Howard&#39;s government favoured as Australians vote
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SYDNEY: Australian voters will today decide between a conservative government that unreservedly backs the United States and its Iraq war and a Labour opposition seeking a more active role in Asia.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal Party took a substantial lead over the opposition in nationwide elections Saturday, and both sides said the government, a steadfast US ally in the Iraq war, was all but certain to retain power.
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SYDNEY - The final week of Australia&#39;s Oct 9 election began Monday with conservative Prime Minister John Howard confident of winning a fourth term and opposition leader Mark Latham embracing the underdog tag.
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AUSTRALIA As the Oct. 9 election nears, polls show the rivals - the coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard, and Mark Latham&#39;s Labor party â-eck-and-neck.
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On Saturday, Australians will vote in the tightest national election in living memory. Most opinion polls have the major political parties -- the conservative Liberal/National Party Coalition of Prime Minister
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The federal election race in Australia has been close during the first week of campaign, but polls indicated Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s ruling coalition has done slightly better.
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CANBERRAâAustralians will vote on Oct. 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative government against centre-left Labor, with national security and the economy as major issues, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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Australians voted on Saturday in an  election which offered the choice between a conservative  government that unreservedly backs the United States and its  Iraq war and a Labor opposition seeking stronger ties in Asia.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal-National coalition is poised to win a fourth term in office after pledging to extend 13 years of economic growth, keep interest rates low, cut taxes and increase spending.
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Australia&#39;s government looked set for a fourth straight term, according to a poll trend released on the eve of Saturday&#39;s election, as rival leaders made last-minute pitches over the economy and the US-led Iraq war.
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Australians will vote on October 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative government against centre-left Labor, with national security and the economy key issues.
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SYDNEY : Two new polls showed Australia&#39;s conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who led the conservative Liberal-National coalition to power in 1996, said his government would win an election on Oct. 9. ``I think we&#39;ll make
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CANBERRA: Australia&#39;s conservative government led opposition Labour on Monday ahead of a weekend election that one analyst said Prime Minister John Howard looked increasingly likely to win.
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JOHN Howard has seized on a plea by Iraq&#39;s interim Government for Australia to keep its troops in the country as an endorsement of Australia&#39;s continued involvement in post-conflict Iraq.
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An Australian opinion poll has indicated a rise in support for the governing coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard. But two days in to the six-week election campaign the main opposition Labor Party headed
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Australia&#39;s opposition Labor party has opened up a commanding lead over the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard with around two months to go to an election, a poll said Monday.