Howard upbeat after APEC talks
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THE Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum was back on track and focused on key issues facing the region, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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SYDNEY : Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s election campaign received a last-minute boost as new unemployment figures showed a larger than expected fall in the number of jobless, two days before an election he has fought on his economic record.
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister  John Howard, a key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war,  celebrated his election win Sunday after voters enjoying the  fruits of a strong economy gave him a fourth term.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has downplayed an early revival of a defense pact with Indonesia, preferring instead to focus on what he calls the &quot;huge achievement&quot; of a peaceful presidential election in Australia&#39;s
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  claimed victory on Saturday over center-left opposition Labor  after an election that returned his conservative government for  a fourth straight term in office. "I am truly humbled by this  extraordinary expression of confidence in the leadership of  this great nation by the coalition," a beaming Howard, 65, told  supporters gathered in a downtown Sydney hotel.
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister  John Howard celebrated a thumping election victory Sunday after  voters, enjoying the fruits of a strong economy, gave him what  looked certain to be an increased majority.
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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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Asia-Pacific leaders said on Sunday they  saw &quot;real progress&quot; in world trade talks now underway in Geneva  and pledged flexibility and the political will to forge a deal  by the end of 2007.
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Brunei&#39;s Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, Pehin Dato Haj i Abdul Rahman, left the country yesterday to attend the Apec conference in Santiago, Chile.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday opened talks in Japan on sealing a landmark security pact and a free trade deal between the Pacific powers, officials said.
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celebrating his election win after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term. Howard&#39;s ruling coalition won a fourth consecutive term on Saturday with what appeared certain to be an increased majority.
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The recently re-elected government of Prime Minister John Howard welcomed a positive report by the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday and vowed to continue its program of economic reform.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday wrapped up a visit to Japan in which he signed a landmark security pact.
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SYDNEY, Australia : Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday he did not regret a releasing details of an SMS that reportedly warned of an attack minutes before his country&#39;s Jakarta embassy was bombed last week.
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North Korea&#39;s foreign ministry said Saturday that talks with US chief negotiator Christopher Hill during his rare visit to Pyongyang to discuss nuclear disarmament were positive.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he is confident of winning re-election to a fourth term this week, but by a narrow margin.
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Prime Minister John Howard will meet with US President George W Bush this weekend at the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Chile.