Australia
Poll shows strong shift to Australian PM Rudd, new ministry named
CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd rewarded backers who helped him reclaim power from Julia Gillard with places in the new ministry he announced on Monday, while a new poll showed a strong bounce for his Labor Party before national elections.
New Australian PM Rudd gives struggling government big poll boost
SYDNEY - Support for Australia's embattled Labor government has surged since new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd took charge late last week but it will still struggle to win an election later this year, a major poll published on Sunday showed.
Australian PM Rudd urges China action on trade deal
CANBERRA - Australia's Sinophile Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday urged China - the country's largest trading partner - to conclude a stalled free trade deal, using his first news conference since regaining power to praise the current bilateral relationship.
Rudd sworn in as Australian PM after overthrowing Gillard
CANBERRA - Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australian prime minister for the second time on Thursday, a day after toppling Julia Gillard and three months ahead of elections in which opinion polls show the ruling Labor Party faces a devastating defeat. | Video
Like Japan's Abe, Australia's Rudd says he's a changed leader
CANBERRA - Like Japan's Shinzo Abe, Australia's resurrected Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd believes he has learned the hard lessons of a failed first government and can be a more effective leader in the runup to national elections.
Australian spy bosses brief government on possible Asian fallout over Snowden: report
SYDNEY - Australia's main intelligence and spying agencies have briefed the government on the PRISM internet surveillance program amid fears former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden may release information damaging to Australia's relations with Asian neighbors, local media reported on Wednesday.
Australia seeks Triton superdrones for Indian Ocean overwatch
CANBERRA - Rising Indian Ocean rivalries as China seeks to safeguard key energy lifelines loom behind an Australian push for a $3 billion fleet of maritime superdrones, which will likely boost intelligence sharing with the United States.
Australia PM hits out at critics amid leadership turmoil
CANBERRA - Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard hit out at critics of her record on Monday as speculation intensified of a fresh challenge to her leadership and opinion polls showed her divided Labor Party headed for a catastrophic September election defeat.
Charges pending against Afghans accused of prison abuse: Australia
CANBERRA - Afghan authorities will lay charges against officials at a prison run by the country's internal security service, Australia said on Wednesday, just weeks after Canberra blocked prisoner transfers over fears of detainee mistreatment.
U.S. surveillance row washes up on Pacific allies' shores
CANBERRA/WELLINGTON - Unease over a clandestine U.S. data collection program has rippled across the Pacific to two of Washington's major allies, Australia and New Zealand, raising concerns about whether they have cooperated with secret electronic data mining.
Egypt on the edge after Mursi rebuffs army ultimatum
CAIRO - President Mohamed Mursi rebuffed an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, saying on Tuesday that he had not been consulted and would pursue his own plans for national reconciliation. | Video
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?
Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.
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