Former Australian FM Downer quits politics
(AFP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mwv19.030708100247.photo00.photo.default-417x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=dbmQB0JbYUVBAsdrCSvd1g--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, seen here in September 2007, at a climate change conference in Washington, DC. Downer, one of the most visible supporters of US President George W. Bush's war in Iraq, has announced his retirement from politics(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/wl_asia_afp/australiaasiauspoliticsdowner)AFP - Former foreign minister Alexander Downer, who juggled Australia's historic ties to the West with its Asian ambitions for more than a decade, announced his retirement from politics Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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