Australian PM dismisses Japan whaling protests
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Australia will continue to photograph Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Sunday, despite Japan's warning of a diplomatic protest over Australia's tough anti-whaling stance.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday denied he planned to suddenly withdraw troops from Iraq, saying the idea was &quot;absurd&quot;.
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Japan said Friday it would be difficult to resolve a growing row with Australia over whaling as the issue was a cultural clash between the two countries.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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Australia's government Monday sharply condemned a popular Internet video claiming its citizens oppose Japanese whaling because of racism, while brutally killing animals such as kangaroos and dingoes.
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PRIME Minister John Howard today rejected claims warnings from a top weapons expert were ignored before Australia sent troops to war in Iraq.
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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito said he hasn't read an Australian book about the plight of his wife, Crown Princess Masako, that sparked government protests for what Tokyo says are errors and insults to the royal family.
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Australian PM John Howard says he "did not accept" the expulsion of its top diplomat from the Solomon Islands.
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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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SANTIAGO -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday dismissed Chinese President Hu Jintao&#39;s criticism of his controversial visits to Tokyo&#39;s Yasukuni Shrine where the war dead, including Class-A war criminals, are enshrined.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, slamming the United Nations as &quot;paralysed&quot;.
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Australia Wednesday dismissed reports that it had assured the Indonesian government an inquest into the killing of five journalists in East Timor was nothing to worry about.
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Australia will continue to photograph  Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, Prime Minister  Kevin Rudd said on Sunday, despite Japan's warning of a  diplomatic protest over Australia's tough anti-whaling stance.
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Japan urged Australia Tuesday to take legal action against two anti-whaling protestors who climbed aboard a Japanese whaler in Antarctic seas last week, a foreign ministry statement said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday urged calm in a bitter dispute on whaling with Australia, which voiced disappointment as whalers resumed their controversial Antarctic hunt.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday stared down reports his own environment minister had urged him to reverse government policy and sign the Kyoto Protocol ahead of next month's election.
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The Australian PM says his government will not apologise to freed Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib.