Australia election date set
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Australians will vote on October 9 in an election pitting the conservative government against centre-left Labor, with national security and the economy as major issues.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australians will vote on  Oct. 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative  government against center-left Labor, with national security  and the economy key issues, Prime Minister John Howard said on  Sunday.
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One week away from a knife-edge election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard declared on Sunday he would be re-elected on Oct. 9, but only just, as anti-Iraq war rallies urged voters to throw him out of office.
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Australia&#39;s ruling coalition is ahead of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the last opinion pollbefore Saturday&#39;s federal election.
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Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday called a national election for Oct. 9 which is likely to serve as a referendum on Australia's troop deployment in Iraq.
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&quot;The Electoral Commission set the date of January 30 as the date of the election,&quot; spokesman Farid Ayar told Reuters on Sunday.
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SYDNEY : The final week of Australia&#39;s October 9 election began with conservative Prime Minister John Howard confident of winning a fourth term and opposition leader Mark Latham embracing the underdog tag.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s Liberal-National coalition is poised to win a fourth term in office after pledging to extend 13 years of economic growth, keep interest rates low, cut taxes and increase spending.
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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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SYDNEY - The Australian federal election on Oct 9 will be the first real test of public support for Canberra&#39;s decision to back the United States over Iraq.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard will begin work on implementing his fourth term agenda today, after winning an increased majority in the federal election.
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Australians voted Saturday in an  election which offered the choice between a conservative  government that unreservedly backs the United States and its  Iraq war and a Labor opposition seeking stronger ties in Asia.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard could call an election as early as Wednesday, after a regional summit marked by questions over his future, reports said Saturday.
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Australia will go to the polls on October 9, Prime Minister John Howard has announced. Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s conservative government, which was elected in 1996, is seeking a fourth
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Australian leader John Howard calls a general election for 9 October, seeking a fourth term.
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SYDNEY - The final week of Australia&#39;s Oct 9 election began Monday with conservative Prime Minister John Howard confident of winning a fourth term and opposition leader Mark Latham embracing the underdog tag.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday announced that the next federal election will be held on Oct. 9. He said at a press conference here that voters will decide