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B.C. residents favour Conservatives: poll
CBC.ca - Thu Sep 4, 8:25 PM
The majority of British Columbians think Stephen Harper is the best choice for prime minister, according to a poll conducted by the Environics Research Group for CBC News.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call election Sunday
The Canadian Press - Thu Sep 4, 12:50 PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will launch a federal election campaign Sunday with a visit to the Governor General.
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Republican VP nominee Palin called 'killa from Wasilla' by environmentalists
The Canadian Press - Thu Sep 4, 1:46 PM

WASHINGTON - At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species.
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Sarkozy warns Iran it risks Israeli attack
Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 2:55 PM

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Iran on Thursday it was taking a dangerous gamble in seeking to develop nuclear weapons because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.
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Citing anti-Semitic comments, Greens remove candidate
CBC.ca - Thu Sep 4, 9:42 PM
Green party Leader Elizabeth May has removed one of the party's candidates after he made what the party viewed as anti-Semitic comments in an online forum.
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China imposes Ramadan security crackdown in Muslim northwest
AFP - Fri Sep 5, 1:23 AM

BEIJING (AFP) - Authorities in China's Muslim-populated far northwest are seeking to prevent mass prayers and the distribution of religious material as part of a security crackdown for Ramadan, government notices said.
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Iraq surge succeeded beyond 'wildest dreams:' Obama
AFP - Thu Sep 4, 8:50 PM

ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - Barack Obama said the US troop surge in Iraq had succeeded beyond anybody's "wildest dreams" prompting Republicans to say he showed poor judgment by at first opposing the operation.
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Wild mushrooms poison 'Horse Whisperer' author Nicholas Evans
The Canadian Press - Tue Sep 2, 12:32 PM
LONDON - The author of the best-selling novel "The Horse Whisperer" is recovering in a hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms during a holiday in Scotland, his agent said Tuesday.
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Democrats gingerly fire back at Palin
AFP - Thu Sep 4, 4:58 PM

ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - Democrats Thursday set about the delicate task of hitting back at Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin after she muscled into the political bullring in a combative convention debut.
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McCain pushes for tax cuts to ease economic pain
Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 11:43 PM

ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Sen. John McCain said on Thursday many Americans were struggling to find jobs and pay rising food and fuel bills, and predicted the tax cuts he would support as president would spur economic growth.
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