Pollsters refuse to write off Australian PM despite lag in polls
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SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard&#39;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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The government of Prime Minister John Howard had a narrow lead in opinion polls heading into the final week of campaigning ahead of the Australian federal election, but the opposition Labor party was narrowing the gap, according
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SYDNEY, Australia Australia&#39;s newly re-elected prime minister says he won&#39;t increase the number of his country&#39;s troops in Iraq.
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Two days away from a closely-fought election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday he did not need to apologize for participating in
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Australia's PM denies that a graphic shown during a live TV debate was cut because it showed he was losing.
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Prime Minister John Howard, responding to the Iraq Study Group report, said Friday he would like to see Australian troops out of Iraq but refused to set a deadline for their withdrawal.
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Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9, with Prime Minister John Howard campaigning for a fourth term on his record of economic management, low interest rates and national security.
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Prime Minister John Howard is closing the gap on the opposition in Australia's election battle after pledging multi-billion dollar tax cuts, two opinion polls showed Friday.
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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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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 more on the economy and social programs than on Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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Tony Blair has said his Labor party will not cave in despite poor poll ratings, backbench revolts, and protests over hunting and the Iraq war.
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Prime minister refuses to be drawn on speculation about an autumn poll.
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The latest opinion polls published in the newspapers today show the Coalition in front on the primary vote, but preferences are running in Labor&#39;s favour.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Australia is unlikely to sign a non-aggression pact with its Asian neighbours despite reports its stance is causing friction ahead of his visit next week to Laos for the ASEAN leaders' summit.
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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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Opposition Leader Mark Latham shrugged off the results of a new poll which showed the coalition would have easily won an election this weekend.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard,  behind in polls ahead of a 2007 election, was accused on Monday  of trying to scare voters by saying opposition plans to cut  greenhouse gases would cause an economic recession.