Labor Party Wins Big in Australia

Australian PM And Top Bush Ally John Howard Loses Election

Prime Minister elect Kevin Rudd, with his wife Therese, claims victory in Brisbane. Picture: Gary Ramage

New PM Promises Withdrawal From Iraq

AP ROHAN SULLIVAN November 24, 2007 09:06 AM
Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and withdraw Australia's combat troops from Iraq.
Labor Party head Kevin Rudd's pledges on global warming and Iraq move Australia sharply away from policies that had made Howard one of President Bush's staunchest allies.LinkHere