Latham speaks to media after hospitalisation
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MARK COLVIN: The Opposition leader, Mark Latham, is up and talking to the media after his bout of pancreatitis, and he was keen today to let it be known that he&#39;s ready to plunge back into the electoral fray.
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Mark Latham has made headlines for breaking a taxi driver&#39;s arm and calling George W. Bush ``the most incompetent and dangerous president in living history.
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JOHN Howard yesterday issued an urgent appeal for Australians in tsunami-devastated regions to return home as the World Health Organisation warned of a massive health crisis building in the worst-hit countries.
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Australian voters may well be asking themselves this question as the country prepares for a general election: Will the real Mark Latham please stand up?
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ItalyÂs former prime minister was admitted to a Milan hospital after collapsing while giving a speech.
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OPPOSITION Leader Mark Latham today rejected claims that funds would be taken from the states to pay for free hospital care for people aged 75 and over.
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A multi-billion dollar campaign pledge to provide free hospital care for the elderly could provide Australian opposition leader Mark Latham with the boost he needs to carry October 9 national elections, analysts say.
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With his own political mentor Gough Whitlam now conceding that Labor&#39;s got little chance of winning the next election, Mark Latham faces a tough climb out of the political quicksand.
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Opposition Leader Mark Latham says he is ready for an election campaign if the Prime Minister calls one. Mr Howard flew into Canberra from Launceston yesterday and reportedly spent the afternoon locked in talks with senior advisers.
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Communications Minister Helen Coonan says the Government is taking nothing for granted over the sale of Telstra. Senator Coonan plans to speak with the Coalition&#39;s newest senator-elect, Barnaby Joyce, to discuss his concerns about services in the bush.
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DAVID HARDAKER: Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced he&#39;s to be admitted to hospital later today Australian time for a heart procedure.
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By Justin Davenport, Oliver Finegold And Bo Wilson, Evening Standard. A former mental patient was being questioned today after the knife rampage which left one man dead and five other people seriously injured.
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Labor leader Mark Latham&#39;s plans for older Australians has received a mixed reaction from interest groups. At Labor&#39;s campaign launch yesterday, he promised to pay for the hospital costs of all Australians
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he would not call a snap general election while opposition leader Mark Latham was ill as he wanted to beat him fair and square.
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TONY Blair yesterday entered hospital for heart surgery, rounding off one of his most dramatic and stressful weeks in politics. Making a sudden and unexpected appearance on national TV, Britain&#39;s Prime Minister
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The prime minister is recovering in Downing Street after hospital treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat. Tony Blair was discharged on Friday from London&#39;s Hammersmith hospital, where he underwent the procedure.
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The presence of Australian troops in Iraq is expected to dominate the polls. Howard is seeking a fourth term, but faces stiff competition from Labor Party leader Mark Latham, with the two parties level in opinion polls.