Australian PM Confident of Re-Election
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he is confident of winning re-election to a fourth term this week, but by a narrow margin.
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Conservative Australian Prime Minister  John Howard is about to call an Oct. 9 election to seek a  fourth consecutive term in office, local media said on Sunday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  signaled on Thursday he may seek a fifth term and lead his  conservative government to the next election due in 2007,  despite pressure from his ambitious treasurer to step down.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday that Indonesia is not a danger to his country even though a recent poll suggests the most Australians think otherwise.
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SYDNEY, Australia Australia&#39;s newly re-elected prime minister says he won&#39;t increase the number of his country&#39;s troops in Iraq.
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JOHN Howard is the second leader of the coalition of the willing to go to the polls in an election likely to be dominated by national security, the Iraq war and the US alliance.
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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard Tuesday vowed to fight this year&#39;s election despite reports senior ministers have told the conservative leader his position in untenable.
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PRIME Minister John Howard has called an election he cannot confidently predict he will win. But he is a political veteran and has calculated that the six-week campaign is more likely to serve
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Prime Minister John Howard, who has encouraged older people to keep working after retirement, is hoping Australia&#39;s voters will let him do just that.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard is seeking a fourth term in power at today&#39;s election, promising to extend 13 years of economic growth and keep mortgage rates low.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has downplayed an early revival of a defense pact with Indonesia, preferring instead to focus on what he calls the &quot;huge achievement&quot; of a peaceful presidential election in Australia&#39;s
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(Sydney, Australia-AP) Oct. 9, 2004 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard has claimed victory in national elections. The vote will ensure the country keeps its troops in Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  claimed victory on Saturday over center-left opposition Labor  after an election that returned his conservative government for  a fourth straight term in office. "I am truly humbled by this  extraordinary expression of confidence in the leadership of  this great nation by the coalition," a beaming Howard, 65, told  supporters gathered in a downtown Sydney hotel.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a  key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated on  Sunday his election win over opposition Labor after voters  enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Australia is bracing itself for a renewed round of conservative reform following Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s fourth election victory, handing him power not enjoyed by any Government for more than two decades.
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SYDNEY -- Prime Minister John Howard of Australia, a key US ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated his election win over opposition Labor after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Prime Minister Helen Clark has congratulated Australian Prime Minister John Howard on his fourth straight election victory, and in the process has drawn some not-so-subtle parallels with her own prospects heading into next year&#39;s election.