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Terror arrests in Australia over planned ANZAC Day attack
AFP, Published on 18/04/2015
» SYDNEY - Five men were arrested in Australia on Saturday with two of them allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a ceremony commemorating ANZAC soldiers who have fought and died for their country.
Australia has ad pulled for trivialising WWI battle
AFP, Published on 15/04/2015
» SYDNEY - Australian supermarket chain Woolworths has pulled an advertising campaign after a backlash on social media and from the government which said it trivialised the memory of ANZAC soldiers who fought in World War I.
Britain's Prince Harry in Australia for army stint
AFP, Published on 06/04/2015
» SYDNEY - Britain's Prince Harry arrived in Canberra on Monday ahead of a one-month attachment with the Australian Army, as he moves towards his retirement from the British military.
Proud Turkey marks centenary of WW1 Gallipoli victory
AFP, Published on 19/03/2015
» ÇANAKKALE (TURKEY) - Turkey on Wednesday marked 100 years since the start of the Gallipoli Campaign by the Allies in World War I, an event seen now as a glorious victory by Ottoman forces and a crucial moment in the formation of the modern Turkish state.
Australia, N.Zealand mark 100 years since troops left for WWI
AFP, Published on 01/11/2014
» Australia and New Zealand on Saturday marked 100 years since their first convoy of troops left for the battlefields of World War I, with thousands attending events to commemorate the "heavy day in history".
Australian PM cancels Indonesia trip
AFP, Published on 03/05/2014
» Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Saturday cancelled a trip to Indonesia amid reports that an asylum seeker turnback operation was underway that could renew tensions between the neighbours.
'Australia's Rocky' Leapai out to shock Klitschko
AFP, Published on 26/04/2014
» Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has dubbed Alex Leapai "Australia's Rocky" ahead of Saturday's world title bout when the challenger tries to complete his rags to riches tale.
At Gallipoli, Australians and New Zealanders remember the dead
AFP, Published on 25/04/2014
» Almost a century since their forebears fell at Gallipoli, thousands of Australians and New Zealanders gathered Friday at the site of the bloody World War I battle.
SET down 14.51 to 1,408.16
Online Reporters, Published on 25/04/2014
» Thai stocks shed 1% on Friday in line with declines across Asia and amid concern about further slowing in local economic growth, even as foreign investors continued buying undervalued blue chips.
William and Kate end Australia tour with surprise ANZAC service
AFP, Published on 25/04/2014
» Prince William and wife Kate on Friday wrapped up their tour Down Under, which has drawn crowds in the thousands, after a surprise visit to a dawn service for Australian soldiers lost in war.