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Show HIGHLIGHTS . . in the week's news I CANBERRA: Prime Minister John Curtin told parliament that from the outbreak of the war to the beginning of 1943, total Australian battle casualties casu-alties in all combat theaters were 52.143. The number comprised 6,826 killed, 23,892 missing, 9,059 known prisoners and 12,371 wounded. Australian Aus-tralian casualties date back to early 1941 operations in North Africa under un-der General Wavell NEW YORK: Pearl Buck, author, expressed the fear that "through political domination an international Fascist government may follow this war and seize the peace in the name of world order." Speaking at an India In-dia independence celebration here, Miss Buck said: "There are men of many nations who are thinking of I world organization in terms of world military power." |