Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has insisted she will lead Labour into the next election, even as new a poll Monday showed she is less popular than predecessor Kevin Rudd.

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday had to be bundled out of a Canberra restaurant by security service agents after it was surrounded by furious Aboriginal rights protesters.

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The Australian government has been asked to step up its condemnation for China after the latter's security forces fired into a crowd of Tibetans during the weekend in a restive area of Sichuan Provinc

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday sent a stern warning to Pakistan stating that it must do more to counter terrorism and extremism, especially on its borders with Afghanistan.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today made it clear that she would take forward her proposal to lift ban on uranium sale to India as she met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here.

Singh and Gill

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard met here on Saturday for a brief interaction to take forward discussions on selling uranium to India and also to review their strategic partnership.

In a clear message to China, President Barack Obama on Thursday said that US will maintain its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region despite budget cuts, saying that America was "here to stay

Visiting US President Barak Obama has denied speculations that America influenced Australia to overturn its policy of not selling uranium to India.

"We have not had any influence, I suspect, on Austr

The United States seems to have influenced Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's U-turn on uranium exports to India, as the Obama administration viewed the long-standing ban was a roadblock to gre

US President Barack Obama began a 28-hour visit to long-time ally Australia on Wednesday where their 60-year-old security alliance will be strengthened for a new century marked by the rise of China.