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Australian premier wins third term

SYDNEY, Australia -- Prime Minister John Howard and his conservative government won a third term Saturday in national elections dominated by the Australian leader's hard-line...

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Bush seeks to prod lawmakers on education plan

...reading instruction. Before making his fourth visit to Florida as president, Bush met with Australian Prime Minister John Howard to mark the 50th anniversary of the military alliance between the two nations. At the Washington Navy Yard, Bush presented...

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Foreign briefs

...Island, Australia refused to accept them. When the Tampa ventured closer to the port on Wednesday, Prime Minister John Howard ordered elite commandos to storm the ship. Widely criticized for the action, Australia engaged in frenzied negotiations...

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Bush praises U.N. vote on Iraq

...last-minute plug for the resolution in separate morning phone calls to prime ministers Jean Chretien of Canada and John Howard of Australia. "If Iraq fails to comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein," the president...

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What next, the world wonders, now that Bush has won?

...saying he looked forward to working with him, as did Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Australian Prime Minister John Howard. In Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Barak congratulated the president-elect and predicted that the new administration...

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Indian Affairs head apologizes for agency's 'legacy of racism'

...government-run boarding schools for Indians but has rejected calls for a broader apology. Australian Prime Minister John Howard also has rebuffed repeated calls for an apology to that country's Aboriginal population for similar abuses there...

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Splash! Swimming records fall on Sydney Games' first day

...Among those in the stands was Australian Prime Minister John Howard. "I really wanted to bring it home for the crowd tonight...that he had to go home," Australian Prime Minister John Howard said. -- BASEBALL: Win it for the exiles. U.S...

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So long, Sydney

...the word, "Sorry," offering the symbolic apology for the treatment of Aborigines that conservative Prime Minster John Howard has declined to issue. Samaranch paid particular tribute during the ceremony to "our friends" from the "Aboriginal...

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Australia grieves after Bali bombing tragedy

...on terrorism? The radio talk shows and letters to the editor are afire with the debate. Critics say Prime Minister John Howard's enthusiasm for Bush's division of the world into "evildoers" and others has raised Australia's low profile...

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Names and faces

...authority'' when it comes to gun control laws. Touching story in Australia CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Prime Minister John Howard may have breached royal protocol by touching Queen Elizabeth II. TV images showed Howard apparently putting his hand...

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