Australia coaxes N. Korea with benefits
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Canberra, Australia, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Australian government has told North Korea it would benefit financially by dismantling its nuclear program, the BBC reported Tuesday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun shared his vision of a high-tech partnership where Australia and the Asian powerhouse could forge new technologies for the lucrative games and movie industries.
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The pledge by Australia came on top of its previously announced donation of $46 million, making the country's total $810 million.
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The Australian Defence Force must defend and project across an air-sea gap. This requires long range autonomous strike weaponry. The Joint Strike Fighter does not solve this issue and detrimentally places added pressure on Australia's limited force of aerial refuelling assets. The world's defence manufacturers are not creating strike platforms that solve Australian needs. For this reason, Australia needs to look to other nations with similar defence needs. In this case, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all face defending an air-sea gap. Australia should enter a partnership with these nations to create a strike fighter that satisfies the strategic needs of defending an air-sea gap. The benefits of such a partnership will be many.
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Japan and Australia are to sign a security pact - the first Japan has made with a nation other than the US.
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Australia announced that it had agreed to host a new US military communications base, calling it a practical expression of the strong alliance between the two countries.
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Australia has more than tripled its emergency aid to Asian nations stricken by the tsunami disaster, adding 25 million dollars (19.5 million US) to an initial pledge of 10 million dollars.
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President Roh Moo-hyunâs ``energy diplomacyââ in this natural resource-abundant central Asian nation has laid the groundwork for South Korea to be supplied with much-needed gas, oil and other natural resources like uranium.
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Australia will seal a security  relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense  ties with any country except the United States, but Prime  Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with  China.
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New report on offshoring points to greater acceptance among Australians.
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Australia&#39;s foreign minister, Alexander Downer, has wrapped up talks in North Korea on the stand-off over the country&#39;s efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
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Australia had become a mediator in a  nuclear stand-off between Iran and the United States, Prime  Minister John Howard said on Sunday, in a move that mirrors  Australia's role in the North Korea nuclear crisis.
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By JAMIE TARABAY Associated Press Writer SYDNEY, Australia . The US and British leaders rushed to congratulate their ally, Australia&#39;s incumbent Prime Minister John Howard, on his election victory after
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Australia's John Howard arrives in Japan on a visit that will include signing a bilateral security pact.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia has risked upsetting its regional neighbors with a decision to add long-range stealth missiles to its defense arsenal.
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Australia will double to A$20 million ($15.4 million) its anti-terrorism assistance to Indonesia as part of efforts to deepen coordination in fighting militants, Foreign
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Prime Minister John Howard says the APEC meeting in Chile was a great success and will increase momentum towards trade liberalisation across the globe.