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Kevin Rudd has offered his condolences following the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan.
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This is the transcript of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s press conference:
PRIME MINISTER:
I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. This brave soldier, wearing the uniform of Australia [...]

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An Australian soldier has been killed in a rocket attack in Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. He is the eighth Australian casualty in Afghanistan since 2001.
The announcement was made in Canberra by the Chief of the Defence Foce, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.
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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.

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