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November 24th, 2005   Post 1
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Post; Australia won't punish Singapore over hanging: PM


CANBERRA/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia will not punish Singapore over the planned execution of an Australian drug smuggler, Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday ahead of protests around the country to oppose the December 2 hanging.


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November 24th, 2005   Post 2
Locke
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nah screw that lets punish them.
next time our cricket team plays thiers its no holds barred...... wait.... do they even have a cricket team


seriously, what a stupid statement, what would we do?
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November 26th, 2005   Post 3
Bory
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Exactly what on earth could Howard do to punish them.
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