Howard backs Bush on Iraq at APEC
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard promised President George W. Bush he would keep troops in Iraq despite mounting pressure at home to withdraw, as annual Asia-Pacific meetings began in Sydney.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, one of President Bush&#39;s closet allies, on Tuesday became his country&#39;s second-longest serving leader.
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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.
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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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After a lightning visit to Iraq where he hinted at possible U.S. troop cuts, President George W. Bush arrives in Australia on Tuesday for an Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting amid heavy security and anti-war protests.
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Prime Minister John Howard, fresh from winning an election mandate to keep Australian troops in Iraq as long as needed, said Monday he would keep his foreign minister and make the war on terror a top priority of his fourth term.
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally and supporter of the Iraq war, resoundingly beat centre-left opposition Labour at a national election yesterday to win a fourth straight term in office.
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President Bush stood before an annual gathering of world leaders yesterday and forcefully defended his decision to invade Iraq, urging all
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Prime Minister John Howard will meet with US President George W Bush this weekend at the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Chile.
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US President George W Bush is due in Sydney for Apec, amid the tightest security Australia has ever seen.
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SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday that national security and keeping Australia&#39;s booming economy strong would be the priorities of his fourth term, and that he had no plans for major changes in the number of troops Australia has in Iraq.
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THE re-election of British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be seen as an endorsement of the military action in Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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Former President George H.W. Bush backs John McCain's efforts to increase support for the Iraq war in a new video, a telecast that aides to both men say shouldn't be construed as an endorsement of McCain's White House bid.
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President Bush strongly backed Iraq's prime minister on Thursday, saying Iraqi forces would be trained more quickly to take over security and Washington was not seeking a "graceful exit" for U.S. troops.
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WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush spoke with Australian Prime Minister John Howard about the North Korea nuclear deal and the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the White House said.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard cemented a strong alliance on Wednesday as Asia-Pacific ministers began talks ranging from human security and climate change to trade and economic reform.
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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 ...