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    Entering Military

    It is finally happened. On my profile I said that I joined the military and was apart of the military. Well, I passed everything and met all the requirements, was on the unit's roster and everything but until today, I hadn't had my swearing in ceremony yet to make it all official. So after a...
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    Wounded Canadian Soldier Worsens

    One of three soldiers wounded in a Jan. 15 suicide attack in Afghanistan took a turn for the worse over the weekend, likely delaying his return to Canada, an official said Sunday. A specialized team of Canadian military doctors and other medical staff who arrived in Germany on Sunday were...
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    Next Conservative Leader, Next NDP Leader

    Because there is a question about who should be the next Liberal leader. I was thinking, what would happen if Harper or Layton lost leadership races. Who would run the NDP and Conservatives; Conservative: Mackay, Flarhety NDP; Ed Broadbent?
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    Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995)

    http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/saro.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa Statement made by Saro-Wiwa just before his execution http://www.rightlivelihood.org/recip/saro-wiwa.htm http://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/ken/
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    Washington Happy with Harper Lead

    After more than a decade of prickly Liberal relations with Washington, U.S. academics and analysts believe the Bush administration is feeling optimistic about the possibility of a Canadian Conservative government. Brian Russell, who teaches international political economics at Georgetown...
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    Edmonton-Strathcona Riding: Two others spooked by NDP

    So it appears that the Conservative ridings in Alberta are not as safe as it is lead to believe. :D http://dippers.myblahg.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton-Strathcona#2006_Federal_Election_Candidates
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    People Endorsing Parties: Cherry a seperatist?

    Endorsing the Liberals Person or organization Notes Bob Chiarelli Endorsed candidate Richard Mahoney in Ottawa Centre Federation of Canadian Municipalities President Gloria Kovach stated that the Liberals went the farthest in meeting the "infrastructure challenges faced by our cities and...
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    Newspapers: Endorse Conservative

    Endorsing the Liberals Toronto Star Endorsing the Conservatives Calgary Herald [1] The Globe and Mail The Intelligencer (Belleville, Ontario) [2] La Presse (Montreal) Medicine Hat News [3] Montreal Gazette [4] National Post [5] The Province (Vancouver) [6] Vancouver Sun [7]...
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    Liberals and Conservatives -Anti Feminine, Maybe?

    Female Male Liberal Paul Martin: 308 Candidates; 79 Female, 229 male Conservative Stephen Harper 308: 38 Female, 270 male Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 75: 23 Female, 52 Male New Democratic Jack Layton 308: 108 Female, 200 Male Green Jim Harris 308: 72Female, 236 Male...
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    Slovak peacekeepers killed in plane crash

    Hejce, Hungary — A Slovak military plane carrying troops back from Kosovo crashed into a mountainside in northeastern Hungary, killing at least 42 people, officials said Friday. Only one person survived after the AN-24 aircraft went down Thursday near the Slovak border, said National Police...
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    Probe into Nrothern Ireland violence

    BELFAST, Northern Ireland - A special team of detectives is traveling back to the start of Northern Ireland's conflict 37 years ago to investigate more than 3,200 unresolved killings in this long-disputed British territory. ADVERTISEMENT The team will work chronologically through long-closed...
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    NDP six points below Liberals: nearly 21%

    EKOS January 19[2] Liberal: 27.3 Conservative: 37.4 NDP: 20.8 Bloc: 10.1 Green: 3.9 The NDP is on the rise. :D First time ever in its history has it been above 20%.
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    SSM Ban blocked by Senate: Abuse of Powers; Harper

    OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin, facing a desperate three-day fight for his political life, is warning that a Conservative government would bring the most extreme right-wing agenda in the history of Canada. The prime minister launched his most blistering attack yet on Stephen Harper, suggesting...
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    Ennuyé. Ainsi conversation dans le français.

    Si ce soir semble à b une nuit lente dans le département de thème avec les Forum canadiens. Je devine tous les autres a des emplois et d'autres tâches d'y aller sont plus importantes que le fait de s'asseoir devant la dactylo d'ordinateur à quelqu'un sur l'otherside du monde, ou du continent...
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    Canadian Conservatives: Friendly to America

    HAMILTON, Ontario - The leader of Canada's front-running Conservative party said Thursday he would stand up to the White House on matters of national interest, but do so without insulting "our biggest customer." ADVERTISEMENT Stephen Harper, whose party is poised to end 13 years of Liberal...
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    Blueprint to Afghanistan Peace

    United Nations — International leaders will hold a conference later this month to introduce a new blueprint for bringing peace to Afghanistan and providing a better life for its people, the top UN envoy to Afghanistan said. The “Compact for Afghanistan” will establish key benchmarks and...
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    U.S backs torture

    Washington — The Bush administration has a deliberate strategy of abusing terror suspects during interrogations, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in its annual report on the treatment of prisoners in more than 70 countries. The human-rights group based its conclusions mostly on statements by...
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    Workplace Abuse Rife in States

    Nearly half of U.S. workers fall victim to some form of abuse in the workplace, but a new study by McMaster University researchers says the bulk of the bullying is being done by members of the public rather than supervisors and co-workers. The study found that about 47 million U.S. workers –...
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    Chirac would use nukes, I think he's wacko

    L'Ile-Longue, France — President Jacques Chirac warned Thursday that France could respond with nuclear weapons against any state-sponsored terrorist attack, broadening the terms of French deterrence to adapt to new threats. The warning came as France works with other Western nations to ensure...
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    Advanced Voting Up

    Turnout at advance polls for the federal election jumped by about 25 per cent compared to the 2004 election, but an expert warns that it's no indication what's to come on election day. According to preliminary figures, 1,561,945 people voted in advance polls for the Jan. 23 election. That is...