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Australian PM announces Aug. 21 elections (AP)

July 16th, 2010

** FILE ** In this Thursday, July 15, 2010 file photo, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at the national press club in Canberra, Australia. Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited the country's governor general Saturday July 17, 2010, a procedural step toward calling a general election for late August. Opinion polls point to her ruling Labor Party winning a second three-year term, but analysts expect a tight contest against a resurgent conservative opposition led by Tony Abbott. (AP Photo/Mark Graham, File)AP - Australia’s first woman Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who has led the country for three weeks, on Saturday called a general election on Aug. 24 and urged voters to show trust in her by returning her party for a second three-year term.


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