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[Michael Fortier] Demands Spending, Contract Answers: Embarrassing Trip Abroad By Advisers, Ballooning Contract Spur Internal Probe Of Public Works [Editorial]

[Ontario Following B.C.] Over Deal For Softwood [Roy MacLaren]

[Ottawa Delays Announcement] Of Plan To Fight AIDS [Andre Picard] [Editorial]

[Tories Bounce Back] In Poll, But Trail In Ontario, Quebec

[Jim Flaherty] Wants To Check Statscan's Math

[Bernard Lord] Expected To Drop N.B. Election Writ Today

[Endangered Species] Get Short Shrift Under Harper: Leaked Paper

[Soldier Killed] In Shooting Incident 'Knew The Risks' Of Afghan Mission

[Muslim Group] Wants Ignatieff Apology

[Tony Clement Heckled] As Thousands Gather For Candlelight Vigil For AIDS Victims

[Duty-Free Liquids] To Be Allowed On Board

[CIA Link] To Data Software Raises Suspicions

[Victor Doerksen] Joins Race To Replace Ralph Klein

[Ralph Klein] Nixes Drinking Age Hike

[Supreme Court] Won't Hear PEI's Appeal Challenge

[Police Confirm] Car Was Bombed: Oil Executive Was Target Of Montreal Blast

[Natives Lay Claim] To Windmills: Request To Hand Over Turbines Surprises Landowners, Company Near Shelburne

[$60,000 Dinner Tab] Forces Layoffs At Native Community

[Buzz Hargrove] Asks Girlfriend To Make Union Permanent

[Ehud Olmert] Suspends West Bank Withdrawal

[Syrians Demand] Military Action To Regain Golan Heights

[Family Of Lebanese Canadians] Found Buried 32 Days After Bombing

[Taliban Seek Talks] To End Warfare With Canadians

[Hezbollah Hands Out] Cash For Lebanese War Victims

[Behold The Army] Of Newborn Nasrallahs

[U.S. Judge] Calls For End To NSA Wiretapping

[U.S. Blocked Missiles] To Hezbollah: Intelligence Officials

[Italy To Deploy] Up To 3,000 Troops

[Raul Castro] Says Brother Fidel Recovering

[Marines] May Have Excised Evidence On 24 Iraqi Deaths

[Labour MPs] Come Out In Support Of Deputy PMs U.S. View [White House Reaction]

[Interview] With Jimmy Carter: "The U.S. And Israel Stand Alone"

[John Ibbitson] Tories File Foreign Policy Statement In Blue Box

[Neil Reynolds] Canada Is Truly A Corporate Welfare State

Updated Friday, August 18 at 10:21 a.m.

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Thursday morning news

[Tentative Softwood Deal] Gets Boost From B.C.

[Public Works] $24-Million Solution: How A $1.75-Million Contract To Cut Costs Ballooned Nearly 14 Times Its Value In Just 9 months [Editorial]

[Harper Announces] $25-Million In Aid For Lebanon

[Funding Freeze] May Leave Homeless In The Cold: Ottawa Leaves Some Groups In Limbo

[Federal Bureaucrat] Posts Hefty Expenses During World Travels

[Peter MacKay's] Kingmaker Backs Stéphane Dion

[Gilles Duceppe] Defends Demonstration, Denies Glorifying Hezbollah

[Statscan Defends] Data In Wake Of Inflation Error

[Border Changes] To Hurt Canadians More

[Conference Organizer] Hopes For AIDS Announcement From Ottawa

[Divisive 'Doc' Eyed] As Tory Candidate

[Millions Of Dollars] Of Federal Housing Funding Missing From Cities, Say Activists

[CAW Cuts] Formal Ties With NDP

[Dalton McGuinty] Pens Letter To Harper

[Gasoline Prices] Fuel Bernard Lord's Pre-Election Campaign

[Business Mag] Taps McGuinty As 'Personality Of The Year'

[Shooting For Stars] For Space Tourism On Cape Breton

[Kelowna Continues] Fight With Ottawa For Wildfire Compensation

[Parkdale-High Park] By-Election On Sept. 14

[Hezbollah] Switches Its AK-47s For 2x4s

[Lebanese Troops] Move Into South

[France] Said To Want Only Symbolic Force

[Post-Zarqawi Violence] Keeps Surging In Iraq

[Britain's Deputy PM] Denies Calling Bush 'Crap'

[Ditch U.S.] In Terror War, Say 80 Per Cent Of Britons

[Court Rejects] Claims Election Claims By Lopez Obrador

[For Majority] Of Arabs, Hezbollah Won

[Joe Lieberman] Leads Opponents In New Poll

[Margaret Wente] The Trouble With Africa

[Peter C. Newman] Will The Liberals Toss Aside Their Most Sacred Tradition?

