*Ø* Mind your own business, Labor tells US

"Washington should keep out of Australian politics, the Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, said yesterday, denying claims by a senior Bush Administration figure that Labor is split over its policy on Iraq.

"The former Labor prime minister Paul Keating also bought into the row over the comments by the US Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, describing his intervention as 'dumb' and saying that Labor would not be 'thugged' by American officials."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald