Australian PM denies Iraq bribes cover-up
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has denied any cover-up of the government's role in the payment of huge bribes to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ahead of the release of a damning report.
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Australia's prime minister tells visiting President George W Bush that Canberra will not withdraw troops from Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama to become U.
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Australian PM John Howard dismisses suggestions a security declaration with Japan could strain China ties.
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CANBERRA/BAGHDAD  - Australian Prime Minister John  Howard retracted his statement Thursday that a body found in  the Iraqi city of Falluja appeared to be that of kidnapped  British aid worker Margaret Hassan.
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LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair vigorously denied on Wednesday that he misrepresented intelligence about Iraqi weapons before the war, rejecting growing demands in Parliament to apologize for misleading his country.    Blair again accepted that British intelligence pointing to stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons was flawed, but he insisted he had been right to back the U.S.-led invasion...
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CANBERRA Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday that he expected to be found guilty of lying by an Australian Senate inquiry convened by the opposition to investigate campaign claims that he made before the last election.
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Prime Minister John Howard has stood firm against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports that two Australians have been taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Monday denied a crackdown on child sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal communities was an election stunt, after a poll found voters saw it as a bid to grab votes.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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Australia Wednesday dismissed reports that it had assured the Indonesian government an inquest into the killing of five journalists in East Timor was nothing to worry about.
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"It is absolutely untrue that I ordered investigators to conceal payments from the OECD. This is what The Guardian alleged. It is categorically denied"  The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, has denied ordering British investigators to conceal from the international anti-bribery watchdog more than 1 billion in secret payments allegedly made to a Saudi prince.The payments were allegedly received by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador to the United States, from BAE Systems for setting up the 40 billion Al Yamamah arms deal in the 1980s with the full knowledge of the Ministry of Defence.The Guardian reported that when the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - the world's anti-corruption watchdog - tried to look into the deal earlier this year, the details were not disclosed by British officials. Read more
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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Prime Minister Rudd has not ruled out using the military to collect data for an international court challenge
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Australia's PM says he will not negotiate with terrorists who claim to have taken two Australians hostage.
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PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair.
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Prime Minister John Howard said a former public servant had not backed the claims by former adviser Mike Scrafton about the children overboard affair.