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Oz apologies for soldiers' racist remarks on Facebook
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith today apologised to his Afghan counterpart for the conduct of Australian soldiers, who used derogatory terms for Afghan locals on social networking site Facebook."The conduct of a small number of Australian soldiers had brought the armed forces into disrepute," Smith said.He said he had contacted Afghan For...
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Australia formally apologises to Haneef for terror charges
Australia has made a formal apology to Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef for his wrongful detention in 2007 over failed extremist attacks at airports in London and Glasgow.The move follows the payment of undisclosed compensation to Haneef, who was detained and charged with giving support to a terrorist organisation after his mobile phone SIM card was wr...
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Oz apologies for soldiers' racist remarks on Facebook
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith today apologised to his Afghan counterpart for the conduct of Australian soldiers, who used derogatory terms for Afghan locals on social networking site Facebook."The conduct of a small number of Australian soldiers had brought the armed forces into disrepute," Smith said.He said he had contacted Afghan For...
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Australia formally apologises to Haneef for terror charges
Australia has made a formal apology to Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef for his wrongful detention in 2007 over failed extremist attacks at airports in London and Glasgow.The move follows the payment of undisclosed compensation to Haneef, who was detained and charged with giving support to a terrorist organisation after his mobile phone SIM card was wr...
