Australian PM doubts debt freeze
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Australian PM John Howard expresses doubts about proposals for a debt freeze for tsunami-hit countries.
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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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OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham said today Labor would aim to keep the Budget surplus at its current level of about $2.5 billion. But Mr Latham said the situation would not be clear until the release of figures by the Government on Friday.
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The Australian PM says his government will not apologise to freed Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Monday the government would not rule out filing criminal charges against an Australian terror suspect released last month from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay.
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MARK COLVIN: The Prime Minister, John Howard, is under pressure this afternoon to explain his claims that interest rates would be higher under a Labor government.
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CANBERRA - Australia&#39;s foreign minister says it may be several days before the government can verify whether two Australian security guards have been taken hostage in Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard is seeking a fourth term in power at today&#39;s election, promising to extend 13 years of economic growth and keep mortgage rates low.
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed aside fears that a projected joint security declaration with Japan would harm his country's ties with China, press reports said.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  signaled on Thursday he may seek a fifth term and lead his  conservative government to the next election due in 2007,  despite pressure from his ambitious treasurer to step down.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday that Australia is unlikely to sign a non-aggression treaty with the members of the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN).
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PM battles to avoid nationalisation but City is sceptical that private saviour will rescue bank
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PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair.
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Australia's interest rates, stable at 5.25 percent since December 2003, may be raised within months amid signs of renewed inflationary pressures, the central bank warned.
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Australia&#39;s inflation rate was contained and gasoline prices may ease in coming months, Treasuer Peter Costello told reporters in Melbourne.
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OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham had failed to outline a plan for future management of the national economy in his speech at Labor&#39;s campaign launch yesterday, Prime Minister John Howard said.