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FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER DOWNER
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[Title] => Australia, Japan, US to talk security at APEC, foreign minister says
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[DatePublished] => 2007-08-24 13:58:00
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[Title] => Downer defends Australia 'terror' fight
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[Title] => Australia blasts 'insensitive' Myanmar
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[Title] => Iya Villania on the work/school balancing act
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[DatePublished] => 2007-05-21 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Nathalie Tomada
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[Title] => Pope Benedict urges media to help form better children
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Pope Benedict XVI has called on the media to be positive in its communication to help in the formation of better children around the world.
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[Title] => EDITORIAL - Summit or bust… maybe
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This time, neither typhoon nor terror threat can stop the leaders’ summit next week of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, according to Philippine organizers. Cebu is again preparing for the annual gathering, which will be held along with the East Asian summit.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-05 00:00:00
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[Title] => AFP: No Aussie troops in terror campaign
[Summary] => The military has denied an Australian newspaper report that elite Australian troops have joined Filipino soldiers in hunting down Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants in the country.
Armed Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Buenaventura Pascual said Australian security forces have been involved only in investigations of recent bomb attacks in the country. He said the Constitution bars any foreign troops from engaging in military operations.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP, Australia approve closer anti-terror cooperation
[Summary] => SYDNEY — Australia may send more police to the Philippines for counter-terror operations, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said yesterday after signing a pact strengthening security ties between the two nations.
Speaking before the inaugural Philippine-Australia ministerial meeting in Sydney, Downer said he had been impressed with the efforts of Australian officers in the Philippines so far and hinted that the government would send more.
"It’s something we are going to spend more time talking with Filipino officials about," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => Australia goes easy on Spain but hits RP anew
[Summary] => Australia backtracked late yesterday as Foreign Minister Alexander Downer made a clear distinction between Spain’s withdrawal of troops from Iraq following the Madrid train bombings and the Philippines’ withdrawal this month to secure the release of a hostage.
Earlier yesterday, Downer had repeated the allegations he aired over the weekend that the Philippines and Spain had given in to terrorists.
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[Title] => PNP confirms ‘holdings’ on Lebanese-Aussie ‘terrorist’
[Summary] => Police intelligence officials confirmed yesterday that they do have "holdings" against a Lebanon-born man suspected of being al-Qaeda’s agent in Australia, Philippine National Police (PNP) Intelligence Group director Chief Superintendent Jesus Versoza said yesterday.
Versoza said PNP intelligence officers will coordinate with the Australian embassy to determine if the Lebanese-Australian, identified as Bilal Khazal, may be involved in terrorist operations in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-11 00:00:00
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