[Editorial] The Justice Department Is Prosecuting Lobbyists For What Reporters Do Every Day

Updated Thursday, August 17 at 09:55 a.m.

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Updated Thursday, August 17 at 09:55 a.m.

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Wednesday morning news

[Bill Clinton] Demands Action: Former U.S. President Blasts Abstinence-Only AIDS Programs, Backs Needle Exchange [Stephanie Nolen] [Live Discussion: 1:30 p.m. EDT]

[Opposition To Afghan Mission] Rises In Latest Poll [Six Canadians Injured]

[Canada Can Do] More, Israeli Ambassador Says [Mark MacKinnon] [Carolynne Wheeler]

[Statscan Admits] Five-Year Inflation Mistake

[Tories Chided] For Backing Out Of Middle East Visit

[MPs Aim] To Question Aides On British Trip

[No Plans] To Begin Jailing 10-Year-Olds, Ottawa Says [Editorial]

[Liberal Rivals] Pick Up The Pace [Lawrence Martin]

[Colin Powell] Praises Harper's Mideast Stance

[Canadian Forces] To Enlist 30 Per Cent Of Recruits Within A Week, Hillier Says

[Conservative MPs In Sask.] Say Province Must Get Its Equalization Money

[Garth Turner] Facing Possible Challenge From Anti-Gay Marriage Candidate

[Premier Campbell] Shuffles His Cabinet

[Pressure Mounts] To Keep Vancouver Injection Site: Clement's Position Unclear

[Ontario Judge Denies] Bail To Another Terror Suspect

[Protests Growing] Over Plan For Lodges In B.C. Parks

[N.S. Premier's Split] Provides Fuel For Summer Gossip

[Alberta Science Minister] Resigns: Will Doerksen Run For Klein's Job?

[Bob Rae] Says Provinces Shouldn't Envy Alberta's Wealth

[Andre Boisclair] Remains Mum On Sovereignty Agenda

[Praise, Scorn] For N.S. Gas Regulation

[Buzz Hargrove] Tears Into Harper During CAW Convention

[Ontario NDP Leader] Slams Bob Rae

[Britain To Pardon] First World War Deserters

[Hezbollah Balks] At Withdrawal From The South

[Israel Sends Mixed] Signals On Lebanon Pullout

[More Than 3,400] Iraqi Civilians Killed In July

[President Bush] Frustrated With Lack Of Iraq Progress

[Former President Gerald Ford] Checks Into Mayo Clinic

[Cartoon Exhibit] In Iran Takes Aim At Holocaust

[Dozens Of Canadians] Emigrate To Israel

[Insurer Wins Test Case] Over Katrina Liability

[Neil Reynolds] The Untold Tale Of How Government Got Big

Updated Wednesday, August 16 at 10:02 a.m.

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Updated Wednesday, August 16 at 10:02 a.m.

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Tuesday morning news

[Israel] Begins Troop Pullout From Lebanon [Mark MacKinnon] [Carolynne Wheeler] [Alan Freeman] [Photos]

[Federal Advisers' Trip] To Britain Raises Ire: Officials Left Trail Of Cancelled Meetings

[Maurizio & Bob] How A Coffee Date Led To An Alliance [John Ibbitson] [Campbell Clark]

[Andre Boisclair] Wins Montreal By-Election

[Gates & Clinton] Double Bill Packs Punch In AIDS Fight [Margaret Wente]

[Harper Not Attending] AIDS Conference, PMO Says [Editorial]

[Ottawa Mum] On AIDS Funding: Announcement Abruptly Cancelled

[Privacy Watchdog] Launches Data-Release Investigation

[Rival Polling Firms] Trade Barbs Over Canadians' Views On Mideast

[Alberta Confirms] Human West Nile Cases For 2006

[Body Of Medic] Slain In Afghanistan Returns To Canada

[Ottawa Has No Plan] To Add To Bench, Vic Toews Says

[NCC Backs Facelift] Of Parliamentary Precint: New Trudeau Building, Underground Tunnel And Underground Visitor's Centre Proposed

[Vancouver Airport Guards] Eyeing Strike

[Marital Breakup] A Private Matter: N.S. Premier

[Caledonia: Day 169] Bail Hearing Delay For Suspect In Assault On TV Crew

[Court Date Delayed] For Former Conservative Candidate

[Cuban Television] Airs First Video Of Castro

[Mexico Poll Protests] Turn Violent

[PM Koizumi's] Final Shrine Trip Draws Protests

[Senator Allen Quip] Provokes Outrage, Apology

[Politicans] Take Aim At Ehud Olmert

[Two Fox News] Reporters Kidnapped In Gaza

Updated Tuesday, August 15 at 09:50 a.m.

