Australian premier: No plans to increase troops in Iraq
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SYDNEY, Australia Australia&#39;s newly re-elected prime minister says he won&#39;t increase the number of his country&#39;s troops in Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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Australia&#39;s opposition Labor party has questioned the pre-emptive strike policy announced by the Prime Minister John Howard, and asked why he hasn&#39;t launched a military attack against terrorists in the region.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Australian voters face a stark choice on Iraq when they choose a new prime minister - to stay or to go.    Prime Minister John Howard, whose conservative coalition is seeking a fourth three-year term on Oct...
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Prime Minister John Howard has responded to reports that he was warned by a senior defence officer shortly before Australia went to war against Iraq that Saddam Hussein did not have any banned weapons.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama to become U.S. president
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Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd said Saturday that he would bring the nation&#39;s troops home from Iraq by the middle of next year if elected to government.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday that Australia will not make concessions with kidnappers of two Australians if the hostage-taking information is confirmed.
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Federal Labor leader Mark Latham says the Prime Minister needs to face up to the reality that there were no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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Britain has not yet decided whether to send 650 troops to relieve US forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday, while rejecting suggestions that such a move would be aimed at boosting US President George W. Bush&#39;s electoral campaign.
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Australian PM John Howard stands by his decision to join the US-led war on Iraq, ahead of Saturday's election.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s prime minister says his forces &quot;will not be lenient&quot; in a crackdown on Fallujah if the city doesn&#39;t turn over a notorious Jordanian militant.
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Prime Minister John Howard has stood firm against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports that two Australians have been taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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The Australian government Wednesday denied that Britain was planning to &quot;cut and run&quot; from Iraq after confirmation that London would start withdrawing troops from the war-torn country.
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SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister John Howard assured Indonesia on Tuesday that Australia is unlikely to launch a preemptive attack on its neighbor to take out a terrorist target.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has played down videos of Australian soldiers in Iraq, including one showing a gun held to the head of a kneeling man in Arab dress.
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President Bush vigorously defended his troop buildup in Iraq on Wednesday, and got a boost when Australian Prime Minister John Howard said his country's forces there won't change for the foreseeable future.