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OTTAWA -- The New Democrats hold a balance of power on all House of Commons committees for the first time after a realignment reflecting the October election results.
NDP whip Yvon Godin said negotiations among the four parties have cost the Liberal party one seat on every committee, including three key panels they chair as the official Opposition.
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JERUSALEM: A pair of polls published last night show Israeli Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline Likud party cruising past Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's moderate Kadima party to a decisive victory in the February 10 elections.
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Just a few weeks before the EU anti-pirate mission is set to deploy, German officials are still unsure how much military force they are allowed to use against Somali raiders. Politicans are frustrated by the indecision and, on Thursday, German commentators joined the fray.
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The same people whose reckless practices triggered the global financial crisis are onto a similar scheme that could cost taxpayers tons more.
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It was supposed to be all about working together to pull Canada through a looming economic crisis.
But Prime Minister Stephen Harper may have made his job a bit more difficult yesterday by including a number of measures in yesterday's Throne Speech that risk becoming lightning rods for controversy in Quebec.
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I know it is unusual for a former premier to comment on current events, but given the fiscal and economic crisis facing Ontario and Canada, and the tragic news that Ontario is now a "have-not" province, I want to add my voice to those calling for bold thinking and far-reaching new ways of looking at our economic problems.
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The UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo is already the largest, most expensive and most muscular of its kind anywhere in the world, but its troops have been unable or unwilling to prevent civilians from being killed in the worsening conflict.
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Russia's government will do "everything" it can to prevent another financial collapse in the country, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said.
Speaking about the growing global economic crisis, he said "the collapses of past years will not be repeated".
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SAN FRANCISCO — After 27 years as a print publication, PC Magazine is ditching its print edition and going online-only in February.
The move, announced Wednesday, highlights the pressure on newspapers and magazines to protect their profit margins as more advertising dollars flow to the Web.
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OTTAWA — Former Ontario premier Bob Rae formally declared his candidacy for the leadership of the federal Liberal party on Thursday, saying he won't hide from the legacy of his recession-ravaged government of the 1990s.
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LONDON -- Oil plunged below US$50 a barrel on Thursday, deepening losses over the previous four sessions as battered financial markets reflected ever lower confidence in the world economy and evidence mounted of falling fuel demand.
U.S. crude fell US$3.71, to US$49.91 a barrel by 1402 GMT, the weakest level since January 2007.
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It’s possible to sympathize with the position of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) when the crisis in the auto industry is viewed solely from their perspective.
CAW president Ken Lewenza declared Monday the union would “absolutely not” accept any further job cuts as part of the bailout package the Big Three automakers are seeking from governments in Ottawa and Ontario. “We don’t see this as us being the problem,” he said. “We’ve suffered our share of the pain.”
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Megan McArdle | Viewed from afar, it's lovely . . .
-- One of the interesting things to me about talking to other wonks about the bailout is that the wonks who support the bailout are, almost without exception, outside the beltway.
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RCP | Victor Davies Hanson: Failure is Not an Option
-- We all remember the advice about failure we received from our parents and teachers. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." "Learn from your mistakes." "Failure breeds success."
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BBC | Recession fears hit stock markets
-- European and Asian markets have fallen sharply on fears that the world economy will enter a protracted downturn.
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CTV | Throne speech warns of deficit, government cutbacks
-- Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean unveiled the Harper government's five-point plan to protect Canada from the global economic meltdown in the speech from the throne.
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CTV | Throne speech warns of deficit, government cutbacks
-- Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean unveiled the Harper government's five-point plan to protect Canada from the global economic meltdown in the speech from the throne.