Terror fears hang over Australian election
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A former US presidential adviser has warned Australia is at increased risk of a Spanish-style attack ahead of the October 9 election, citing the opposition's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq.
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Bomb scares marked the start of campaigning for Indonesia&#39;s presidential run-off on Tuesday, five days after a suicide attack on the Australian embassy, but bread-and-butter issues appeared uppermost in voters&#39; minds.
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Australia&#39;s political leaders have hit the hustings with a blitz of the airwaves to set the tone for the country&#39;s longest election campaign in 20 years -- who do voters trust?
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JAKARTA A bomb in Jakarta 11 days before Indonesia&#39;s presidential election may lead voters to decide a neck-and-neck race based on security concerns.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday stood by his comments from a day earlier when he said that terrorists should pray that Sen. Barack Obama and the Democrats take over the White House in 2008.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his Labour party challenger were in a virtual dead heat as voting began Saturday in a general election, with voters focusing on the economy and social programs more than Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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Government counterterror experts say the threat of an attack by al-Qaida remains a significant concern, perhaps even this year, although the nation safely passed the benchmark of the Nov. 2 election.
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Australiaâs prime minister has said another terror attack in Southeast Asia was âa near inevitabilityâ and promised to pump millions of dollars into combating the threat if he retains office in October elections, including basing counter-terrorism
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Election officials are beefing up security and taking other precautions at many of the nation's 200,000 polling places amid continuing concern that al-Qaida terrorists are intent on disrupting the U.S. political process.
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The campaign for the final round of Indonesia&#39;s presidential elections has kicked off, surrounded by heavy security following last week&#39;s bomb attack against the Australian Embassy.
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Australian political leaders have gone into hot debate Monday as how to eliminate threat of regional terrorism, either through cooperation with local countries, or a pre-emptive strikes.
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Australia is steeling itself for a bitter, big-spending final week of the election campaign, underscored by an even more fervent scare campaign to frighten voters into declaring themselves
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A looming election has turned Australian Prime Minister John Howard's traditional morning stroll into a walk on the wild side.
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WASHINGTON - As the election draws nearer, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned al-Qaida terrorists will mount a devastating attack to try to disrupt the political process...
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An Australian once detained in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of helping al Qaeda said on Friday he would stand for election to the New South Wales state parliament.
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The vast majority of Australians do not believe the war in Iraq has reduced the threat of terrorism, a survey from a foreign policy think tank has shown.
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Australian PM John Howard puts security back on the election agenda with plans for a regional spy school.