Julie Bishop
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Australia against militarisation of South China Sea: Julie Bishop
World | Jul 19, 2017, 09:39 AM ISTThe Australian Foreign Minister added that there was a need to engage with Beijing as it would be in no one’s interest to see the Chinese economy falter.
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Australia doesn't want to take sides on Kashmir: Foreign Minister
World | May 06, 2015, 04:23 PM ISTIslamabad: Australia today said it does not want to take sides on disputes like Kashmir issue and asked India and Pakistan to bilaterally resolve their differences through peaceful means.Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who arrived
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Aussie Foreign Minister in India for talks
National | Apr 12, 2015, 09:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will be visiting India this week during which she will hold talks with her Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday.Bishop will attend the 10th framework dialogue between the
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Australia offers jail fees for death row duo in Indonesia
World | Mar 12, 2015, 09:12 AM ISTSydney: Australia refuses to give up hope that two of its nationals sentenced to death in Indonesia will be spared and has offered to pay the costs of the convicts' life sentences in jail, if
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Australia acts to curb travelers' absurd requests
World | Dec 03, 2014, 12:05 PM ISTCanberra: Australia's government is taking steps to curb Australian travelers' soaring expectations of what help they can get from their embassies, such as a loan to pay a prostitute in Thailand or assistance to evict
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Australia to lift sanctions on Fiji
World | Oct 31, 2014, 08:24 AM ISTSydney: Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced on Friday that her government was lifting sanctions on Fiji that have been in place since the 2006 military coup in the country."As I depart for a two-day
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'Ginger Jihadist' appears in second propaganda video on You Tube
World | Oct 29, 2014, 10:39 AM ISTCanberra: An Australian teenage runaway, dubbed the Ginger Jihadist by the media, has been featured in a second Islamic State propaganda video.Australian media reported the latest YouTube video of 17-year-old Abdullah Elmir dressed in Arabic
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Australia to join airstrikes against IS in Iraq
World | Sep 28, 2014, 11:50 AM ISTSydney: Australia will soon join the airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq."The national security committee and the cabinet will meet this week to discuss the action," Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday."It
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Australia welcomes release of Fijian peacekeepers
World | Sep 12, 2014, 08:48 AM ISTSydney: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed the unconditional release on Thursday of 45 Fijian peacekeepers held in Syria.The peacekeepers have been serving with the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), monitoring a 1974 ceasefire
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India, Australia to expedite talks on civil nuclear deal
India | Aug 09, 2014, 05:15 PM ISTNay Pyi Taw (Myanmar): India and Australia today decided to expedite negotiations for a civil nuclear deal so that it can be finalised at the “earliest” as both the countries are keen to give further
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Resolution of stolen art from India is a priority: Aus minister
World | Feb 26, 2014, 06:40 AM ISTMelbourne: Australia intents to prioritise satisfactory resolution of its purchase of a USD 4.5 million Shiva statue stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu by an Indian art dealer, a senior minister said today.