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Australia sends more troops to Afghanistan
Jan 9 2006 9:04PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Australia will deploy 110 additional soldiers and two helicopters to help fight rising violence in Afghanistan, the defense minister said Tuesday.
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Tropical cyclone crosses Australian coast
Jan 9 2006 5:38PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The first tropical cyclone of Australia's storm season reached the country's northwest coast early Tuesday, cutting power to thousands of homes and forcing oil companies to shut down their offshore rigs.
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Greenpeace undeterred by ship collision
Jan 9 2006 9:52AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Greenpeace said Monday it would continue hounding Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters despite a damaging collision between the whalers and a protest ship. Greenpeace claimed a Japanese whaling ship deliberately rammed its ship Arctic Sunrise on Sunday, denting the ship's bow but causing no injuries.
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