The 2005 Indonesian Embassy biological attack occured when Indonesian ambassador to Australia Imron Cotan received a suspect letter addressed to himself at the Indonesian Embassy in Australia on June 1, 2005. For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The letter was opened by his personal assistant and contained white bacterial powder and a racial message [1] ( http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15481770%255E2702,00.html). Prime Minister John Howard made an apology to Indonesia after the attack, describing the incident as "a reckless act of indifference to human life". This article is about race as an intraspecies classification. ... John Howard John Winston Howard (born July 26, 1939), is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, coming to office on March 11, 1996 and winning re-election in 1998, 2001 and 2004. ...

Although initial testing of the powder detected traces of a "biological agent", the identity of the powder and whether it posed any health risk was initially unclear. Approximately 50 staff members were quarantined for 12 hours. Many believe the attack is related to the recent sentencing of Schapelle Corby to 20 years imprisonment in Indonesia for drug trafficking. The attack is the first of its type on Australian soil. The embassy has remained closed since the attack. A biological agent is an infectious disease that can be used in bioterrorism or biological warfare. ... Schapelle Leigh Corby is a 27-year-old trainee beauty therapist from the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia, who is accused of importing drugs into Indonesia. ...

Other Indonesian embassies around Australia have reported receiving threatening emails and letters since the trial of Schapelle Corby began. A bullet was sent in an envelope to the Indonesia consulate in Perth. Schapelle Leigh Corby is a 27-year-old trainee beauty therapist from the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia, who is accused of importing drugs into Indonesia. ... Perth is the name of several towns and cities: Perth, Scotland is the original Perth, after which the others are named, and the administrative town of the region of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. ...

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• Death delivered in a poison letter (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15482171-2,00.html)
• Embassy parcel 'was no threat' (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15485268-2,00.html)