Howard dismisses Iraq letter row
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PRIME Minister John Howard today rejected claims warnings from a top weapons expert were ignored before Australia sent troops to war in Iraq.
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday said no one in his party wanted to challenge for the leadership despite low opinion polls heading into an election later this year.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday brushed off fresh speculation he would retire within days to save his party from electoral disaster, insisting he could still win re-election.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday rejected UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s criticism of the Iraq war as illegal, saying the Iraq war was &quot;entirely valid.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed aside fears that a projected joint security declaration with Japan would harm his country's ties with China, press reports said.
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SYDNEY - President Bush vigorously defended his troop buildup in Iraq today, and got a boost when Prime Minister John Howard of Australia said his country's forces there won't change for the foreseeable future.
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Prime Minister John Howard stood firm on Tuesday against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports two Australians were taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard dismissed talk of Foreign Minister Alexander Downer taking over as head of the UN nuclear watchdog, amid reported US pressure for him to do so.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, yesterday contradicted Tony Blair&#39;s claim that there was a new conflict inside Iraq and dismissed fears of a civil war.
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PRIME Minister John Howard said he would not be swayed by more public servants coming forward in relation to the children overboard scandal.
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On the eve of the federal election, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday he was disappointed that the intelligence he used to justify Australia's participation in the U.S.-led war in Iraq was wrong, but would not alter course on Iraq if re-elected.
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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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John Howard denies a claim Australia offered a bounty for the murder of the Solomon Islands' prime minister.
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Australia's conservative prime minister slammed Barack Obama on Sunday over his opposition to the Iraq war, a day after the first-term U.S. senator announced his intention to run for the White House in 2008.
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White House hopeful Barack Obama rebuked Australian Prime Minister John Howard for &quot;empty rhetoric&quot; on Iraq, hitting out in a foreign policy row with a key US ally only two days into his 2008 campaign.
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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.