Key U.S. Ally on Iraq Wins 4th Term in Australia
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Prime Minister John Howard, one of the staunchest U.S. allies in the war in Iraq, defied predictions about a close race and won a convincing victory for a historic fourth term on Saturday despite widespread public disagreement in Australia with Howard's position on the war.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s re-elected Prime Minister John Howard has hinted he might step aside during his fourth term in office following his latest election win.
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Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has to win upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the US-led coalition in Iraq ( news - web sites ). Although the Iraq war has not emerged as the central ...
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Australians have gone to the polls in national elections that will decide if their country remains in Iraq as staunch allies of the United States or pulls out by Christmas to switch its international focus to engagement with Asia.
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An Australian government is close to having complete legislative control for the first time in nearly three decades today, after voters delivered a positive verdict on John Howard&#39;s support for the war in Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a  key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated on  Sunday his election win over opposition Labor after voters  enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has to win upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the US-led coalition in Iraq.
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SYDNEY  - Australians went to the polls in national elections tipped to see the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally in Iraq, beat off a strong challenge from the center-left Labor Party.
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John Howard ensured his control over Australian politics for the next four years on Oct. 9 when he swept to an impressive fourth term as prime minister and his Liberal Party
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The final week of Australia's October 9 election began 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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  claimed victory on Saturday over center-left opposition Labor  after an election that returned his conservative government for  a fourth straight term in office. "I am truly humbled by this  extraordinary expression of confidence in the leadership of  this great nation by the coalition," a beaming Howard, 65, told  supporters gathered in a downtown Sydney hotel.
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SYDNEY, Australia Oct. 9, 2004 - Australians voted Saturday on whether to hold onto their three-term conservative government and keep their troops in Iraq, or choose the opposition Labor Party and endorse
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SYDNEY, Australia - Australian voters face a stark choice on Iraq when they choose a new prime minister - to stay or to go.    Prime Minister John Howard, whose conservative coalition is seeking a fourth three-year term on Oct...
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SYDNEY, Sept. 5 -- President Bush received a firm endorsement of his Iraq war policy from embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who said on Wednesday that he would not withdraw any of his nation's combat troops from the country until the mission is complete.
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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 role in the US-led coalition in Iraq was cemented at the ballot box Saturday when Prime Minister John Howard swept to his fourth consecutive
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SYDNEY, Australia - Australian Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal Party took a substantial lead over the opposition in nationwide elections Saturday, and both sides said the government, a steadfast U.S. ally in the Iraq war, was all but certain to retain power...