Polls point to Howard victory
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Australians vote in less than 24 hours to choose a new government with most key pointers suggesting the incumbent conservative coalition of Prime Minister John Howard will be returned.
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The final week of Australia'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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SYDNEY  - Australians went to the polls in national elections tipped to see the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally in Iraq, beat off a strong challenge from the center-left Labor Party.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard managed to secure another term as leader after election results released Saturday handily declared him the winner.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Prime Minister John Howard scored a convincing victory in Australia's federal election Saturday, winning a historic fourth term in a vote ensuring the staunch U.S. ally keeps its troops in Iraq...
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Prime Minister John Howard has ended the phoney election campaign, naming October 9 as the day he hopes to cement his place in history by winning a fourth consecutive term.
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PRIME Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham today began a last-minute pitch for votes, as polls and newspaper editorials pointed to a coalition win in tomorrow&#39;s federal election.
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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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TODAY&#39;S Newspoll was no guarantee of victory for the Coalition and the election result would be close, Prime Minister John Howard said.
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The popularity of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has grown since the Labor leader's election late last year, according to a new poll published Tuesday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s governing Liberal Party took a slight lead in nationwide elections Saturday, according to initial results, an early sign that one of President Bush&#39;s most ardent allies in the Iraq war may
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Australia has returned incumbent Prime Minister John Howard for a fourth consecutive term of government, probably with an increased majority in the Parliament.
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The government of Prime Minister John Howard had a narrow lead in opinion polls heading into the final week of campaigning ahead of the Australian federal election, but the opposition Labor party was narrowing the gap, according
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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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Denmark votes on Tuesday in what opinion polls say will be a victory for PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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WHEN it comes to national security as an election issue, John Howard still leads Mark Latham by a wide margin as preferred prime minister.
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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.