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The United States is to build a new military satellite communications base in Australia, the government said on Thursday, after three years of secret negotiations between the two allie

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    Feb. 14, 2007, 11:58 p.m.

    The new base will relay signals and intelligence to U.S. forces in the Middle East and Asia from Geraldton, 400 km (248 miles) north of the West Australian state capital Perth.

    Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told parliament the base, construction of which will start in months, would help underpin the close Australia-U.S. alliance.

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