AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Aug. 24 announced that the army would be expanded to cope with threats of increasing destabilization in the region and foreign deployments.
The 25,000-strong army would be expanded by an extra 2,600 personnel in addition to a further 1,500 announced last year, Howard told a news conference.
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