Iraq Again In Forefront as Australian Election Approaches
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Australia&#39;s election campaign is in its final stages, with the country&#39;s role in Iraq again a major talking point. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he does not need to apologize for joining last
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Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday called a national election for Oct. 9 which is likely to serve as a referendum on Australia&#39;s troop deployment in Iraq.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now, and the insurgency there is increasingly drawing warnings from neighbouring countries, particularly about the viability of the elections due to be held in Iraq in January.
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Twenty-seven days left before the election, Iraq continued to dominate campaign appearances, as well as headlines.
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Stakes of Sunday's election look high for Iraq and world.
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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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Australians have gone to the polls in national elections that will decide if their country remains in Iraq as staunch allies of the United States or pulls out by Christmas to switch its international focus to engagement with Asia.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Australian voters face a stark choice on Iraq when they choose a new prime minister - to stay or to go.    Prime Minister John Howard, whose conservative coalition is seeking a fourth three-year term on Oct...
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Description: Australians go to the polls Saturday to choose a prime minster. The incumbent, conservative politician John Howard, supported President Bush&#39;s war on Iraq and contributed 2,000 Australian troops to the effort.
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The extended train wreck that has been American-dominated Iraq is winding its way toward a decisive intersection: the national elections scheduled for Jan. 30, 2005, where voters will be asked
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The huge turnout in Iraq's landmark elections should not be a trigger to hasten the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from the country, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said.
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Australia's government looked set for a fourth straight term, according to a poll trend released on the eve of Saturday's election, as rival leaders made last-minute pitches over the economy and the U.S.-led Iraq war.
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Prime Minister John Howard has again raised the prospect of Australian forces striking deep into neighbouring countries as the major parties try to strengthen their credentials in the war on terror before the October 9 election.
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A WEEK ago the Australian Government was talking about moving the Australian Embassy in Baghdad to a highly fortified zone. It followed a major review of security of Australian interests in hot spots prompted
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Australians voted in parliamentary elections Saturday with Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger in a virtual dead heat, following a campaign that focused more on the economy and social programs than on Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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AUSTRALIAN prime minister John Howard last night scored a stunning victory in the countryâs federal election, winning a historic fourth term in a vote that will ensure the country keeps its troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future.
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Violence in Iraq threatens to overshadow the start of Tony Blair&#39;s party conference as the prime minister struggles to turn attention to the domestic agenda ahead of the next election, expected next year.