Polls open in Australian general election with contenders in dead heat
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his Labour party challenger were in a virtual dead heat as voting began Saturday in a general election, with voters focusing on the economy and social programs more than Howard's decision to send troops to Iraq.
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SYDNEY - The final week of Australia&#39;s Oct 9 election began Monday 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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CANBERRA - Australia&#39;s political leaders went head-to-head yesterday in a national debate dominated by the war on terror as campaigning for the Oct 9 polls resumed.
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President Bush is now in a  statistical dead heat with Democratic challenger Sen. John  Kerry for the Nov. 2 election, in a tightening of the race  after the first debate last week, a poll on Monday showed.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee are in a statistical dead heat as voters head to the polls in South Carolina's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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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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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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SYDNEY - Voters face a stark foreign policy choice in tomorrow&#39;s polls - Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s unquestioning support for the United States alliance versus Labour opposition leader Mark Latham&#39;s emphasis on building ties with Asia.
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Two new polls showed Australia's conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election.
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George W. Bush and John Kerry remained on the move and on the attack Sunday -- with the US presidential race still very tight -- and according to many polls in a dead heat.
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Description: Australians go to the polls Saturday to choose a prime minster. The incumbent, conservative politician John Howard, supported President Bush&#39;s war on Iraq and contributed 2,000 Australian troops to the effort.
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Political fires are still burning brightly ahead of this weekend's elections
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The two leading Palestinian presidential candidates, Mahmoud Abbas and Marwan Barghouti, are in a statistical dead heat ahead of the election next month to succeed Yasir Arafat, two opinion polls released Monday indicate.
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The two main contenders in Australia's federal election make their final pitches before Saturday's poll.
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The ruling Labor Party opened its annual meeting yesterday with elections looming next year, the opposition gaining favor in polls and Prime Minister Tony Blair eager to head off a rebuke over Iraq from his party&#39;s left wing.
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THE six-week slog towards an October 9 election begins today, with both John Howard and Mark Latham promising a campaign about trust in government.
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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