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Updated Tuesday, August 15 at 09:50 a.m.

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Monday morning news

[Hopeful Lebanese] Stream Home As Fighting Stops

[Maurizio Bevilacqua] To Exit Race To Support Rae

[Infant] Reported To Be Tool Of Terror Scheme [Britain Downgrades Security Alert]

[Chinese Rules] On Tourism Leave Canada In The Cold

[Ottawa To Stiffen] Guideline On Radon Levels In Homes

[Defence Minister, Military] At Odds Over G-Wagon

[Canadian Military] Will Defend Claim Over Arctic Waters: PM

[New Carry-On Rules] Aimed At Ensuring Safety: Stockwell Day [Banned List Grows]

[Tony Clement] Vows To Get Cheap Drugs Flowing

[Caledonia: Day 168] Nations Divided Rule Disputed Land

[Scientist Blasts PM] Over Absence [AIDS 2006 Conference]

[Canada Earns] Low Grade For Belching Pollution

[Grieving Families] Mourn The Fallen

[Canadians Flee] Lebanon On Chartered Ship

[Canada] Needs To Take Leading Role In Rebuilding Lebanon: Ignatieff

[Michael Ignatieff] Explains Controversial Comments

[Andre Boisclair] Poised To Win Assembly Seat

[Charlottetown's City Council] Will Give Green Light To Sue Over Electoral Map

[Q&A With Scott Brison] 'I Was Born A Liberal, I Just Came Out A Few Years Ago,'

[No Plans] For Canadian Troops In Lebanon

[Ottawa Turned Off] Funding Tap To Pratt & Whitney

[Husky Energy] Plans To Build Second Ethanol Supply Facility

[Fidel Castro] Gets Visit From Brother, Chavez

[PM John Howard] Drops Australia Asylum Laws After Party Revolt

[British Muslims] In Denial, Leader Warns

[Training Camps] For Terrorists In UK Parks

[The Countdown] For Olmert Has Begun

[How The White House] Tracked The Terror Plot

[Mexico's Leftist] Presidential Candidate Settles In For Long Recount Battle

[Iran's President] Starts Blogging

[Lysiane Gagnon] The Politics Of Morality

[Norman Spector] B.C. Leads The Way In Dispute Resolution

[Robert Fisk] As The 6am Ceasefire Takes Effect... The Real War Begins

Updated Monday, August 14 at 10:22 a.m.

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Friday morning news

[Audacious Bomb Plot] Foiled In Britain [Al-Qaeda Theory] [The Suspects] [The Plot] [Foiled Plots] [Pakistan's Intelligence Role] [1995 Similarities] [Airline Woes] [Heathrow Chaos] [The Fallout] [Audio] [Video] [Photos] [Paul Koring] [Editorial]

[Israel Battles] For Strategic Base

[Ottawa Offers Provinces] Surplus Money

[Forget Universal] Child Care, Report Urges

[Market To Steer] Contract Flow, Maxime Bernier Says

[Canada's Airports] Vulnerable: Senator

[N.B. Election] Planned For Sept. 18 [Video]

[Bob Rae] Slams Afghan Vote, Harper Foreign Policy [Editorial]

[Michael Ignatieff] Admits Gaffe Over Mideast Conflict

[Wajid Khan] To Step Aside As Liberal Defence Critic [Editorial]

[Body Of Cdn. Soldier] On Way Home From Afghanistan

[Alberta Conservative MP] John Williams Says He Will Not Seek Re-Election

[Ottawa Renews Promise] For Agent Orange Compensation

[N.S. Premier] And Wife Split Up

[No Sunday Shopping] Charges For Sobeys, Loblaw

[BC NDP] Blasts Government For Quality Of Rehab Homes

[U.S. Embassy] Warns Of Terrorist Attacks In India

[Ehud Olmert] Faces Backlash Over Lebanon War

[Hezbollah Claims] It Sunk Israeli Gunboat

[Hugo Chavez] Says Castro Fighting For Life

[Republicans & Democrats] Claim Edge As Terror Is Reinforced As A Campaign Topic

[British MP] Apologises For 'Inbreeding' Comments

[Op-Ed: Jacob Ziegel] The Judge Is Correct On Caledonia

[William Houston] Will CBC Be Left Out In The Cold?

[John Ibbitson] The Good Guys Will Win This War, Too

Updated Friday, August 11 at 10:20 a.m.

