Australian PM confident in final election week, opposition says ...
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SYDNEY : The final week of Australia&#39;s October 9 election began with conservative Prime Minister John Howard confident of winning a fourth term and opposition leader Mark Latham embracing the underdog tag.
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Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham will target key marginal seats around Sydney as the election campaign hits its second week.
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PRIME Minister John Howard will visit Brisbane today, and Opposition Leader Mark Latham will be in Melbourne, as the election campaign enters its final week.
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SYDNEY : The opposition Labor Party renewed its pledge to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq if it wins October 9 elections, setting relations with ally Washington at the centre of the election campaign.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australians will vote on  Oct. 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative  government against center-left Labor, with national security  and the economy as major issues, Prime Minister John Howard  said on Sunday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday announced that the next federal election will be held on Oct. 9. He said at a press conference here that voters will decide
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Opposition leaders begin weighing up on Sunday whether to support a government led by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern after final election results confirmed he was on track to secure a third successive term.
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Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham won the only public debate that he and Prime Minster John Howard will hold before an Oct. 9 general election, according to audience responses to the event.
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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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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 could call an election as early as Wednesday, after a regional summit marked by questions over his future, reports said Saturday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal Party took a substantial lead over the opposition in nationwide elections Saturday, and both sides said the government, a steadfast US ally in the Iraq war, was all but certain to retain power.
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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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AUSTRALIA As the Oct. 9 election nears, polls show the rivals - the coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard, and Mark Latham&#39;s Labor party â-eck-and-neck.
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Australia's opposition Labor Party matched government promises to cut income taxes on Friday, to stem a surge in voter support back to the government ahead of elections in November.
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Embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard Tuesday vowed to fight this year&#39;s election despite reports that senior ministers have told the conservative leader his position is untenable.
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Australia's conservative government was  poised to win Saturday's general election over center-left  opposition Labor by, according to television media pundits.