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Australia

US to station troops in northern Australia as fears of China’s Pacific presence grow
















Afghanistan

Victoria Cross for Australian soldier who saved his platoon by charging into a hail of bullets


Australia

Three Australian Muslims of Somali or Lebanese origin were convicted of plotting to carry out a suicide assault against an Army base in Sydney. They can face life in prison. Two other men were acquitted of terrorism charges.









Australia

The trial of five Australian Muslim men who were plotting to carry out an assault on a Sydney army base has begun. The five men sought a fatwa, or religious decree, from an imam in Somalia to carry out the attacks.