Australia&#39;s Howard rules out snap election while rival still ill
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he would not call a snap general election while opposition leader Mark Latham was ill as he wanted to beat him fair and square.
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John Howard was embarking on a surprise fourth term as Australia&#39;s prime minister yesterday in defiance of polls that had predicted a general election win for the anti-war Labour opposition.
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One week away from a knife-edge election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared yesterday he would be re-elected on October 9, but only just, as anti-Iraq war rallies urged voters to throw him out of office.
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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday refused to bow out of this year&#39;s election despite discontent in his party caused by falling opinion poll ratings suggesting it will lose.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard promised yesterday not to let his Oct. 9 election triumph go to his head as he was formally reappointed leader of his Liberal Party.
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Australian Treasurer Peter Costello Sunday ruled out challenging the leadership of Prime Minister John Howard ahead of this year&#39;s election, despite turmoil within the ruling Liberal Party.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has fallen further behind his opponent ahead of elections on November 24 despite promising huge tax cuts, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.
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Prime Minister John Howard brushed off criticism of his foreign minister's comment that Australia had no obligation to side with the United States if tensions between China and Taiwan erupted into war.
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Australian PM John Howard insists he will lead his party into the next election, despite trailing in opinion polls.
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Australia&#39;s election campaign, which offers some parallels with the US presidential election, entered its final week Monday with Prime Minister John
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his government have clawed back some support but are still facing a likely defeat in elections next month, a new opinion poll showed Tuesday.
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday he won&#39;t automatically follow his British counterpart Tony Blair who has said he could apologize for faulty evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
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Prime Minister John Howard wants Opposition Leader Mark Latham to be fit and healthy for the coming election, ruling out any move to cash in his illness by going to the polls before he has fully recovered.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has called long-anticipated national elections for October 9. As in Spain earlier this year, he faces an opposition that has vowed to withdraw its troops from the American-led coalition in Iraq.
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Chicago Tribune - John Howard appears poised to become Australia's second-longest serving prime minister when the country goes to the polls Saturday, despite criticism over the war in Iraq and his dwindling credibility.