SYDNEY: Australia is following the United States and evacuating embassy staff from strife-torn Iraq, officials said Monday.
"Due to the deteriorating security situation, a number of Australian officials have been withdrawn from Baghdad," the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.
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