Polls Show Tight Contest in Australia
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SYDNEY, Australia Oct. 9, 2004 - Australians voted Saturday on whether to hold onto their three-term conservative government and keep their troops in Iraq, or choose the opposition Labor Party and endorse
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Like Australia&#39;s recent election, the American election was a study in contrasting campaign styles and issues. In both elections a conservative incumbent, who was loathed by elites, triumphed on the day.
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A new poll showed Australia's government clawing back ground from the opposition as the race for the October 9 election heats up.
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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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Australia's opposition Labor Party promises big tax breaks if it wins October's elections, as polls indicate a tight race.
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SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia&#39;s opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call.
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Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s government has a narrow lead over the opposition Labor Party, according to two polls published Saturday, just three weeks ahead of Australia&#39;s federal election.
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Australians voted Saturday in an  election which offered the choice between a conservative  government that unreservedly backs the United States and its  Iraq war and a Labor opposition seeking stronger ties in Asia.
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Votes are now being counted in Australia, with early results predicting a victory for John Howard.
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POLLS out today giving the coalition a lead over the Labor Party proved how close the contest would be, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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Australia's conservative government has slipped further behind the Labor opposition ahead of a November parliamentary election after both sides unveiled multi-billion dollar tax pledges, a new poll showed on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger were in a virtual dead heat on the eve of parliamentary elections, with Australians focusing on the economy and social programs more than Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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An election campaign parades the political divide in the community. Yesterday, amid the extraordinary uncertainty about whether Australians had been taken hostage in Iraq, we saw the glue that unites the two sides of politics.
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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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The latest round of polls in the US election race shows the presidential candidates more or less tied, with Democratic hopeful John Kerry trailing Republican president George Bush by two or three percentage points, a gap still within a margin of error.
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The contenders in Australia&#39;s election are neck and neck three days before the ballot, with the latest opinion polls disagreeing on who will win.
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Australia's Labor opposition has edged back to an election-winning lead 11 days before the vote, according to a new poll just three days after a rival study gave the government a similar lead.