Howard defends Iraq war
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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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Prime Minister John Howard's fracas with Sen. Barack Obama provoked a third straight day of political recriminations Wednesday, as the Australian leader told parliament that the pledge by the Democratic presidential candidate to withdraw troops from Iraq will only invite more bloodshed.
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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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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is again making the case that, from his perspective, the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal -- a charge Australian Prime Minister John Howard flatly rejects.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated on Sunday his election win over opposition Labor after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Fresh from an Iraq drop-in, President Bush is bringing conviction that his troop buildup strategy is working to one of his few remaining staunch war allies, Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
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Oil is a key factor keeping Australian troops in the US-led war in Iraq, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said Thursday, before his boss Prime Minister John Howard sharply contradicted him.
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SYDNEY: An expert on weapons of mass destruction warned Prime Minister John Howard last year against going to war with Iraq, arguing it would make Australia a bigger terrorist target, a press report says.
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Prime Minister John Howard hasdefended the size of Australia's troop deployment in Iraq after a stinging rebuke from White House hopeful Barack Obama, calling Canberra's contribution &quot;appropriate&quot;.
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The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, yesterday called on voters to trust him and refused to express regret over the Iraq war ahead of tomorrow&#39;s general election.
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PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair.
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BRIGHTON (England) - Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday defended the war in Iraq, insisting he could not apologise for toppling Saddam Hussein, and urged his party to unite and fight for a historic third term in power.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a  key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated on  Sunday his election win over opposition Labor after voters  enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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Australia was unlikely to extend its role in Iraq but would keep its troops in the war-torn nation until the job was done, Prime Minister John Howard said.
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US President George W. Bush and Australia&#39;s John Howard vowed Wednesday to stand firm on Iraq in a strong defence of their strategy to contain violence in the war-torn country.
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Chicago Tribune - John Howard appears poised to become Australia's second-longest serving prime minister when the country goes to the polls Saturday, despite criticism over the war in Iraq and his dwindling credibility.
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British main opposition Conservative Party leader Michael Howard on Tuesday renewed his claim that Prime Minister Tony Blair didn't tell truth in the run-up to the Iraq war, vowing that he is determined to put ...