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Syria's Firas Mohamad Alkhatib, left, celebrate after scoring goal during match against Australia during the 2018 World Cup qualifying football match between Syria and Australia at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Melaka, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Australia aims to halt Syria’s World Cup charge in Sydney

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United States' Bobby Wood (9) celebrates his goal against Panama in front of cheering fans, with teammates Dax McCarty (13) and Michael Bradley (4) during the second half of a World Cup qualifying soccer match, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. The United States won 4-0. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

US striving to avoid World Cup playoff vs Syria or Australia

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Australia's Robbie Kruse, second from left, celebrate with teammate after scoring the first goal during the 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Syria and Australia at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Melaka, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Syria keeps World Cup hopes alive with 1-1 draw vs Australia

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FILE - In this June 29, 2017 file photo, Cardinal George Pell meets the media, at the Vatican. Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic official to face sex offense charges, was jeered by protesters as he made a court appearance on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 in his native Australia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Cardinal charged with sex offenses jeered at Australia court

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2017 file photo, Syria's national soccer team celebrates at the conclusion of their match with Iran which drew 2-2 during their Round 3 - Group A World Cup qualifier at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran. Regardless of how Syria does in its World Cup playoff against Australia, the team has helped football knock fighting out the headlines for a while in their war-torn country. The Syrians are still in contention to qualify for the World Cup for the first time, and the journey to their biggest match so far has captured domestic and international attention.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Syria preparing for World Cup playoff against Australia

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 file photo, Dragan Vasiljkovic, right, a former Serb paramilitary commander, sits next to a guard in a courtroom at the beginning of his trial in Split, Croatia. The municipal court has sentenced Vasiljkovic to 15 years in prison for war crimes in the 1990s Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. In the verdict it said that Vasiljkovic, also known as Captain Dragan and Daniel Snedden, is guilty of the killings and torture of imprisoned civilians and Croatian troops while he was a rebel Serb commander during the 1991-95 war in Croatia. (AP Photo, FILE)

Ex-rebel Serb commander sentenced to 15 years in Croatia

By DARKO BANDIC - Associated Press

First refugees held by Australia in Pacific camps head to US

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. Australia announced on Monday it would create its own space agency to increase its share of the $330 billion space economy. Turnbull said the agency would be part of Australia's development of an innovation and science economy. But the government has provided few specifics. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia to create its own space agency for economic boost

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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, file photo, Colorado place kicker James Stefanou walks the sidelines in the first half of an NCAA college football against Northern Colorado in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

30-year-old kicker from Australia shining for Colorado

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

Two anti-nuclear weapons campaigners Gem Romuld, left, and Papatya Danis unfurl a banner at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade building in Canberra Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, to protest the government's failure to endorse a United Nations' nuclear disarmament treaty. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Anti-nuclear weapons protesters scale Australian building

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Belgium's David Goffin, left, speaks during a press conference prior to a Davis Cup World Group tennis semi-final in Brussels, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Belgium plays a semi-final against Australia beginning Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

France favorite to reach Davis Cup final despite poor form

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

The third round is suspended due to fog, during the Omega European Masters Golf Tournament in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (Alexandra Wey/Keystone via AP)

Australia’s Hend leads by 2 at fog-affected European Masters

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Australia's James Troisi, left and Tim Cahill thanks fans after their World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match against Thailand in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 05, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Australia, coach Ange Postecoglou take tough route to Russia

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Syria's Omar Alsoma, left, vies for the ball with Iran's Morteza Pouraliganji during their Round 3 - Group A World Cup qualifier at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Syria to face Australia in World Cup hunt as Saudis qualify

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Japan's Yosuke Ideguchi (2) celebrates after scoring a goal against Australia during their World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match in Saitama, Japan, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiayma)

World Cup qualifying spots on the line in last games in Asia

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

Japan's Yosuke Ideguchi is congratulated by teammate Yuto Nagatomo, right, after scoring Japan's second goal against Australia during their World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match in Saitama, Japan, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Young stars step up for Japan in 2-0 win over Australia

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

California drug suspect in custody after 30 years on the lam

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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2016, file photo, Houston running back Dillon Birden, right, escapes the tackle of Tulsa linebacker Trent Martin (40) during an NCAA college football game in Houston. The Cougars don’t know how long they will remain away from the nation’s fourth-largest city, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. “This is bigger than football,” Birden said. “We’re ready to get back to our city and help our city.” (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File)

Harvey keeping Rice and Houston football teams off campus

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 14, 2017 file photo, a billboard advertising a television show is displayed near the offices of the Ten Network in Sydney. Troubled Australian television broadcaster Ten Network will be sold to U.S. giant CBS Corp. subject to regulatory approval of foreign ownership, the Sydney-based company's administrator said on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australian government open to CBS takeover of local network

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this image made from video, injured students are attended to at Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. A man was detained by police after assaulting four students on Friday in a university classroom with what one witness described as a bat, university officials and police said. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Student charged with assaulting 4 at Australian university

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press