-old, who is second in line to the throne, arrives in Sydney from New Zealand on ...

Australia opposition opens election fight on climate

Reuters Environmental Online Report 26 days ago

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's conservative opposition has opened its campaign for this year's elections, targeting the environment as a key battleground in its attempt to stop Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gaining a second term. But while new conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott ...

Frequent victim in the past, Asia to aid Haiti

AP News 26 days ago

Asia cites own experience with natural disasters in offering aid to quake-battered Haiti Asian leaders cited their own experiences with natural disasters Thursday in offering help to quake-shattered Haiti as part of a massive international effort to alleviate the effects of the ...

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