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Australian Counter-Terrorism Police Conduct Raids After Fatal Siege
Australian counter-terrorism police conducted pre-dawn raids in the southern city of Melbourne on Friday and were questioning three men they said were suspected of providing weapons used in a deadly siege this week claimed by the ISIS.
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Australian Police To Get Greater Powers To Shoot In Terrorist Sieges
Police in Australia's most populous state will be allowed to shoot suspects in "terrorist related" incidents even if the attacker does not pose an imminent threat, under a proposed law, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.
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'Run, Run, Run' Yelled A Passenger. Others Jumped From Plane Onto Tarmac
Passengers jumped from a plane at a rural Australian airport on Tuesday when a threatening note, which turned out to be a hoax, was found in the bathroom, police and media said, a day after a siege in Melbourne which police are treating as terrorism.
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British Woman Stabbed To Death In Australian 'Extremist' Attack
A British woman was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a backpackers' hostel in Australia and two people were injured, one seriously, in what police say may have been an "extremist" attack.
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145-Year-Old Letter, Delivered By Balloon, Turns Up In Australia
A letter from a man to his mother flown out of Paris by hot air balloon during the Prussian siege has turned up in Australia's National Archives, which said today that it was keen to know the family's fate.
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Senior British Police To Review Sydney Cafe Siege Response
Five senior British police officers will review Australia's law enforcement response to a deadly Sydney cafe siege by a self-styled Islamic cleric, a state coroner's court said today.
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Australia Honours Victims of Deadly Siege as Sydney Cafe Reopens
A Sydney cafe that was the scene of a siege three months ago reopened on today with plaques honouring two victims killed during the 16-hour standoff, which prompted tighter Australian immigration controls and a review of anti-terror laws.
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Sydney Siege Report Signals Tighter Immigration Curbs
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott foreshadowed tighter immigration controls today when he released the first report into a siege last December in Sydney's Lindt cafe, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed.
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Sydney Siege Survivors Tell of Terror at Hands of Gunman
Survivors of a 16-hour siege in a Sydney cafe in December, today, told of their terror during the deadly standoff, as a jihadist gunman threatened to kill people "one by one".
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Lindt Cafe Siege Victim Reportedly Shot Dead by Police: Reports
One of the victims of Australia's Lindt Cafe stand-off was reportedly killed by a police bullet when she was caught in the crossfire between the gunman and the cops, media reports said today.
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Australian Counter-Terrorism Police Conduct Raids After Fatal Siege
Australian counter-terrorism police conducted pre-dawn raids in the southern city of Melbourne on Friday and were questioning three men they said were suspected of providing weapons used in a deadly siege this week claimed by the ISIS.
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Australian Police To Get Greater Powers To Shoot In Terrorist Sieges
Police in Australia's most populous state will be allowed to shoot suspects in "terrorist related" incidents even if the attacker does not pose an imminent threat, under a proposed law, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.
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'Run, Run, Run' Yelled A Passenger. Others Jumped From Plane Onto Tarmac
Passengers jumped from a plane at a rural Australian airport on Tuesday when a threatening note, which turned out to be a hoax, was found in the bathroom, police and media said, a day after a siege in Melbourne which police are treating as terrorism.
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British Woman Stabbed To Death In Australian 'Extremist' Attack
A British woman was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a backpackers' hostel in Australia and two people were injured, one seriously, in what police say may have been an "extremist" attack.
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145-Year-Old Letter, Delivered By Balloon, Turns Up In Australia
A letter from a man to his mother flown out of Paris by hot air balloon during the Prussian siege has turned up in Australia's National Archives, which said today that it was keen to know the family's fate.
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Senior British Police To Review Sydney Cafe Siege Response
Five senior British police officers will review Australia's law enforcement response to a deadly Sydney cafe siege by a self-styled Islamic cleric, a state coroner's court said today.
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Australia Honours Victims of Deadly Siege as Sydney Cafe Reopens
A Sydney cafe that was the scene of a siege three months ago reopened on today with plaques honouring two victims killed during the 16-hour standoff, which prompted tighter Australian immigration controls and a review of anti-terror laws.
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Sydney Siege Report Signals Tighter Immigration Curbs
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott foreshadowed tighter immigration controls today when he released the first report into a siege last December in Sydney's Lindt cafe, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed.
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Sydney Siege Survivors Tell of Terror at Hands of Gunman
Survivors of a 16-hour siege in a Sydney cafe in December, today, told of their terror during the deadly standoff, as a jihadist gunman threatened to kill people "one by one".
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Lindt Cafe Siege Victim Reportedly Shot Dead by Police: Reports
One of the victims of Australia's Lindt Cafe stand-off was reportedly killed by a police bullet when she was caught in the crossfire between the gunman and the cops, media reports said today.
