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Australia ends asylum boat stand-off with Indonesia
Sydney (AFP) - Australia said Saturday it will take a boatload of asylum-seekers at the centre of a high-seas stand-off with Indonesia to its Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island.
Australia had requested Indonesia take the group of about 60 people who were picked up by an Australian vessel south of Java on Thursday but Indonesian officials had so far refused. . . .
Australia's new Prime Minister Tony Abbott has vowed to turn asylum-seeker boats back to Indonesia -- from where many embark on the dangerous journey -- when it is safe to do so. . ..
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