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Conservatives likely to hold power in Canada vote
Oct 14 2008, AP

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first major world leader to face election since the global financial meltdown, appeared poised to keep his job Tuesday as Canadians voted in a national ballot amid a rebound in the country’s stock market and currency.

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Mexican former drug czar took cartel money
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Officials say Mexico’s former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information to a powerful cartel.
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BBC governors back response to obscene broadcast
AP, London
The BBC’s governing body ruled Friday that the broadcaster acted appropriately when it suspended its star disc jockey and accepted the resignation of a fellow...
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Anti-AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia
AP, Moscow
Russia’s anti-AIDS coordinator says the number of registered HIV cases is growing 10 percent a year despite increased government funding.
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Somalia gunbattle kills 17 in capital; 6 wounded
AP, Nairobi
Somali security forces and Islamic insurgents engaged in one of the fiercest gunbattles in recent weeks in the capital Friday, killing at least 17 people and wounding...
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Iraqi troops donate money to US wildfire victims
AP, Baghdad
The U.S. military says a group of Iraqi soldiers has donated $500 to help California wildfire victims.
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2010 WCup organizers concerned about meltdown
AP, Johannesburg
South African organizers of the 2010 World Cup expressed concern Friday about the effect the global financial crisis will have on the tournament, which is already...
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Bush effigy burned in anti-US protest in Baghdad
AP, Baghdad
Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue...
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Afghan official: suicide bomb attack kills 3
AP, Kandahar
A suicide bomber drove his car into the gate of an army base in southern Afghanistan on Friday and detonated his explosives, killing three civilians, a provincial...
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Philippine landslide kills 6, at least 1 missing
AP, Manila
A mother and her three children were among the six people killed after a mudslide triggered by days of heavy rain buried houses in a southern Philippine gold mining...
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French charge suspected Basque terrorist leader
AP, Paris
A French judicial official says preliminary terrorism charges have been filed against the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA.
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Chinese journalist sentenced to 3 years
AP, Beijing
A Chinese writer and journalist who was arrested after protesting against a power plant in southwest China was sentenced Friday to three years in prison on charges of...
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Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
AP, London
Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday.
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Kenya: Somali pirates make $150M in a year
AP, Nairobi
Kenya’s foreign minister says Somali pirates have collected more than $150 million in ransoms over the past year.
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Monk, comedian handed lengthy Myanmar prison terms
AP, Yangon
Courts in military-ruled Myanmar have handed long prison sentences to a prominent monk and a popular comedian active in the country’s pro-democracy movement.
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Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
AP, London
Madonna and Guy Ritchie have been granted a preliminary decree of divorce.
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Madonna, Ritchie on London divorce docket
AP, London
Madonna and Guy Ritchie are scheduled to get a preliminary decree of divorce at the High Court in London on Friday.
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Russian presidential term extension bill approved
AP, Moscow
The lower house of Russia’s parliament has given its final approval to a bill extending the presidential term from four to six years.
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Bruce Willis wants cash back from Malaysia company
AP, Kuala Lumpur
A Malaysian technology conglomerate pledged Friday to repay $900,000 to Hollywood star Bruce Willis, but denied any wrongdoing after he took legal action to demand a...
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Rocket hits Israeli town, Gaza still sealed
AP, Jerusalem
Israeli police say Palestinian militants have fired a rocket at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip. No casualties have been reported.
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Shootout with soldiers kills 1 in north Lebanon
AP, Beirut
A security official says a shootout between Lebanese soldiers and a group of gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli has left one of the gunmen dead and two...
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Canada's Conservatives projected to win election
AP, Ottawa
Canada’s national media are projecting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has led his Conservative Party to victory in Tuesday’s election.
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Canadian leader gambles for majority government
AP, Toronto
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer Canadian voters to the right in Tuesday’s election and...
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Canada opposition party accuses PM of plagiarism
AP, Toronto
A senior campaign staffer for the governing Conservative Party resigned Tuesday after admitting he wrote a speech for Prime Minister Stephen Harper that plagiarized...
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Canada concerned about Russia's Arctic intentions
AP, Toronto
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday that his government was taking steps to bolster Canada’s presence in the Arctic amid concerns about Russian intentions...
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Opposition leader: Canadian PM will call election
AP, Toronto
Canada drew closer to an early election Monday following a meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the country’s main opposition leader.
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Canada to map resources in Arctic for development
AP, Toronto
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday that his government will map energy and mineral resources in Canada’s Arctic in a bid to encourage development and...
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Prime minister apologizes to native Canadians
AP, Ottawa
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is publicly apologizing to native Canadians who were taken from their families and forced to attend state-funded schools aimed at...
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made popular Jun 11 2008
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Canada's FM Bernier resigns in document scandal
AP, Toronto
Canada’s embattled foreign minister resigned after leaving classified documents at a private residence, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Monday, calling it...
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Leader to apologize to Canadian Indians
AP, Toronto
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will deliver a public apology for a decades-long government policy requiring Canadian Indians to attend state-funded church schools _...
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Canadian PM Denies Clinton Report
AP, Toronto
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office denied on Friday that Canadian officials received back-channel assurances from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign that...
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Report Questions Clinton NAFTA Position
AP, Toronto
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff said someone in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign gave Canada back-channel assurances that her harsh words...
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made popular Mar 6 2008
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