Australian PM aets election date
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seeking his fourth term, has called a general election for Oct. 9, the BBC reported Sunday.
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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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There's nothing like a brisk walk in the morning to clear your head and get mentally prepared for the day ahead -- just ask Australia's power-walking Prime Minister John Howard as he fights a tough election.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has called long-anticipated national elections for October 9. As in Spain earlier this year, he faces an opposition that has vowed to withdraw its troops from the American-led coalition in Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has launched his campaign for next month&#39;s election, promising to keep Australian troops in Iraq as long as necessary and to increase government spending on education.
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Australia&#39;s Prime Minister and the country&#39;s main opposition leader say &quot;trust&quot; will be a key issue when voters go to the polls on October the ninth.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Speculation is rife that Australian Prime Minister John Howard this weekend will call an election for October 9, launching a campaign that won
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AUSTRALIA will go the polls on October 9 after a six-week election campaign which Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham agree will be about trust.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal-National coalition is poised to win a fourth term in office after pledging to extend 13 years of economic growth, keep interest rates low, cut taxes and increase spending.
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Opposition Leader Mark Latham says he is ready for an election campaign if the Prime Minister calls one. Mr Howard flew into Canberra from Launceston yesterday and reportedly spent the afternoon locked in talks with senior advisers.
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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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Conservative Australian Prime Minister  John Howard began the formal process for calling a cliff-hanger  election tipped for Oct. 9 when he arrived at Government House  on Sunday.
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Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has to win upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the US-led coalition in Iraq.
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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's troop deployment in Iraq.
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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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Australian leader John Howard calls a general election for 9 October, seeking a fourth term.
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Prime Minister John Howard is betting eight years of economic growth and interest rates at a three- decade low will win him a fourth consecutive term in office when 13 million Australians elect a new government tomorrow.