Australia looks to increase forces in Afghanistan
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Australia is considering plans to  double its troop deployment to Afghanistan to about 1,000 to  head off an expected spring resurgence of al Qaeda and Taliban  fighters, Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said on Thursday.
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Australia said on Saturday it would  contribute up to 130 police to a new U.N. mission in East  Timor, in addition to troops sent to restore order after a wave  of violence in the fledgling nation three months ago.
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Canada will nearly double its troop strength in Afghanistan to about 1,100 by this summer, Defense Minister Bill Graham told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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Australia plans to strengthen its coastal security with a controversial surveillance footprint that stretches south of New Zealand to north of Indonesia.
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Australia will send 50 logistical experts to Iraq to train the newly established Iraqi defense force. Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill said yesterday that those experts would be in the regular rotation of Australia&#39;s active force in Iraq.
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Australia and the Philippines agreed to expand counter-terrorism cooperation Thursday, with elite Australian troops to train their Philippine counterparts in the restive south.
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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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Australia is moving toward having the region&#39;s most advanced missile strike capability, but the plan has prompted concerns in a region where the country
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Europe should deploy more troops to the dangerous southern regions of Afghanistan, Australia's foreign minister said Friday, as the country mourned its second soldier killed there in three weeks.
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Australia is to boost its defence against terrorism by creating a 1000-nautical mile security zone around its coast to protect its shipping, ports and oil rigs from attack, it was reported here.
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The government is set to announce that more British troops are to be sent to Afghanistan, the BBC learns.
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Australia wants to strengthen relations with its northern neighbour, Indonesia, and is not a deputy sheriff for the United States in the Asia-Pacific, Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday before leaving for Jakarta.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australia plans to enforce a maritime security zone more than 1,700 kilometres out to sea, far beyond its territorial waters, in a move to boost defences against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday.
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AUSTRALIA yesterday tightened security at airports and set up a 24-hour federal police operations centre amid fears terrorists could strike again in the wake of the Jakarta embassy bombing.
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Britain will soon announce it is bolstering its force in Afghanistan with an extra 1,000 soldiers, British media reported Friday, days after the country said it plans to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq in coming months.
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Australia, which is already training the new Iraqi police and military forces, has been asked to help train Iraq's intelligence and security officers.
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Hundreds of additional Australian troops have landed in Dili to boost an international peacekeeping force sent to quell violence and restore order in East Timor.