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Indonesian Leaders: Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Australian Broadcasting Corp.: Indonesia has downgraded its relations with Australia and suspended co-operation on people smuggling after outrage over reported eavesdropping on senior Indonesian leaders phones, officials said Wednesday, according to The Chronicle Herald. Australian Broadcasting Corp. and The Guardian reported Monday that they had documents from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden showing that the top-secret Australian Signals Directorate targeted Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos cellphone and the phones of first lady Kristiani Herawati and eight other government ministers and officials and Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Australias Parliament that he would do everything he reasonably can to repair relations with Indonesia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.