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POLITICS: LARRY ZOLF
Election Day 1
"The Tories are in disastrous shape in Ontario and B.C., the two main battlegrounds of the campaign."
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NOTES FROM ABROAD: DON MURRAY
Planet bin Laden
"Kidnapping is a growth industry in Iraq. Most of it is commercial: Iraqis kidnapped by gangs and then ransomed back to their families."
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SCIENCE FRICTION: STEPHEN STRAUSS
Global warming rains contradictions
"But most sinisterly I fear that the drought apocalypse scenario fits into an environmental reporting paradigm that says it is the responsibility of journalists to cover up any doubts about the validity and meaning of global warming."
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LEGAL AFFAIRS: MICHELLE MANN
The final frontier?
"The latest legal human rights frontier tackles discrimination against transgendered individuals and, in some cases, pits human rights titans against each other."
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OBSERVATIONS: MARTIN O'MALLEY
Faster, higher, colder, eh?
"A good demonstration sport for Canada in future Winter Games could be the Snowball Fight."
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VIEW FROM THE MIDDLE EAST: ADRIENNE ARSENAULT
Hothouse politics in the Gaza Strip
"Not that long ago entire battalions of Israeli soldiers with their tanks
and heavy weaponry were needed to guard these settlements. Now, the
perimeter is loosely controlled by Palestinian militants: the al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades."
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TOM McFEAT:
Income trusts: Economic boon…or alien life form?
" And what made income trusts such a hot button issue? The credit (or blame) belonged to Finance Minister Ralph Goodale..."
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HEALTH: MAUREEN TAYLOR
Bird Flu 101
"While Canada may seem a hotbed for avian influenza, it's also the case that officials here are ahead of the curve when it comes to surveillance testing."
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GLOBAL VIEW - UGANDA: ALANNA JORDE
Southern Sudan struggles to achieve its icon's vision
"Even though they still do not have a functioning state, people who have ancestral roots in southern Sudan are positively joyful these days."
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THE NATIONAL: REX MURPHY
The price being paid for this charade
"Gun murders in Toronto, and particularly within some areas of Toronto's black community, are not, and never were, primarily a licensing and registration dilemma."
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FROM THE RIGHT: TOM VELK
Looking in Your Own Backyard: Clashing Left and Right Ideals
"The imperfect Middle East is changing for the good, and the evidence is partly real and partly symbolic."
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A SOLDIER'S LIFE: RUSSELL D. STORRING
A convoy to Kandahar
"The convoy begins to speed up to get out of the ambush zone, and a third RPG interrupts the small arms fire and arcs its way through the night 25 metres to the front of our Coyote."
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SCHOOLING: MARY-ELLEN LANG
Teen rape
"If and when their actions get the attention of the police, neither they nor their parents are likely to admit to rape."
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GLOBAL VIEW - ASIA: ASHIFA KASSAM
Pol Pot's harsh legacy
"Pol Pot left a harsh legacy for Cambodians, one that is palpable to any visitor."
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GLOBAL VIEW - MIDDLE EAST: JIM REED
Rapprochement with Iran
"The old war on communism cannot be fully equated with the new war on terrorism but the path to a solution looks increasingly familiar."
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DISABILITY MATTERS - ED SMITH
Time to fight the good fight again
"Do I get treated differently from when I was healthy and upright? You could say that."
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GLOBAL VIEW - GHANA: COLEEN ROSS
How much is the afterlife worth?
"Traditionally, the funeral is a colourful celebration meant to send off the deceased in style. And it’s loud... While it’s great to go out with a bang, is the bang really worth your buck? More and more Ghanaians say no."
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YOUR SPACE:
Canadians will choose their next government on Jan. 23.
"Not exactly thrilled at yet another election, and a winter one at that."
School abuse victims getting $1.9B
"The Government can never pay enough for what has happened to my family and I."
'Inclusive' name change needles N.S. tree grower
"Complete inclusivity is neither respectful or possible..."
Boisclair says PQ won't be bound by law governing referendums
"I have always viewed the so-called Clarity Act as an unjustified infringement on the self-determination of the people of Quebec."
U.S. official admits phosphorus used as weapon in Iraq
"Just another example of the Bush/U.S. hypocrisy."
Liberals cut taxes as election looms
"In probably less than two months, the people will be going to the polls. This is evident from the Liberals lavish spending of taxpayers money."
Ottawa accused of not helping Canadian held at Guantanamo
"Please I don't want my tax dollars helping him."
Layton won't back Liberals
"Thank you Mr. Layton. Your action is appreciated. I for one will welcome a Christmas election."
U.S. Senate OK's drilling in Arctic refuge
"I am outraged that such a highly damaging disgusting project actually got passed."
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