Australian leader defends verbal attack on U.S. presidential candidate Obama
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barak Obama to become U.S. president.
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KINGSTREE, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday defended the fierce tone of his recent exchanges with presidential rival Hillary Clinton and said he was forced to fight back against her campaign's disregard for the truth.
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Senator Barack Obama has held his tongue when given the chance to criticize his rivals. The same rules may not apply on late-night television.
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Australia Wednesday brushed off threats by China over a visit by the Dalai Lama and called on Beijing to respect Canberra&#39;s liberal political system.
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By Michael Cavanagh, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Australia correspondent. CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his would-be successor have clashed on foreign policy in the build-up to Saturday&#39;s general election.
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday scolded the country's opposition for haggling over the exact content of a planned apology to Australia's Aborigines, saying its meaning will be quite clear.
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The Australian government has defended its big-spending election promises as opponents and some economists claimed its new commitments would push up the very interest rates it is promising to hold back.
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President BushÂs spokesman rejected DemocratsÂ charge that last nightÂs speech sought to capitalize on the attacks.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended a proposed security pact with Japan that has raised the hackles of China and South Korea.
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The president of Columbia University defended the harsh criticism he leveled at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Monday.
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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 angrily rejected suggestions Thursday that members of his party hired investigators to dig into opposition leader Kevin Rudd&#39;s confidential medical records.
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Australia's embattled prime minister Monday denied that a television network's coverage of an election debate was cut because a live graph showed he was losing to his opponent.
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JAKARTA: Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighbouring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakartaâs sovereignty over its own waters.
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Australia's PM denies that a graphic shown during a live TV debate was cut because it showed he was losing.
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An accusation by Australian Prime Minister John Howard that France was guilty of lingering "anti-Americanism" drew sharp words from Paris during a visit by the Australian foreign minister.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, slamming the United Nations as &quot;paralysed&quot;.