Howard tipped to finally call Australian elections this weekend
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard is widely expected to announce an election date this weekend, setting off a tight race between his conservative coalition and a resurgent Labor Party.
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Announcing the election date, Mr Howard said it would be a decision for voters about who they trusted most to look after Australia and its economic future.
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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 leader John Howard is set to call a general election, widely expected to be on 9 October.
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Australia&#39;s Prime Minister John Howard has to win the upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the United States-led coalition in Iraq - a move which would deal a blow to American President George Bush&#39;s global war on terror.
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Australia will go to the polls on October 9, Prime Minister John Howard has announced. Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative government, which was elected in 1996, is seeking a fourth
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Australia&#39;s prime minister, John Howard, the Pacific region&#39;s only committed member of the &quot;coalition of the willing&quot;, is locked in a tight battle in tomorrow&#39;s election.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who led the conservative Liberal-National coalition to power in 1996, said his government would win an election on Oct. 9. ``I think we&#39;ll make
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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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SYDNEY: Prime Minister John Howard has kicked off his bid for a fourth term in office on shaky ground, forced to call elections sooner than he would have liked by a robust attack on his credibility from the opposition, editorialists said Monday.
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PRIME Minister John Howard was last night deciding whether to call an election today for October 9, with key advisers arguing there was no advantage in waiting.
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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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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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John Howard to hand over Australian prime ministership if he wins next election
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday called a general election for Oct. 9, with his conservative government trailing well behind the opposition Labor Party in opinion polls.
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One week away from a knife-edge  election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared on  Sunday he would be re-elected on Oct. 9, but only just, as  anti-Iraq war rallies urged voters to throw him out of office.
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ON the eve of possibly calling a federal election, Prime Minister John Howard chose his words carefully when delivering the key speech at the Tasmanian Liberal State Council yesterday.