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Australian Defence Minister has close shave in Kandahar
Smith and senior officers of the Australian Defence Forces were preparing to leave the Kandahar Airport after an unannounced trip to visit troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday when the airfield's radar defence system detected incoming rockets, Australian news agency AAP reported.
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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 briefs Manmohan on attacks against Indians
Keen to remove irritants in bilateral ties arising out of the spate of attacks on Indians in Australia, its Foreign Minister met PM Manmohan Singh and apprised him of the steps being taken by his government to contain such assaults.
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Australia gives India dossier on attacks
The Australian government has released a police dossier of attacks on Indians over the past year. The dossier shows nearly half of those arrested between March 2009 and January 5 - three days after the Garg killing - were under 18.
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Australian Defence Minister has close shave in Kandahar
Smith and senior officers of the Australian Defence Forces were preparing to leave the Kandahar Airport after an unannounced trip to visit troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday when the airfield's radar defence system detected incoming rockets, Australian news agency AAP reported.
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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 briefs Manmohan on attacks against Indians
Keen to remove irritants in bilateral ties arising out of the spate of attacks on Indians in Australia, its Foreign Minister met PM Manmohan Singh and apprised him of the steps being taken by his government to contain such assaults.
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Australia gives India dossier on attacks
The Australian government has released a police dossier of attacks on Indians over the past year. The dossier shows nearly half of those arrested between March 2009 and January 5 - three days after the Garg killing - were under 18.
