Australia&#39;s Howard Pledges to Keep Troops in Iraq
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has launched his campaign for next month&#39;s election, promising to keep Australian troops in Iraq as long as necessary and to increase government spending on education.
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vowed Friday his nation's troops would stay in East Timor as long as needed, following assassination bids on the president and prime minister this week.
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Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has to win upcoming elections to prevent a pullout by Canberra from the US-led coalition in Iraq.
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Australia vowed Friday to stand firm with the US in Iraq as visiting Vice President Dick Cheney warned the only way to survive terrorism was to go on the offensive &quot;till the enemy is destroyed&quot;.
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SYDNEY, AustraliaâPrime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative alliance handily won a fourth term in Australia&#39;s parliamentary elections yesterday, overcoming widespread anger at his decision to send troops to Iraq last year and his pledge to keep them
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Australia&#39;s election campaign is in its final stages, with the country&#39;s role in Iraq again a major talking point. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he does not need to apologize for joining last
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barak Obama to become U.S. president.
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CANBERRA, Australia -- Prime Minister John Howard's fracas with Senator Barack Obama of Illinois provoked a third straight day of political recriminations yesterday, as the Australian leader told parliament that the pledge by the Democratic presidential candidate to withdraw troops from Iraq would only invite more bloodshed.
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Prime Minister John Howard is to commit Australian troops in Iraq to a new and more risky role when the Japanese military engineers they are guarding are withdrawn.
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The opposition Labor Party leader blasted Prime Minister John Howard Wednesday for supporting the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and vowed to bring most of Australia's troops home by Christmas.
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The opposition Labor Party renewed its pledge to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq if it wins October 9 elections, setting relations with ally Washington at the center of the election campaign.
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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 said Tuesday that he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday denied he planned to suddenly withdraw troops from Iraq, saying the idea was &quot;absurd&quot;.
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Australia will not reduce its troop commitment in Iraq simply because the United States has moved to scale down its military presence there, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday.
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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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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.