Ties to US and Asia at stake in Aussie polls
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SYDNEY - Voters face a stark foreign policy choice in tomorrow&#39;s polls - Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s unquestioning support for the United States alliance versus Labour opposition leader Mark Latham&#39;s emphasis on building ties with Asia.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister, John Howard, the Pacific region&#39;s only committed member of the &quot;coalition of the willing&quot;, is locked in a tight battle in tomorrow&#39;s election.
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TONY EASTLEY: On the eve of the Prime Minister&#39;s visit to Indonesia to attend the inauguration of the country&#39;s new President, Australia is signaling its interest in signing a new Security Pact with Indonesia.
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Most Australians view neighbouring Indonesia as a threat but only about a third know it is not ruled by the military and fewer still can name its president, a poll said on Monday.
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Democratic hopeful John Kerry has made the flight of US jobs overseas a key theme of his election campaign but Asian nations expect the outsourcing trend to continue even if he wins, analysts say.
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WHOEVER wins government in Australia on October 9 must give top priority to building on the already good relations with Indonesia&#39;s newly elected president.
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CANBERRA, Australia Aug. 29, 2004 - Prime Minister John Howard will become the first of three allied leaders who launched the US-led invasion of Iraq to face voters, having announced Sunday that Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9.
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The contenders in Australia&#39;s election are neck and neck three days before the ballot, with the latest opinion polls disagreeing on who will win.
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Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.
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SYDNEY - Polling booths closed in Australia&#39;s most populous eastern states on Saturday in a tight election between the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard and opposition Labor under Mark Latham.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister says he is unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbors, despite his efforts to strengthen economic ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard could call an election as early as Wednesday, after a regional summit marked by questions over his future, reports said Saturday.
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TONY EASTLEY: While our biggest neighbour, Indonesia, battles with corruption, take heart Australia, it seems we are amongst the least corrupt nations in the world.
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Australia wants to strengthen relations with its northern neighbour, Indonesia, and is not a deputy sheriff for the United States in the Asia-Pacific, Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday before leaving for Jakarta.
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Australians voted in parliamentary elections Saturday with Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger in a virtual dead heat, following a campaign that focused
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Australians voted today in an election which offered the choice between a conservative government that unreservedly backs the United States and its Iraq war and a Labour opposition seeking stronger ties in Asia.
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The latest opinion polls ahead of Australian elections next month sent contradictory messages with one survey giving the opposition Labor Party a big lead and a second tipping the conservative coalition of Prime Minister John Howard.