Australia's PM Deflects Indonesian Assertion of Bullying

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott tried Thursday to play down allegations of bullying Indonesia as a diplomatic rift deepened between the uneasy neighbors over Jakarta's planned executions of two Australian drug smugglers. Australia has been pursuing an 11th-hour campaign to save Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, convicted in 2005 as the ringleaders of the "Bali Nine'' plot to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia. Abbott drew strong criticism from Jakarta on...

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