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    Spanish Tension

    Madrid — A lieutenant-general warns the army might intervene if the government grants too much home rule to a wealthy northeastern region. Days later, a captain publicly warns the Prime Minister of widespread unease at how the country is being “dismembered.” Nearly three decades after Spain...
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    U.S. right-winger tells Harper to combat Canadian culture

    WASHINGTON — A prominent U.S. right-wing commentator has welcomed the election victory of Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, expressing hope that the prime-minister-designate will work to eradicate the "cultural Marxism" he says infests the neighbour to the north. In an on-line commentary...
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    Viva la Revolution

    Now, i was reading in one of my textbooks, that a revolution is occuring. I for one think the revolution has never stopped. The text book was saying that in 2005 and 2006 there will be around about 12 elections in South and middle America, and most will go socialist. So, what do you think...
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    Image

    I do not know if this is the right place to post this or not, but I was wondering if some one could be nice enough and do an image for me. Kind of like what you see in some of the topic threads. If you can do one of those cool images kind of things, can you PM me, thanks.
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    Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Alliance_Environment_Voters_Party_of_Canada Out of all the parties so far that i have written too, this is the only party that seems to be interested in what i am planning to do.
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    Earth-like Planet found 28,000 light years away

    Astronomers announced today the discovery of what is possibly the smallest planet known outside our solar system orbiting a normal star. ADVERTISEMENT Its orbit is farther from its host star than Earth is from the Sun. Most known extrasolar planets reside inside the equivalent of Mercury's...
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    New name: Canadian Peoples Party

    Now, i have come up with two names for my political party, Canadian Peoples Party United Peoples Party of Canada Now, do you guys think that these are good names or stupid. And, if you could think of a great name, please either PM me or post it here. Thanks
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    Free Website?

    Does anyone know where someone can find a free website compnay so they could set up a internet site themselves? Kind of like a site that the political parties have so you have all those cool little banners and such. Thanks.
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    Meningitis Scare

    Well, this is a story about me when I was a lot younger. When i was a baby, about six months old my parents got supicious that I was sick because I always laughed and giggled when I was six-months old. They phoned the family doctor and he told them to head to Montreal General. There we rushed...
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    Tories shut out of major cities

    TORONTO (CP) - The shutout of the Tories in Toronto is reflective of a growing divide in Canada between big city voters and their rural counterparts, founded on clashing views on gun control and social services, experts said Tuesday. "We've got a very major rural-urban rift opening up in the...
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    Erwin Rommel

    Johannes Eugen Rommel or "Rommel" or "Field Marshal Desert Fox Rommel" for short (listen ▶ (help·info)) (November 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished German Field Marshals, and perhaps one of the greatest military leaders of all time. He was the commander of the...
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    General's Conspirators plot, July 20th

    The July 20 Plot was a failed coup d'état which involved an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It was initiated on July 20, 1944, by officers of the Wehrmacht and other bodies. The leader of the plot was Oberst (Colonel) Claus von Stauffenberg. Others who participated in the plot include...
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    8 U.N peacekeepers killed in Congo

    KINSHASA, Congo - Assailants killed eight Guatemalan peacekeepers in Congo in a gunbattle Monday near the troubled country's border with Sudan, U.N. officials said. ADVERTISEMENT Another 14 Guatemalans were wounded in the shootout in Garamba National Park and flown to a hospital in the...
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    Russian Pipeline Blasts

    TBILISI, Georgia - Explosions blamed on sabotage hit pipelines running through southern Russia early Sunday, cutting the supply of natural gas to the Caucasus countries of Georgia and Armenia during a cold snap. ADVERTISEMENT Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said the blasts were aimed...
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    Iraqi militia will defend Iran if attacked

    TEHRAN, Iran - The Iraqi cleric who once led two uprisings against U.S. forces said Sunday that his militia would help to defend Iran if it is attacked, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. ADVERTISEMENT Muqtada al-Sadr, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with the top...
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    Abuse case shocks New York

    In the eyes of her stepfather, 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown was an out-of-control troublemaker. She stole money from her parents and broke her siblings' toys, she stole milk from a younger sibling and broke their computer printer, he said. ADVERTISEMENT And when he found that she had gone into...
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    Oil may go to $100 per barrel

    A surge in oil prices last week to almost $70 a barrel on concerns about the restart of Iran's nuclear program only hints at what may lie ahead. ADVERTISEMENT Prices could soar past $100 a barrel, experts say, if the U.N. Security Council authorizes trade sanctions against the Middle...
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    Super Bowl: Pittsburg vs Seattle

    I was actually hoping for Carolina but with the two teams we have in the superbowl. I wouldn't complain. At least it is not the Patriots again, I don't about other people, but i get tired seeing the same team in the championship each year. My pick would be Seattle. Reasons; They have...
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    1st Indian President Elected in Bolivia

    LA PAZ, Bolivia - Evo Morales, Bolivia's first Indian president, took office on Sunday with a promise to lift his nation's struggling indigenous majority out of centuries of poverty and discrimination. ADVERTISEMENT Morales, a former leader of Bolivia's coca growers and a fierce critic of...
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    Iraq Contamination: Halliburton

    WASHINGTON - Troops and civilians at a U.S. military base in Iraq were exposed to contaminated water last year and employees for the responsible contractor, Halliburton, couldn't get their company to inform camp residents, according to interviews and internal company documents...