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    Two U.N peacekeepers killed

    UNITED NATIONS - Gunmen killed two Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers and seriously wounded a third Tuesday at a checkpoint in a slum in Haiti's capital that is a stronghold for supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a spokesman said. ADVERTISEMENT The shootings in the Cite Soleil...
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    Battle of Islandlwana

    Now I am doing a research project on the Anglo-Zulu war and just wanted you guys to know about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana#The_fight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War#Defeat_of_the_Zulu
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    NDP Rising, Conservatives Declining

    Now, with five or six days left, I think some Liberal voters have finally listened to Jack Layton. The Conservatives are down 5 percentage points, and the NDP are up three. :D EKOS January 16 Liberal: 29.6 Conservative: 35.8 NDP: 19.4 BLOC: 11.6 Green: 3.4 And as the chant goes, NDP...
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    NDP could have more seats then Liberals

    Ekos January 15, 2006 Seat Projection Liberal: 50 Conservative: 156 NDP: 40 BLOC: 61* Other: 1 Now if the BLOC, Conservatives and Liberal can go down a few seats and it turns into NDP seats I would be very happy. I think the NDP is getting better and better each election. And if Harper...
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    Toronto Rally for NDP: Huge Security Presence

    Did anyone see the huge rally for the NDP in Toronto with the guy from the Bare Naked ladies. What struck me though was the security that was with Layton. I have seen security for most of the candidates but not that much. Do you think it could have been from a death threat, that is what i heard...
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    Federal Poll: Conservatives Declining to 8 point lead

    SES Research January 14 Liberal: 30 Conservative: 38 NDP: 17 BLOC: 10 Green: 6 The Conservatives are declining. Good, since all the gaffes they have been doing recently. About homo-sexuality, Harpers past comments, and their economic forcast which means they are not interested in their...
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    Fait être quelqu'un jamais à une Baraque de Sucre

    Quand j'ai vécu à Québec je n'étais jamais capable d'aller à une baraque de sucre ou au sugaring du festival, parce que mes grand-pères ne le permettraient pas. Pourtant, ma maman m'a dit que c'était un temps grand où vous aviez la vie de gens française et anglaise et le fait de partir ensemble...
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    Blair Future UN Secretary General??

    LONDON (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton backed British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a future secretary general of the United Nations. ADVERTISEMENT Clinton told BBC television Blair would make a "good" head for the international organisation when he leaves office, as he...
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    January 12th polls

    Ekos January 12 Liberal: 27.4 Conservative: 38.1 NDP: 18.1 BLOC: 11.5 Green: 4.5 Ekos January 12 (Night only polling) Liberal: 28.3 Conservative: 37.6 NDP: 18.1 Bloc: 11.6 Green: 3.7 Ipsos-Reid January 12 Liberal: 29 Conservative: 37 NDP: 18 BLOC: 11 Green: 5...
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    Fears of UN attack on Haitian slum

    Port-au-Prince — Chanting protesters filled the narrow streets of a slum in the Haitian capital Thursday to denounce violence and political chaos after clashes between gangs and UN troops were reported to have killed one person and wounded at least 17. Hundreds of people, including political...
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    Conservatism: Quick fix to Martin or lasting

    Now I have seen on some forms that some wacko conservatives think that Harper winning is a score for Christian values and a victory for war in Iraq and against gay-marriage. And sadly, most come from Alberta. However, they say the liberal movement will now become a think of the past, however, I...
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    Harper Platform: Something Fishy

    Smelling victory, Stephen Harper is reassuring voters that a Conservative government can preserve social programs and cut taxes within a manageable budget. The Tory leader handed out his party's full platform Friday. It's a blue-bound, 46-page document that covers seven weeks of promises and...
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    Colonialism: Good or Bad

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism Good or bad? I say bad!
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    The 13th Warrior

    Now it has been awhile, but did anyone like the movie if you watched it. I liked it personally in the combat and everything but it was kind of phony script.
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    Liberals Offend Military

    This all has to do with the ads about the military that the Libs posted in French and English to scare the population about the military. To note it was the Libs that sent the military into Quebec during the FLQ crisis this is a bunch of baloney from a party that will lose. I am glad I am...
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    2nd English Debate: Who did the best

    Know who was the best out of the four politicians? Was it Martin, Harper, Layton or Duceppe? Remember, that English is not Duceppe's first language.
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    Green Peace and Rainbow Warrior

    Greenpeace is an international environmental organisation founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. Greenpeace is known for its use of nonviolent direct action campaigns to stop atmospheric and underground nuclear testing as well as bring an end to high seas whaling. In later...
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    Greenpeace Continues on

    Sydney, Australia — Greenpeace said Monday that it will continue hounding Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters despite a damaging collision between the whalers and a protest ship. Greenpeace said a Japanese whaling ship deliberately rammed its ship Arctic Sunrise on Sunday, denting the...
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    Ipperwash Ghosts

    Forest, Ont. — As the judicial inquiry into the 1995 police shooting of aboriginal protester Dudley George moves into its final phase, the occupation in which he played a leading role quietly continues. Some 60 aboriginal people live at Camp Ipperwash, in buildings left when the army withdrew...
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    Bird Flu on verge of mutating

    Dogubayazit, Turkey — As Turkey reported more suspected cases of bird flu among people, a World Health Organization official said Monday the likelihood of the H5N1 virus mutating into a more dangerous form increases with every new human infection. Contact between poultry and people must be...