"PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan Dion quotes 2005 Harper letter decrying government delays of confidence votes Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 4:42 PM ET Comments474Recommend485 CBC News Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion...
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"This is your chance and then can we put it to bed. I am no apologist for the present President. In fact, I have a lot of problems with some ot the things he did, but I don't have a visceral hatred of the man. Almost...
The UK has strengthened its emissions targets in a new amendment, agreeing to make international aviation part of the carbon emissions target for the first time, after the failure to include it initially had drawn criticism."Ed Miliband, the new secretary of state for energy...
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Reports from diplomats involved in the matter, say that Syria has blocked a new visit by International Atomic Energy Agency experts. Lack of IAEA access could cropple chances of figuring out whether Syria hid a North...
The border standoff between Cambodia and Thailand deepened after Thai protesters crossed into Cambodia on Tuesday to visit the temple and were briefly detained. Their arrest sparked off the row and now both countries have deployed large armed troops. ...
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"BREAKING GOSSIP Aston Villa are on the verge of agreeing a £4.5m deal for Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell. (Press Association, 2002 BST) Germany striker Lukas Podolski has revealed Juventus and Tottenham are interested in signing him and that he would be willing...
Rather than centering around the controversial issue of biofuels, as was expected, conflict at the emergency food summit in Rome is focused on disagreement between opponents over side issues, such as whether a resolution should condemn US economic danctions on Cuba."ROME...
OpinionBarry Artsite, Now Public ContributorFrom what only be described as "No Shit Sherlock!" A City Medical Officer states the obvious about Ottawa's serious drug use, with an inane warning to Police that...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor,Is it any wonder with some Canadians, Media, Bureaucrats and Politicians are taking the Politically Correct High Road such as taking School Christmas pagents and renaming...
Does this mean that Bill Gates will be my newest Facebook friend? Will Facebook now become a MS Office networking device as well as a social network?Stay tuned. "Microsoft Corp beat out rival Google Inc on...
"Israel's attorney general yesterday ordered police to open a criminal investigation into allegations that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert fraudulently purchased a Jerusalem home well below market value.
The move dealt a blow to the Israeli leader at a time when he has begun to...
This one sent my corruption-meter into the red. I thought the point of the Khmer Rouge trials was to, well, put the Khmer Rouge leaders o n trial, not raise funds for the Cambodian Bar Association. In the shadow of...
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A few weeks ago, I reported on the sad crisis of Bhutanese refugees of Nepali descent living in refugee camps in the poor districts of Jhapa and Morang in eastern Nepal. Bhutan has refused to budge on the issue, arguing now that repatriating the refugees would be "importing...
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Grassroots group argues for airline passenger bill of rights (01/23/2007)
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A group of air travelers, complaining they were stranded on an American Airlines...
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"WASHINGTON - A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.
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The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson is the...