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RCMP officer uses work vehicle to drop off Tory campaign signs
The Canadian Press - Mon Oct 6, 7:13 PM
SASKATOON - The RCMP is investigating one of its own officers who used a work vehicle to drop off campaign signs for a Conservative election candidate in northern Saskatchewan.
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Harper pledges minor increase to child care benefit
CBC.ca - Mon Oct 6, 9:41 AMConservative Leader Stephen Harper pledged small increases to the universal child care benefit, as he remained adamant that he is optimistic about Canada's economy.
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Edmonton police arrest man in child abduction
CBC.ca - Mon Oct 6, 1:42 PM
An Edmonton man was arrested early Monday in connection with Sunday's abduction of a seven-year-old girl, police said.
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US author of anti-Obama book detained in Kenya
AFP - Tue Oct 7, 5:36 AM
NAIROBI (AFP) - The American author of a best-selling, controversial book blasting White House hopeful Barack Obama was detained Tuesday by security officials in Kenya, police said.
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World must act together to solve financial crisis: Canada's PM
AFP - Mon Oct 6, 3:57 PMOTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper called on Monday for a coordinated international effort to solve the current financial crisis, and, amid the election campaign here, underscored Canada's relatively spry economy.
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Israeli rabbi opposes beatification of Nazi-era pope
AFP - Tue Oct 7, 5:43 AM
ROME (AFP) - A prominent Israel rabbi who made a landmark address to Catholic bishops added his voice to Jewish opposition to the beatification of Nazi-era pope Pius XII, in remarks published on Tuesday.
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Afghans disillusioned seven years after invasion
AFP - Sun Oct 5, 10:13 PM
KABUL (AFP) - Seven years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, many Afghans have grown increasingly jaded with the changes brought by the removal of the Taliban.
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