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The Newspoll, published in The Australian newspaper, shows that on a two-party preferred basis the Opposition would defeat Labor. The Coalition has a massive two-party preferred lead of 56 per cent to 44 per cent. Labor's primary support is 29 per cent,...
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The incident is under investigation," a Coalition statement said on Friday. The statement did not provide further information, saying the release of the name and nationality of the service member is pending the notification of the next kin. Some 254 foreign...
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A U.S. citizen who was held hostage for ransom in Afghanistan since mid-August was freed last week by U.S. special forces troops in a rare raid, according to Pentagon officials. The unidentified American is a civilian who was working for the U.S.
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The gunmen also killed Arghestani's bodyguard and wounded his driver, he said. Kandahar is one of the main strongholds for Taliban Islamist insurgents, but drug smugglers, criminals and some tribal rivalries have also contributed to violence. Separately,...
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Coalition forces killed four militants, including an al-Qaeda commander and a Taliban commander, during an operation targeting terrorist networks in Ghanzi province. The al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders were known weapons and foreign fighter facilitators...
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Pakistani intelligence officials said most of the dead were militants, but the attacks will aggravate strains between the two countries over American military assaults on targets in Pakistan. Pakistani officials said two villages in the North Waziristan...
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Afghanistan as ambushes and bomb blasts kill six people in the war-torn country...The latest death brings the number of the foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year to 218, according to an AFP tally. In a separate attack, insurgents fired on Mohammad...
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Family First Senator Steve Fielding sided with the Coalition in the Senate to vote down the bill on Wednesday night, saying the legislation would encourage people to drop their private health cover, forcing insurers to push up premiums. But he says he...
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pposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has stood by his party's pledge to cut the petrol excise by five cents a litre, dropping his earlier objections to the move. The tax cut was former leader Brendan Nelson's idea and was adopted as party policy in May.
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Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has told Lateline Mr Turnbull will not show any economic responsibility as Liberal leader and described him as out of touch. "He's not vulnerable because he's rich," he said. "I think he's vulnerable because he's out of touch....
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