Tony Abbott
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Australian PM says no new taxes for fight against IS
World | Oct 07, 2014, 06:31 AM ISTCanberra: Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday ruled out introducing new taxes to pay for the fight against the Islamic State(IS), even though the cost of the operations is likely to be as much
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Business high on Narendra Modi agenda as he leaves for US today
India | Sep 25, 2014, 09:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves Thursday on a five-day much anticipated visit to the United States, during which he will address the UN General Assembly and also hold a summit meeting with US
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Mumbai-Style terror attack by ISIS in Australia uncovered
World | Sep 19, 2014, 12:28 PM ISTCanberra: Australia's intelligence agencies have uncovered a plot by the Islamic State militants to launch a "Mumbai-style" terror attack on the parliament with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and other top officials being the prime targets.Armed
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Anti-terror raids not against Muslim community: Abbott
World | Sep 19, 2014, 07:12 AM ISTMelbourne: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday the ongoing counter-terrorism raids are against crimes and not against religion.The remarks came while hundreds of furious Australian Muslims launched protest claiming they were terrorised by
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Security ramped up after terror plot on Australian Parliament revealed
World | Sep 19, 2014, 07:20 AM ISTMelbourne: Australian authority on Friday has ramped up security in the capital of Canberra after potential terror attack plot against the Parliament House and the country's top leaders was traced.According to intelligence officers, intelligence departments
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ISIS planning public beheading in Australia: Abbott
World | Sep 18, 2014, 12:24 PM ISTCanberra: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday said that suspected terrorists belonging to the Islamic State (IS) were planning a public beheading in the country.Abbott's comments came after police detained 15 people in the
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Modi tells Abbott his visit touched heart of every Indian
India | Sep 16, 2014, 08:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday had a telephonic conversation with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and told him that his recent visit to India touched the heart of every Indian.A PMO statement said
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Australia to send military forces to Middle East
World | Sep 14, 2014, 11:48 AM ISTCanberra: The Australian government on Sunday decided to send military forces to the Middle East as part of the international efforts to combat the Islamic State (IS) militants.Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that Australia had
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Australia upgrades terror alert
World | Sep 12, 2014, 11:24 AM ISTSydney: Australia on Friday raised the national terrorism public alert level from medium to high after receiving advice from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the advice was not based on
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India, Australia ink nuclear pact
India | Sep 05, 2014, 09:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: India and Australia today inked a significant civil nuclear agreement which will allow Canberra to supply uranium to the energy-starved country even as the two countries discussed ways to enhance cooperation in key
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Tony Abbott receives guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan
India | Sep 05, 2014, 12:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was given a ceremonial reception in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan here this morning ahead of his crucial meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Abbott, who arrived here
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Australian PM Tony Abbott arrives in India, nuke deal likely on agenda
India | Sep 04, 2014, 08:24 AM ISTMumbai: Amid indications that a nuclear deal could be in the offing, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived here on Thursday morning on a two-day India visit during which the two countries would look at
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Aussie PM Abbott to meet Tendulkar; sports pact to be inked
India | Sep 03, 2014, 07:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will be meeting iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar tomorrow in Mumbai, from where he will be starting his two-day State visit to India.Abbott will be meeting the legendary
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Australian PM to visit India, Malaysia
World | Aug 29, 2014, 09:37 AM ISTSydney: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Friday that he will travel to India and Malaysia next week.On Abbott's first visit to India as prime minister, he said he will visit New Delhi and
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Australian PM confident of recovering MH17 victims' remains
World | Jul 31, 2014, 11:33 AM ISTCanberra: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday said that he was confident about recovering the remains of MH17 victims despite constant blockade of the Australian-Dutch police mission to access the crash site.The investigators were
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UN chief, Australian PM discuss regional issues
World | Jun 11, 2014, 07:14 AM ISTUnited Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday met visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and they discussed situations in Syria, Ukraine, as well as Fiji.The secretary-general thanked Australia for its consistent support for
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Australian PM defends spying on Indonesian President
World | Nov 19, 2013, 08:19 PM ISTMelbourne: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today defended as “reasonable” his country's spying activities as he rejected Indonesia's demand for an apology over the alleged snooping on its President that has triggered diplomatic tension between
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"China's strength benefit to world, not challenge"
World | Oct 07, 2013, 11:59 AM ISTMelbourne : Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has expressed his?keen interest to further enhance trade relations with China calling its growth?as a benefit to the world rather than a challenge.Abbott, who?met Chinese president Xi Jinping
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Australia's new PM makes maiden trip to Indonesia
World | Sep 30, 2013, 09:28 AM ISTJakarta, Indonesia : Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is on his way to Indonesia for his first trip abroad since taking office, a two-day visit that increasingly looks like it will be dominated by immigration
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Abbott sworn in as Australia's PM
World | Sep 18, 2013, 11:23 AM ISTCanberra: Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister on Wednesday and promised immediate action to slow the stream of asylum-seekers arriving by boats from Indonesia and to dismantle the previous administration's clean