Key Australian lawmaker backs Labor Party to govern

Friday, September 3, 2010

CANBERRA, Australia -- Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven decades.

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