Labor Party faces vexing challenges
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The ruling Labor Party opened its annual meeting yesterday with elections looming next year, the opposition gaining favor in polls and Prime Minister Tony Blair eager to head off a rebuke over Iraq from his party&#39;s left wing.
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CANBERRA -- Australia&#39;s main opposition Labor party&#39;s lead over the conservative government weakened in a poll trend released on Monday, as a heated battle over economic management dominates debate ahead of an Oct. 9 election.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and his left-wing party face a tough challenge from the centrist opposition in today - s presidential and parliamentary elections.
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MARK Latham&#39;s ability to hold a warring Labor Party together is being stretched to its limit after another frontbencher quit and foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd indicated he was considering his future as he pressed for a promotion.
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Australia was plunged into a fresh row over its abortion laws, after the new leader of the Labor opposition backed a pro-life coalition for the first time.
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One of the most controversial issues of the last Australian elections has returned to haunt the prime minister, John Howard, as support for his coalition slumps in the run-up to federal polls.
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LABOR has failed to make inroads in Coalition marginal seats, casting doubt on its chances of winning Saturday&#39;s election. An exclusive Newspoll shows the Coalition hanging on to its lead in the seats Mark Latham must win.
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Labor Party Chair Shimon Peres is facing growing opposition from his party over his decision to continue coalition talks with Likud despite the Likud convention&#39;s resolution last week against bringing Labor into the government.
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TONY EASTLEY: AMA President, Dr Bill Glasson might like to get a flak jacket and a tin helmet as he comes under continued heavy fire from the Labor Party for criticising its Medicare Gold policy for over 75&#39;s.
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New Labour is no longer the party of shiny, happy people, and it is no longer fashionable. This may be no bad thing: the party will learn patience and gain intellectual strength.
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WHILE Tony Blair and his more loyal colleagues struggled to effect a minor revolution they claimed would guarantee Labourâs supremacy for yet more years last week, their MPs were concentrating on an issue that could see them wrested from power within
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Tony Blair reportedly faces growing opposition within Labour to his plan to serve a full third term.
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LABOR&#39;S elusive tax policy could be all that stands between Mark Latham and the Lodge after both parties declared hip-pocket issues would decide the poll.
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Just four days before a closely fought election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he faces a tough battle despite an opinion poll showing his conservative government ahead of opposition Labour.
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Australia&#39;s opposition Labor party has questioned the pre-emptive strike policy announced by the Prime Minister John Howard, and asked why he hasn&#39;t launched a military attack against terrorists in the region.
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If the &quot;worm&quot; has a vote, Australian Prime Minister John Howard looks to be in trouble in the national elections to be held on October 9. The &quot;worm&quot; -- a staple
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced his party for the last time as its leader on Tuesday, insisting Labour can win a fourth term, but admitting it won't be easy.