21.  More than a dozen Australian defense companies are exhibiting their wares at the show.

22.  Retiring Gen. John Baker said the financial turmoil had given Australian defense planners breathing space in their plans to acquired new military hardware.

23.  Reliance on Australian defense equipment in the region would make Australia a force for stability, he said.

24.  The Australian contingent was later given clearance and arrived in Kuwait Friday, Australian defense forces spokesman Colonel Andy Reynolds said.

25.  The Australian defense attache in Paris will also be recalled.

26.  The game seemed headed for the sudden-death extra time when Domke breached the Australian defense to clinch the result.

27.  The heavy haze blanketing drought-ravaged Papua New Guinea is delaying emergency food drops by making flying hazardous, Australian defense officials said Tuesday.

28.  The Mexicans came close to scoring several times but the Australian defense kept them at bay.

29.  The SAS role would be to locate pilots whose aircraft had crashed and bring them back to safe territory, an Australian defense official said.

30.  The project will be carried out by Australian defense contractor Tenix.