Australian opposition party taps leader
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Australia's main opposition party on Monday elected a new leader in a bid to end Prime Minister John Howard's 11-year winning streak.
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Mark Latham was re-elected leader of the Australian Labor Party, one of Australia&#39;s biggest political parties, here Friday. Jenny Macklin was returned to the deputy&#39;s position.
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Two men from bitterly opposed parties are set to be tapped Friday as leaders of an interim government.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - The leader of Australia's opposition Labour party announced Tuesday he will quit politics because of ill health.
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A Pakistani opposition alliance will field its jailed leader against a candidate backed by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in an election for a new prime minister, an opposition spokesman said Thursday.
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Australian opposition parties branded Prime Minister John Howard a lame duck leader Thursday following a surprise promise to stand down before his term ends if re-elected later this year.
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A new poll showed Australia's government clawing back ground from the opposition as the race for the October 9 election heats up.
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The moderate Labor Party has chosen young lawmakers to serve as ministers in a new government under the leadership of Ariel Sharon, another step toward forming an alliance that will solidly back a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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The opposition Labor Party leader blasted Prime Minister John Howard Wednesday for supporting the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and vowed to bring most of Australia's troops home by Christmas.
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Nigeria's main opposition party says it will join newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua's government.
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An Australian opinion poll has indicated a rise in support for the governing coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard. But two days in to the six-week election campaign the main opposition Labor Party headed
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SYDNEY, Australia Australian Labor Party members say Mark Latham should keep leading the group despite losing yesterday&#39;s election to the incumbent prime minister.
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The main opposition party grabbed credit Thursday for forcing an amendment to the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement that it says will ensure that cheap generic drugs are not blocked from the Australian market.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, one of President Bush&#39;s closet allies, on Tuesday became his country&#39;s second-longest serving leader.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Australian Prime Minister John Howard's governing Liberal Party took a slight lead in nationwide elections Saturday, according to initial results, an early sign that one of President Bush's most ardent allies in the Iraq war may retain power.    With just over 10.4 percent of the vote counted, the Liberal Party had 53.7 percent of the vote and the opposition Labor Party had 46.3 percent, according to the early results...
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Opinion polls give Australia's opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.
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By Michael Cavanagh, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Australia correspondent. CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his would-be successor have clashed on foreign policy in the build-up to Saturday&#39;s general election.