Howard wins big in Australia
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SYDNEY Prime Minister John Howard looked set Sunday to become Australia&#39;s most powerful leader for a generation after a crushing election victory effectively handed him control of both houses of Parliament and gave him a mandate to pursue a stalled
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The Australian opposition's battered economic credibility received a boost as its big-spending tax plan won widespread plaudits, although a poll showed most voters prefer the conservative government's financial management.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard managed to secure another term as leader after election results released Saturday handily declared him the winner.
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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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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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John Howard becomes Australia's second-longest serving leader, overtaking Labor strongman Bob Hawke.
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John Howard was embarking on a surprise fourth term as Australia&#39;s prime minister yesterday in defiance of polls that had predicted a general election win for the anti-war Labour opposition.
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Australia&#39;s role in the US-led coalition in Iraq was cemented at the ballot box Saturday when Prime Minister John Howard swept to his fourth consecutive
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who led the conservative Liberal-National coalition to power in 1996, said his government would win an election on Oct. 9. ``I think we&#39;ll make
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Prime Minister John Howard, one of the staunchest U.S. allies in the war in Iraq, defied predictions about a close race and won a convincing victory for a historic fourth term on Saturday despite widespread public disagreement in Australia with Howard's position on the war.
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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. On Saturday, he assured himself a place in the country's history with a fourth consecutive election victory that will make him Australia's second-longest-serving prime minister in December.
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By MARK METHERELL, MATT WADE, TOM ALLARD and COSIMA MARRINER. Australia&#39;s prime minister John Howard has proffered $A1 billion in new handouts to older Australians two days after Labor&#39;s $A2.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard won his fourth consecutive election last night, increasing his majority in a contest that was on a knife edge until the last minute.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal-National coalition is poised to win a fourth term in office after pledging to extend 13 years of economic growth, keep interest rates low, cut taxes and increase spending.
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JOHN Howard has full control of the Senate within his grasp after an emphatic election victory that will allow the Coalition to embark on an ambitious reform agenda, including the $30 billion sale of Telstra and further industrial relations changes.
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SYDNEY  - Australians went to the polls in national elections tipped to see the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally in Iraq, beat off a strong challenge from the center-left Labor Party.
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Australia wrapped up their first series win in India in 35 years after an overwhelming victory by 342 runs in the third Test in Nagpur.