Bush more isolated as Australia's Howard thrown out of office

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Bush_more_isolated_as_Australias_Howard_ousted_Analysts/articleshow/2568677.cms

SYDNEY: US President George W Bush was a little more isolated in the world on Sunday after his close Australian ally on Iraq and climate change was thrown out of office, analysts said.

Outgoing prime minister John Howard was one of the staunchest supporters of Bush's policies in the "war on terror" and the only other world leader to refuse to sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

The conservative Howard's nearly 12 years in power ended Saturday when he was ousted in elections by centre-left Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd, who has pledged to pull the country's troops out of Iraq and sign Kyoto.

While both moves could be irritating for Bush, they are unlikely to have any major effect on the good relationship between the two countries, which Rudd has pledged to cherish, analysts said.

"All countries are talking about troop withdrawals from Iraq and Australia's contribution was a modest one, with 500 combat troops," Australia National University analyst John Hart said.

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1. bu$hler would KILL for 12 years in office!

What's that?

Oh.

Never mind...

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2. I ownder is presnit spoiled baby will be as gracious?

Somehow I doubt it.