Opponents say Australian PM &#39;lame duck&#39;
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Australian opposition parties branded Prime Minister John Howard a lame duck leader Thursday following a surprise promise to stand down before his term ends if re-elected later this year.
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Australia's conservative prime minister slammed Barack Obama on Sunday over his opposition to the Iraq war, a day after the first-term U.S. senator announced his intention to run for the White House in 2008.
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Australia&#39;s Federal Opposition Labor party leader has seized on the question of whether the Prime Minister, John Howard, will serve a full three year term if the Coalition wins the October election.
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Prime Minister John Howard came under fire Monday after publicly supporting US President George W. Bush for re-election, with the Democrats calling his endorsement &quot;inappropriate.
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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.
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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.
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CANBERRA: Australia&#39;s conservative government led opposition Labour on Monday ahead of a weekend election that one analyst said Prime Minister John Howard looked increasingly likely to win.
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DESCRIBING himself as the &quot;underdog&quot; who is facing the biggest fight of his political career, Australiaâs prime minister, John Howard, yesterday announced his decision to go to the polls against a man 22 years his younger.
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PRIME Minister Mr John Howard was yesterday forced to defend Mr Alexander Downer in relation to the Foreign Ministers comments that Australia was not bound to help the US defend Taiwan.
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Australia's media has judged Prime Minister John Howard's criticism of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq as an embarrassing and surprising gaffe.
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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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The federal election race in Australia has been close during the first week of campaign, but polls indicated Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s ruling coalition has done slightly better.
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PRIME Minister John Howard has been labelled a political Rambo after he defended yesterday the Government&#39;s right to launch a pre-emptive attack on terrorist groups in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Prime Minister John Howard has been accused of turning his back on Asia, kowtowing to America and being Australia's most boring leader.
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JOHN Howard and Mark Latham are both footy followers but it looks like they prepared their policy statements for the leaders debate while watching very boring tennis on television.
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CANBERRA -- Australia&#39;s main opposition Labor party&#39;s lead over the conservative government weakened in a poll trend released on Monday, as a heated battle over economic management dominates debate ahead of an Oct. 9 election.
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TONY EASTLEY: As mentioned the Prime Minister is also in northern Australia and his focus is also on national security, although he&#39;s under attack for his initial opposition to the Coalition&#39;s $600 family payment.