Danes, Facing an Election, Turn Against Iraq War
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Broad public backing for keeping Danish troops in Iraq has waned and a majority of Danes now think the government was wrong to support the U.S.-led war, according to a new poll just 12 days before Danish elections.
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The Iraq war, once the key issue in the U.S. presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.
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The war over the war is almost over. Courtesy of the large turnout in Iraq's election a week ago, the United States and key European allies are beginning to make up after two years of bitterly strained ...
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The only senator from President   George W. Bush's Republican party to vote against the Iraq War   battled for political survival on Tuesday as voters in nine   states chose candidates for an election that could shift   control of the U.S. Congress to the Democrats.
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"We're asking voters to renew and extend the mandate"  Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday called early national elections for Nov. 13, seeking to profit from a strong showing in opinion polls and a robust economy.Fogh Rasmsussen's center-right coalition _ buoyed by a budget surplus and low unemployment _ has had a clear lead over the main opposition Social Democrats in recent voter surveys.Analysts had speculated the prime minister would announce early elections to take advantage of the situtation. The present four-year term expires in February 2009. Read more
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark Denmark was expected to announce plans to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq at a news conference on Wednesday, Danish media reported.Comment
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European opponents of the U.S. invasion of Iraq joined other world leaders yesterday in cautiously praising the Iraqi national elections as a necessary first step toward establishing democracy and restoring ...
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King Abdullah of Jordan, one of the United States key allies in the Middle East, has come out strongly against holding elections in Iraq in January.
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Danes went to the polls on Tuesday  with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen banking on a popular  crackdown on asylum-seekers and cuts in Denmark's high taxes to  win him re-election despite a late opposition surge.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq have so galvanised European public opinion that many newspapers are officially endorsing a candidate in the U.S. election for the first time.
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Washington, Dec. 21 (PTI): A majority of Americans among those who believed at the beginning that the Iraq war would be swift and victorious now think it was a mistake and the January 30 elections to be held in the country would not be honest.
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an October 9 election, according to a poll trend, as terror fears overshadow a closely fought campaign. repeatedly over the US-led war on Iraq.
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The United States is fighting a war in Iraq and Americans are divided over whether it&#39;s right. The war is a huge issue in the 2004 presidential election.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry went on the offensive against President George W. Bush's planning of the Iraq war.
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Wide public discontent over the war in Iraq helped sweep Democrats to the control of Congress last year. But Iraq is becoming less of an issue for both parties, either on the campaign trail or in the nation's capital, ahead of the fast-approaching presidential primaries.
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US President George W. Bush and his allies are increasingly warning voters that Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry is undermining the war on terrorism and US-led efforts in Iraq.
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Barring a dramatic last-minute shift in public opinion, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen looks set to become the first Liberal to win a second term of office Tuesday buoyed by a healthy economy, high ...