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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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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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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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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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B.C. Liberal Lorne Mayencourt to seek federal Tory nomination
The Canadian Press - Fri Sep 5, 6:20 AM
VANCOUVER - There are reports that B.C. Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt will seek the federal Conservative nomination in Vancouver-Centre, taking on Liberal Hedy Fry.
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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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Frenchwoman, 59, to give birth to triplets
AFP - Thu Sep 4, 12:43 PM
PARIS (AFP) - A 59-year-old Frenchwoman is due to give birth to triplets after receiving an egg donation in Vietnam, the Paris hospital treating her said on Thursday.
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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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