Early results favor Howard in Australia
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s governing Liberal Party took a slight lead in nationwide elections Saturday, according to initial results, an early sign that one of President Bush&#39;s most ardent allies in the Iraq war may
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister John Howard, a key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated his election win on Sunday after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, one of the staunchest U.S. allies in the war in Iraq, won re-election by a convincing margin on Saturday, despite what the Associated Press called "widespread public ...
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John Howard has secured a place in Australian political history after an unexpectedly comfortable win in the general election. The veteran conservative is now on course to become the country&#39;s
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister  John Howard celebrated a thumping election victory Sunday after  voters, enjoying the fruits of a strong economy, gave him what  looked certain to be an increased majority.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister, John Howard, won the strongest mandate of any leader in nearly 25 years yesterday when he took control of the upper house of parliament.
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WHEN it comes to national security as an election issue, John Howard still leads Mark Latham by a wide margin as preferred prime minister.
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister  John Howard, a key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war,  celebrated his election win Sunday after voters enjoying the  fruits of a strong economy gave him a fourth term.
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An Australian opinion poll has indicated a rise in support for the governing coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard. But two days in to the six-week election campaign the main opposition Labor Party headed
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he is confident of winning re-election to a fourth term this week, but by a narrow margin.
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SYDNEY : Two new polls showed Australia&#39;s conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election.
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister  John Howard, a key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war,  celebrated on Sunday his election win after voters enjoying the  fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative alliance handily won a fourth term in Australia&#39;s parliamentary elections Saturday, overcoming widespread anger at his decision to send troops to Iraq last year and his pledge to keep them there.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard called an election for Oct. 9 betting that income tax cuts and a national security record will help his conservative coalition defeat the opposition Labor Party.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his Labour party challenger were in a virtual dead heat as voting began Saturday in a general election, with voters focusing on the economy and social programs more than Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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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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Australia has returned incumbent Prime Minister John Howard for a fourth consecutive term of government, probably with an increased majority in the Parliament.