Aussies reelect PM - a win for U.S.
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Conservative Australian Prime Minister John Howard easily won national elections for a fourth term yesterday, ensuring the staunch U.S. ally keeps its troops in Iraq.
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Australians voted Saturday in a knife-edge election after a campaign focusing on the economy and social programs more than Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s unpopular decision to send troops to Iraq.
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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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World rugby league champion Australia beat the USA Tomahawks 36-24 in Philadelphia, rallying from an 18- point halftime deficit to avoid one of the biggest upsets in the sport&#39;s history.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated on Sunday his election win over opposition Labor after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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John Howard ensured his control over Australian politics for the next four years on Oct. 9 when he swept to an impressive fourth term as prime minister and his Liberal Party
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A LATHAM election win would not affect the willingness of the United States to certify the legislation establishing the Australia-US free trade agreement, federal Trade Minister Mark Vaile said yesterday, effectively diffusing the trade deal as a
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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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They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull off another gold-medal victory. Johnson and Thompson gave the United States a huge lift with their second-half scoring, and the Americans beat Australia 74-63 on Saturday for their third straight Olympic basketball title.
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Afghanistan's first democratic vote and the electoral success of Australia's Prime Minister John Howard, a staunch Iraq war ally, gave President George W. Bush a major boost three weeks from the US vote.
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By Michael Cavanagh, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Australia correspondent. CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his would-be successor have clashed on foreign policy in the build-up to Saturday&#39;s general election.
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Like Australia&#39;s recent election, the American election was a study in contrasting campaign styles and issues. In both elections a conservative incumbent, who was loathed by elites, triumphed on the day.
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SYDNEY - Polling booths closed in Australia&#39;s most populous eastern states on Saturday in a tight election between the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard and opposition Labor under Mark Latham.
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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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Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has to win upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the US-led coalition in Iraq.
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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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Australia will seal a security  relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense  ties with any country except the United States, but Prime  Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with  China.