Australia boosts aid budget to combat terrorism: Australia lifted
\nits overseas aid budget by A$79 million (US$51.4 million) on
\nTuesday, saying it wanted to help combat terrorism in the Asia-
\nPacific region. Total aid to Indonesia will increase by A$30
\nmillion to A$152 million, including funds to increase the
\narchipelago's counter-terrorism capability. An A$10.5 million
\ngrant was allocated towards an intensive care ward and eye center
\nin Bali as a memorial to the 202 people, including 88
\nAustralians, who died in a terrorism bombing on the island last
\nyear. --AFP<\/p>\n
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan dies: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, uncle
\nof the spiritual leader of the Shi'ite Ismaili community of
\nIslam, the Aga Khan, has died at the age of 70 after a long
\nillness, one of his foundations said on Tuesday. "The prince died
\non Monday at Massachusetts Boston Hospital," an official at the
\nBellerive Foundation told in Geneva said. The prince had a long
\ncareer with the United Nations and other humanitarian
\norganizations, serving as UN High Commissioner for Refugees from
\n1965 to 1977. --AFP<\/p>\n
Japan political deal paves way for defense bills: Japan's ruling
\nbloc and its largest opposition group agreed on three
\ncontroversial defense bills on Tuesday, paving the way for
\npassage of legislation strengthening Japan's ability to defend
\nitself. Such legislation, opposed by peace activists, has been a
\nlong-held dream of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's dominant
\nLiberal Democratic Party (LDP), with moves to enact it gaining a
\nboost from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States as
\nwell as the nuclear crisis involving North Korea. --Reuters<\/p>\n
New U.S. boss starts work in Baghdad: The new U.S. boss in Iraq
\nstarted work in Baghdad on Tuesday as U.S. hopes of reshaping the
\nregion were overshadowed by anti-Western bomb attacks in Saudi
\nArabia and a harsh rebuke from neighboring Iran. Paul Bremer, the
\nnew chief U.S. administrator, is expected to toughen U.S. efforts
\nto provide security to the anarchic capital and rebuild the
\nshattered country. Bremer is faced with the huge task of
\nrealizing Washington's plan to building a model pro-western
\ndemocracy in Iraq and winning back Iraqis' trust after a month of
\nchaos following Saddam Hussein's fall. --AFP<\/p>",
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