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		<title>East Timor Troop Numbers To Be Cut</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/22/east-timor-troop-numbers-to-be-cut.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is to reduce the number of troops in East Timor to 650 by early 2009. The announcement was made today by the Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon. This is the text of a media statement from the Defence Department. ADF EAST TIMOR DEPLOYMENT TO REDUCE – A POSITIVE SIGN OF STABILITY The Australian Defence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd Sends More Peacekeepers To East Timor</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/02/11/rudd-sends-more-peacekeepers-to-east-timor.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Australian peacekeeping personnel will be sent to East Timor, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced today. The decision follows the assassination attempt on the East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta. Speaking at a press conference in Canberra, Rudd emphasised the significance of an attack on the democratic process in one of Australia&#8217;s near neighbours. Listen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia To Provide $100m For APEC Bird Flu Measures</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/11/19/australian-aid-for-apec-bird-flu-program.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/11/19/australian-aid-for-apec-bird-flu-program.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is to provide $100 million for initiatives to combat the threat of pandemics, including avian influenza.  The announcement of the aid came from the Prime Minister, John Howard, at the Australia Pacific Economic Co-Operation forum (APEC) in Busan, South Korea.]]></description>
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		<title>Tsunami: John Howard Address to the Nation</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/09/howard-address-to-nation-on-tsunami.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/09/howard-address-to-nation-on-tsunami.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2005 11:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is playing a leading role in the one of the biggest humanitarian operations since World War II, according to the Prime Minister, John Howard, in his Address to the Nation tonight. Howard&#8217;s address was broadcast at 7.30pm. In it he said &#8220;Australia, in its distinctive practical way, will remain in the forefront of helping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HMAS Kanimbla Sets Sail For Banda Aceh</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/07/hmas-kanimbla-sails-for-aceh.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/07/hmas-kanimbla-sails-for-aceh.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defence Minister, Senator Robert Hill, has met with the Australian Defence Force contingent who will sail on board HMAS Kanimbla, taking relief aid to the Banda Aceh region of Sumatra, in Indonesia. The crew of the Kanimbla will take the number of Australian Defence Force personnel to over 860 in the Indonesian region. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Role For United Nations: Howard</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/no-role-for-united-nations-howard.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/no-role-for-united-nations-howard.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 09:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not the role of the United Nations to oversee aid process in Southern Asia in the aftermath of the Tsunami, according to the Prime Minister, John Howard. Speaking at a press conference after the ASEAN leaders&#8217; meeting in Jakarta, Howard said: &#8220;The UN for example won’t be overseeing the implementation of the partnership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Partnership Between Australia And Indonesia: Howard</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/australia-indonesia-partnership-howard.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/australia-indonesia-partnership-howard.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 09:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The special ASEAN Leaders&#8217; meeting in Jakarta, convened to discuss the aftermath of the Tsunami, has been addressed by John Howard. The Prime Minister told the gathering that &#8220;by the middle of January we will have something in the order of 1,000 personnel, military, humanitarian and otherwise assisting the affected countries.&#8221; Howard cited Australia&#8217;s rapid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALP Pressured Over Latham Illness, Welcomes Indonesian Aid Package</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/alp-pressured-over-latham-illness.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/alp-pressured-over-latham-illness.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 08:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Acting Leader of the Opposition, Defence Spokesman Senator Chris Evans, faced intensive questioning today about Mark Latham&#8217;s illness. At a press conference in Perth, Evans welcomed the $1 billion assistance package to Indonesia, but was repeatedly asked about Latham and the Opposition&#8217;s leadership arrangements. Evans confirmed that he had only found out about Latham&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia-Indonesia Partnership For Reconstruction And Development</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/australia-indonesia-partnership.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/06/australia-indonesia-partnership.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 08:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian and Indonesian governments have agreed on a $1 billion aid program over the next five years in response to the tsunami that devastated areas of South Asia on December 26. The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, flew to Indonesia yesterday. The following statement was released overnight. AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA PARTNERSHIP FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Howard Heads To Jakarta For Aid Summit</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/05/howard-heads-to-jakarta-for-aid-summit.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/05/howard-heads-to-jakarta-for-aid-summit.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, John Howard, will attend an international conference in Jakarta aimed at coordinating the distribution of aid to tsunami-affected areas of South Asia. Speaking at a press conference in Canberra, Howard said he would also meet with the Indonesian President Yudhoyono. It is expected that the two leaders will announce further aid measures. [...]]]></description>
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