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Australia’s conservative Coalition leader Tony Abbott (2nd R) votes with his wife Margie (2nd L) and daughters Louise (L), Frances (C) and Bridget (R) as the polls open in the country’s general election, in Sydney on September 7, 2013. (AFP/William West)

Conservative leader Abbott heads for landslide Australia election victory—Exit polls

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2013 | World

Sydney and Canberra, Reuters—Australia’s conservative leader Tony Abbott was headed for a landslide victory on Saturday as voters punished Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Labor government for six years of turbulent rule and for failing to maximize a now fading...

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Australia’s prime minister, Kevin Rudd, addresses the media after calling a general election in Canberra on August 4, 2013. Rudd named September 7 as election day, hoping to complete a stunning political comeback by keeping the center-left Labor Party in power three years after it ousted him. (AFP PHOTO)

Australian prime minister calls election for September 7

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 4, 2013 | World

Canberra, Australia, AP—Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called an election for September 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that...