Howard urges arms transparency
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Any IRA decommissioning should be transparent, Conservative leader Michael Howard says.
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_ Australia plans to closely monitor ships beyond its territorial waters in a move to boost the country&#39;s defenses against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said
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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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Australia&#39;s ruling conservative coalition has promised to maintain its commitment to the war on terror. At the party&#39;s official campaign launch in Brisbane, the Prime Minister, John Howard, said
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard sought Thursday to calm a diplomatic row over the treatment in Sydney of a visiting Indonesian politician.
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Prime Minister John Howard says he is confident Australia&#39;s neighbours will understand the Government&#39;s decision to purchase long-range cruise missiles.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  officially launched his government's campaign on Sunday for an  Oct. 9 election with billion-dollar promises to woo voters and  a defiant stand against terror.
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The Victorian government has called on Prime Minister John Howard for a more sophisticated approach to dealing with the problems in indigenous communities.
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AUSTRALIA needed to be doing more than giving out fridge magnets in the war against terror, Labor&#39;s foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd said yesterday.
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister John Howard, under fire over his credibility ahead of an election expected within months, on Saturday identified interest rates and industrial relations as key election issues.
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SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday that national security and keeping Australia&#39;s booming economy strong would be the priorities of his fourth term, and that he had no plans for major changes in the number of troops Australia has in Iraq.
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In one of his final speeches before national elections on Saturday, Mr Howard said he had no regrets sending troops to the Gulf. He was responding to the chief UN weapons inspector&#39;s report
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the militant group Hezbollah must be disarmed if the UN-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon was to work.
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Prime Minister John Howard has outlined plans to make Australia an &amp;quot;energy superpower&amp;quot; and said nuclear energy was a vital part of his vision.
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SYDNEY - One week away from a knife-edge election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared yesterday that he would be re-elected, but only just.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Fresh from winning a fourth term in office, Australian Prime Minister John Howard renewed his commitment Wednesday to the principle of launching pre-emptive strikes on terror cells in neighbouring Asian nations, but said they probably wouldn't be needed.
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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.