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Ignatieff promises to listen to public
If one is to lead, one must listen. That was the message delivered by Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff as he kicked off his town hall meeting in Belleville before a crowd of roughly 300 people.
Harper: '50/50' chance of 2011 election
There is a "50/50" chance Canadians will go to the polls this year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says in the second part of an exclusive interview with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge airing Tuesday.
Conservatives launch attack ads
The Conservative ads were largely aimed at Michael Ignatieff, leader of the main opposition Liberal Party, who has made it clear he is unlikely to back the budget.
Chinese President Hu looks for 'common ground' with U.S.
BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao, who travels to Washington this week for a state visit after a year marked by disputes and tension with the United States, said the two countries could mutually benefit by finding "common ground" on issues from fight
'Last trumpet' sounds in S. Sudan voteA Christian bishop blew the "last trumpet" on rule by the Muslim north on Saturday as he was among the last to vote in a landmark referendum on independence for south Sudan before polls closed.
Le Pen daughter eyes new era for French far rightFor 40 years, one tough man has dominated French far-right politics. Now it's makeover time, with Jean-Marie Le Pen's youngest daughter Marine expected to take the helm of his anti-immigrant National Front.
US pomp meant to improve tone of China relations
BEIJING -- Chinese leader Hu Jintao is being feted in Washington this week with a lavish state banquet at the White House and other pomp usually reserved for close friends and allies - all intended to improve the tone of relations between a risen, more as
False start for Iggy
If Michael Ignatieff wanted to win Canadians' votes in his whirlwind tour, he probably shouldn't have begun it by insulting their intelligence.
Belarus Accuses Poland, Germany of Takeover PlotMOSCOW — Belarus accused Poland and Germany on Friday of plotting to overthrow President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko and impose a puppet government with the aid of paid provocateurs from the Belarussian opposition.
Ivory Coast president-elect raises pressure on rival(Reuters) - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara, moving to cut financial support for his rival, warned on Friday that oil and cocoa firms may have to pay export taxes twice if they continued sending funds to Laurent Gbagbo's government.
Berlusconi probed over cash-for-sex caseROME—Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces investigation in a prostitution case involving a 17-year-old nightclub dancer, prosecutors announced Friday, a day after Italy's highest court weakened a law that had shielded him from prosecution while in offic
South Sudan on final leg of vote for nationhoodJUBA, Sudan — South Sudan was set to wrap up a week-long independence vote on Saturday confident one of the world's poorest regions is now securely on the path to becoming its newest nation state.
Reince Priebus elected new RNC chairmanPriebus, the chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, served as the general counsel of the RNC beginning in 2009 (he stepped down from that post to run for the committee’s top job.)
Gates: N.Korea could be direct threat to USUS Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says North Korea is becoming a direct threat to the United States.
He said North Korea will develop an inter-continental ballistic missile within 5 years. The missile could reach the US mainland.
PMO worries Rae visit to UAE will undermine CanadaPrime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief spokesman said Liberal MP Bob Rae's decision to visit the United Arab Emirates this week could “undermine” Canada in its increasingly bitter spat with the Middle East country.
Canada-U.S. summit on perimeter security delayed
A highly touted meeting between Stephen Harper and Barack Obama on a perimeter security pact has been pushed back as Canada and the United States wrestle with the difficulties of making the complex arrangement a reality.
N.Korea calls South for unconditional dialogueThe North's proposal is being seen as a bid to divide Lee's government and the opposition over policies on the North, and to resume the 6-party talks under the North's initiative.
The statement ignored its artillery attack on the South Korean border isla
Civil servant keeps job despite pornA federal government employee who spent as much as five hours a day searching pornographic personal ads on his office computer and sending naked photos of himself from his work email has kept his job.
Iranian woman might avoid stoning, say authorities
Authorities reviewing a death by stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery could still halt the punishment, a senior judiciary official said Sunday as Iran struggles to mute an international outcry over the case.
Brazil prepares to swear in first female president
BRASILIA, Brazil — From torture in a dictatorship-era jail cell to the helm of Latin America's largest nation, it's been an unlikely political rise for President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel turned career technocrat who claimed Brazil's seat of
Brian Mulroney looks back at GST with no regrets
It's at least partly responsible for the destruction of one political party, the making of two prime ministers, and instrumental in setting Canada on a sustainable fiscal course that's paying dividends today.
U.S. Senate Republican leader to oppose nuclear treaty
The Senate's Republican leader said Sunday he would oppose a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, complicating President Barack Obama's drive to secure a foreign policy victory in the final days of the post election Congress. Senior Democrats still expressed
Gov General David Johnston: Coalition OKThe new Governor General says he sees nothing wrong or illegitimate with coalition governments -- something Prime Minister Stephen Harper has attacked for being "undemocratic."
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