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Australia Opens Armed Forces For Non-Citizens Amid Recruitment Shortage
Australia will allow non-citizens to join its armed forces, the government said Tuesday, as the sparsely populated nation struggles to meet recruitment targets.
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Australia Unveils Biggest Defence Reform In Decades
Australia unveiled its biggest military shakeup in decades on Monday, refocusing the armed forces on deterring would-be foes far from its shores.
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"Golden Arm": David Warner Left Stunned By Ripper From Joe Root. Watch
David Warner was forced to walk back early to the pavilion, following an absolute ripper from none other than Joe Root.
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Australia To Deploy Armed Forces To Ensure Coronavirus Lockdown Compliance
Australia is introducing enforced quarantine by midnight on Saturday for citizens returning home from overseas and will deploy the armed forces to ensure people already subjected to self-isolation measures are complying.
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MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli Plan Special 'Cap' Tribute For Armed Forces
The Indian cricket team will wear camouflaged caps in one game every calendar year to pay tribute to the armed forces.
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Australia Sends Navy Ships, Divers After Aircraft Crash, 3 US Marines Missing
The Australian government said on Sunday it would deploy its armed forces to assist in recovery efforts after the U.S. Marine Corps suspended a search for three Marines missing since their aircraft crashed off Australia's northeast coast a day earlier.
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Sydney Siege: Over 15 Hours Into Hostage Crisis, Negotiations Continue
The centre of Australia's biggest city, Sydney, was locked down on Monday after an armed man held around 30 people hostage inside a downtown cafe and forced them to display an Islamic flag, igniting fears of a jihad attack. The gunman, who reportedly demanded to speak to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and an Islamic State flag, has also allegedly warne...
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In Sydney Siege, Gunman Demands Islamic State Flag, Say Reports: 10 Developments
The police in Sydney launched counter-terror protocol as an armed man held several people hostage inside a popular cafe on Monday morning and forced some of them to hold up a black flag with white Arabic writing against the window, sparking a security lock-down in the heart of Australia's commercial capital. The gunman has allegedly warned that fo...
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Sydney Hostage Crisis: 5 People Run Out of Cafe, Say Police
Australian police locked down the centre of the country's biggest city on Monday after an armed assailant walked into a downtown Sydney cafe, took hostages and forced them to display an Islamic flag, igniting fears of a jihadist attack.
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Sydney Hostage Crisis: Police Negotiators in Contact with Gunman
An armed man held several hostages inside a popular cafe in Sydney on Monday morning and forced some of them to hold up a black flag with white Arabic writing against the window, sparking a security lock-down in the heart of Australia's commercial capital. Hours later, five people ran out of the building that was under siege.
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Australia to Join US in Arming Kurds in Iraq
Australia said on Sunday it would help the United States in an international effort to transport weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq.
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Australia to Send 'Non-Threatening' Force to MH17 Site
Australia said on Sunday that 'a number' of armed personnel will enter the MH17 crash site next week, but stressed they would be a "non-threatening force" not accompanied by military troops.
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New sex scandals hit Australian defence force
The Australian military was rocked on Thursday by more sex scandals, including allegations of assault, child porn, rape and drug-dealing within its ranks. Documents obtained by Channel Seven News under the Freedom of Information Act detail what it called "ongoing, often major, breaches of discipline in Australia's armed forces".
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Australia Opens Armed Forces For Non-Citizens Amid Recruitment Shortage
Australia will allow non-citizens to join its armed forces, the government said Tuesday, as the sparsely populated nation struggles to meet recruitment targets.
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Australia Unveils Biggest Defence Reform In Decades
Australia unveiled its biggest military shakeup in decades on Monday, refocusing the armed forces on deterring would-be foes far from its shores.
-
"Golden Arm": David Warner Left Stunned By Ripper From Joe Root. Watch
David Warner was forced to walk back early to the pavilion, following an absolute ripper from none other than Joe Root.
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Australia To Deploy Armed Forces To Ensure Coronavirus Lockdown Compliance
Australia is introducing enforced quarantine by midnight on Saturday for citizens returning home from overseas and will deploy the armed forces to ensure people already subjected to self-isolation measures are complying.
-
MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli Plan Special 'Cap' Tribute For Armed Forces
The Indian cricket team will wear camouflaged caps in one game every calendar year to pay tribute to the armed forces.
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Australia Sends Navy Ships, Divers After Aircraft Crash, 3 US Marines Missing
The Australian government said on Sunday it would deploy its armed forces to assist in recovery efforts after the U.S. Marine Corps suspended a search for three Marines missing since their aircraft crashed off Australia's northeast coast a day earlier.
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Sydney Siege: Over 15 Hours Into Hostage Crisis, Negotiations Continue
The centre of Australia's biggest city, Sydney, was locked down on Monday after an armed man held around 30 people hostage inside a downtown cafe and forced them to display an Islamic flag, igniting fears of a jihad attack. The gunman, who reportedly demanded to speak to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and an Islamic State flag, has also allegedly warne...
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In Sydney Siege, Gunman Demands Islamic State Flag, Say Reports: 10 Developments
The police in Sydney launched counter-terror protocol as an armed man held several people hostage inside a popular cafe on Monday morning and forced some of them to hold up a black flag with white Arabic writing against the window, sparking a security lock-down in the heart of Australia's commercial capital. The gunman has allegedly warned that fo...
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Sydney Hostage Crisis: 5 People Run Out of Cafe, Say Police
Australian police locked down the centre of the country's biggest city on Monday after an armed assailant walked into a downtown Sydney cafe, took hostages and forced them to display an Islamic flag, igniting fears of a jihadist attack.
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Sydney Hostage Crisis: Police Negotiators in Contact with Gunman
An armed man held several hostages inside a popular cafe in Sydney on Monday morning and forced some of them to hold up a black flag with white Arabic writing against the window, sparking a security lock-down in the heart of Australia's commercial capital. Hours later, five people ran out of the building that was under siege.
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Australia to Join US in Arming Kurds in Iraq
Australia said on Sunday it would help the United States in an international effort to transport weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq.
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Australia to Send 'Non-Threatening' Force to MH17 Site
Australia said on Sunday that 'a number' of armed personnel will enter the MH17 crash site next week, but stressed they would be a "non-threatening force" not accompanied by military troops.
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New sex scandals hit Australian defence force
The Australian military was rocked on Thursday by more sex scandals, including allegations of assault, child porn, rape and drug-dealing within its ranks. Documents obtained by Channel Seven News under the Freedom of Information Act detail what it called "ongoing, often major, breaches of discipline in Australia's armed forces".
