Challenger in tight Australian race vows to exit Iraq by Christmas
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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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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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Right-wing Australian politician Pauline Hanson says she will contest next month's general election.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as  investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two  Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with  execution.
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One week away from a knife-edge  election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared on  Sunday he would be re-elected on Oct. 9, but only just, as  anti-Iraq war rallies urged voters to throw him out of office.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday prepared to face his strongest opponent in 11 years in office amid criticism of his decision to hold only one debate ahead of the November 24 poll.
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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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Australia's government looked set for a  fourth straight term, according to a poll trend released on the  eve of Saturday's election, as rival leaders made last-minute  pitches over the economy and the U.S.-led Iraq war.
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A Republican lawmaker fighting for re-election said Sunday he has not turned against President Bush's Iraq policy but called for a withdrawal timetable to light a fire under the Iraqi government.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australian politicians set  off on a marathon campaign Monday for an election that will  focus on the way forward for one of the world's strongest  economies, the credibility of candidates and support for the  Iraq war.
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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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Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd said Saturday that he would bring the nation&#39;s troops home from Iraq by the middle of next year if elected to government.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he would try to withdraw all US troops from Iraq within four years if he is elected in November.
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Australia&#39;s Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, says members of a logistics team are heading to Iraq, in case any Australians have been taken hostage.
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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard Tuesday vowed to fight this year&#39;s election despite reports that senior ministers have told the conservative leader his position is untenable.
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(Sydney, Australia-AP) Oct. 9, 2004 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard has claimed victory in national elections. The vote will ensure the country keeps its troops in Iraq.
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The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, yesterday called on voters to trust him and refused to express regret over the Iraq war ahead of tomorrow&#39;s general election.