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                    [Title] => Australian troops to continue operate in Afghanistan despite Bin Laden's death
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The death of al-Qaida head Osama Bin Laden is unlikely to affect Australia's mission in Afghanistan, Australian Prime Minister said on Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-02 15:50:31 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 3196 [Title] => No assurance to Jakarta over journalists deaths: Australia [Summary] =>

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia Wednesday dismissed reports that it had assured the Indonesian government an inquest into the killing of five journalists in East Timor was nothing to worry about.

The inquest in Sydney has heard testimony from several witnesses who said they saw the journalists deliberately killed by Indonesian forces during an attack on the border town of Balibo on October 16, 1975.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-30 15:10:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259474 [Title] => Just bear it [Summary] => We’re behaving like Shakespeare’s lady doth protests too much.

When Jay Leno poked fun at the hurried withdrawal of our humanitarian mission to Iraq in order to free a Filipino hostage, we all raised a howl. Every political group and personality sought to score domestic political points by publicly taking issue with the American comedian. One militant group put out a statement making the absurd demand that Leno apologize to the nation.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214051 [Title] => If Ebdane will stay, then name names [Summary] => The verdict is almost unanimous in both Houses of Congress: the PNP chief no less must resign because of the apparent police connivance in the escape of convicted terrorist Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi from Camp Crame. But Dir. Gen. Hermogenes Ebdane is adamant: "I cannot (resign) just because somebody said so. I will be running away from the problem."
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212441 [Title] => Australian PM Howard to visit RP, forge agreement on counter terrorism [Summary] => Australian Prime Minister John Howard will visit Manila next week to meet with President Arroyo to discuss ways of improving relations between the two countries and to forge a stronger front against terrorism and transnational crime.

It is not clear whether the talks will include fugitive businessman Dante Tan’s controversial escape to Australia. Tan is wanted for the biggest stock exchange manipulation ever to happen in the Philippines.
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople, who left Saturday for Canberra, will sign the agreement with his counterpart Alexander Downer tomorrow, the DFA said in a statement.

Under the agreement, the neighbors will boost cooperation in intelligence gathering, rescue operations and exchange of information, among other things.
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