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Aussie PM vows to stay in the job
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard dismissed mounting speculation Friday about her future, vowing to stay in the job despite a crushing court blow to the government's asylum-seeker policy. The nation's highest court on Wednesday scuttled Canberra's proposal to send 800 boatpeople to Malaysia in a huge embarrassment for Gillard and her fragile Labor government, sparking fevered talk that her days are numbered. The Sydney Morning Herald said the Labor Party was alive with chatter about a possible replacement for the country's first female prime minister, whose credibility was already under pressure before the ... (full story)