Throughout his speech, the prime minister focused on the government's achievements and portrayed Labor as the party of the working, mainstream public.

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Rashid Nurgaliev, Russia's interior minister, (Speech) He says that the Kremlin has taken all measures to ensure that order is maintained and the accident is being investigated fully.

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Health Secretary Alan Milburn believes he still has the Prime Minister's backing for the plan - and both sides interpreted the Prime Minister's speech on Tuesday as support for their position.

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However there has been no detail on what those provisions will be and, when we asked Spain's health ministry whether illnesses like HIV and cancer would be treated free on the health system, we were referred back to the minister's speech.

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The prime minister's speech to the conference next week is shaping up to be the most important of his life.

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