Tony Abbott
Putin cannot avoid me: Australia PM
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Nov. 6 warned Vladimir Putin he will not be able to avoid a "conversation" over the loss of Australian lives in the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine.
Last month Abbott vowed to "shirtfront" the Russian president at the G20 summit in Brisbane next week, although Moscow has yet to respond to his request for a bilateral meeting.
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Australia deploys special forces, joins air strikes in Iraq
Australia's cabinet Friday authorised the deployment of special forces and military air strikes to tackle the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said.
Australian PM governs from tent as he keeps vow to Aborigines
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott shifted his office to a tent in an isolated Aboriginal community Monday, keeping a promise made when he came to power despite having just committed troops to the fight against Islamic State.
Rescuers 'find 251 bodies' at MH17 crash site
Rescuers found 251 bodies and 86 fragments of bodies by late on July 21 at the crash site of a Malaysian airliner and a second train with refrigerator wagons to take the remains away has arrived, a Ukrainian government committee said.
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Obama doesn't rule out air strikes in Iraq
Washington vowed June 12 to boost aid to Iraq and is mulling drone strikes amid fears Iraqi forces are crumbling in face of militants increasingly emboldened since the U.S. withdrawal.
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US ’looking at all the options,’ President Obama announces
Washington vowed June 12 to boost aid to Iraq and is mulling drone strikes amid fears Iraqi forces are crumbling in face of militants increasingly emboldened since the U.S. withdrawal.
Serbia strongly condemns glorification of Nazi puppet NDH
CANBERRA – Serbia condemns in the strongest terms the recent celebration in Australia of the foundation date of the Nazi puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH), an event attended by a number of Australian officials, the Serbian Embassy in Canberra said in a release on Thursday.