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Tony Abbott has been sworn in as Australia's new prime minister 11 days after he led his conservative opposition to a crushing election victory.

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Australia's first woman Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who has led the country for three weeks, on Saturday called a general election on Aug. 21 and urged voters to show trust in her by returning her party for a second three-year term.

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World leaders, grappling with the worst financial crisis since the  1930s, were gathering Thursday for global economic talks seeking to maintain solidarity in the face of new challenges.

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Australia intends to impose tougher visa checks on people from countries considered at high risk for terrorism as part of a 69 million Australian dollar ($62 million) counterterrorism plan released Tuesday.

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Australia's Senate has rejected legislation to set up an emissions trading system in the country to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

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Australia's opposition elected a new leader Tuesday who immediately vowed to vote against government legislation aimed at curbing greenhouse gases, which would hand Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a mechanism to call an early election.

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The world's leaders must prioritize the issue of global warming above all else, the Dalai Lama said Monday, adding that he feels encouraged by next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen.

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