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Thursday morning news

[British Authorities] Thwart Terror Plot To Blow Up Several Aircraft To U.S. [Homeland Security Statement] [Heathrow: Cancellations & Delays] [U.S. Airports: Threat Level Red] [U.K. Luggage Restrictions] [Canadian Luggage Restrictions] [Canadian Delays] [Airline Stocks Suffer]

[Israel] Plans Wider Offensive: 40,000 Troops Mass At Lebanese Border As Political Battle Intensifies In Canada [Paul Koring] [Blog]

[Furor Engulfs] PM's New Liberal Adviser: Memo Circulates Suggesting Mississauga MP Wajid Khan Be Expelled From Caucus

[Ottawa Sets Deadline] For Lumber Deal

[Huge Backlog] Of Land Claims To Be Attacked [John Ibbitson] [Editorial]

[Caledonia: Day 164] Residents Want Feds To Step In

[No Execution Yet] For Canadian, China Says

[Canadian Soldier Killed] Six Days Into Afghan Tour

[Fallen Peacekeeper] Honoured In Somber Memorial

[Israeli Ambassador] Denounces MPs For Marching 'Under Hezbollah Flag'

[Jewish Leader] In Canada in Canada Wants Ban On Hezbollah Demonstrations In Canada

[Flag Policy] Should Be Set By MP's, Member Says

[Liberal Hopefuls] Argue Over Quebec: Only 120 Attend Event Conducted In French

[Bob Rae] Targets Harper On Foreign Policy

[Man Claims] He Spoofed Danny William's E-mail Address

[Ex-President] Of Canada Post Suing Ottawa For $3.2-Million

[Stephen Lewis] Urges Action On AIDS War

[Investor Tax Breaks] Elicit Mixed Reviews

[B.C. Convict] Sues Former MP Grewal, Newspaper

[U.S. Firm] Contracted To Produce Atlantic Driver's Licences

[British MP] Quits Defence Job Over Lebanon

[U.S. Politicians] On Both Sides Fear Fallout From Iraq War

[Democratic Leadership] Welcomes Lamont: Lieberman Shuns Calls To Drop Out

[In Clinton's New York] Run, Much Talk Of Connecticut

[How Hezbollah] Hijacks the Internet

[Rice's Hurdles] On Middle East Begin At Home

[Iranian Leader] Speaks To Mike Wallace

[Lawrence Martin] The Perilous Charms Of Rick Hillier

Updated Thursday, August 10 at 10:40 a.m.

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Wednesday morning news

[Israel Approves] Wider Lebanon Ground Offensive [Israel's New General] [Mark MacKinnon In Lebanon] [Marcus Gee]

[PM Picks] Muslim Liberal MP As Adviser On Mideast

[Day 163] Caledonia Tensions Heat Up As Judge Orders End To Talks [The Blame Game]

[NDP Seeks Probe] Of Plan To Override Contract Rule [Editorial]

[Four MPs] Heading To Mideast War Zone On Fact-Finding Mission

[PS Experts] Opposed Tory Crime Agenda

[David Emerson] To Meet Lumber Executives Over Softwood Deal

[Loved Ones] Bid Soldier A Final Farewell

[Joe Volpe] Moves Toward PM In Call For Elected Senators

[Inmates' Right To Sue] Puts Taxpayers Out $1.2-Million

[Amnesty International] Worried Canadian Held In China May Be Executed Soon

[Report Lauds] Nass River Fishery

[N.B. Election Talk] Heats Up Politicians

[Jean Charest] Moves Fast On College Funding: $320-million Plan Unveiled

[Quebec Car Blast] Probed For Ties To Terrorism

[BC Liberals] Come Clean On True Costs Of Contracts

[BC NDP] Urges Province To Increase Funding For On-Call Paramedics

[Ontario Terror] Suspect, 17, Freed On $137,000 Bail

[Vancouver Police Board] Accepts Chief's Apology

[Joe Lieberman] Defeated, Pays Price For Iraq

[Anti-U.S. Feeling] Leaves Arab Reformers Isolated

[Royal Phone Tap] Leads To Arrests

[60 Percent Of Americans] Oppose Iraq War: Poll

[U.S. Bar Association] Condemns Bush Tactic

[Captured Soldier's Brother] On Mission

[Hezbollah Has Fired] 3,333 Rockets So Far

[Blogger Takes Aim] At News Media And Makes A Direct Hit

[Lawrence Martin] The Unwritten Bylaw Of Bytown: Fall In Line Or Fall Out Of Favour

[Bret Stephens] Condi's Gambit: Hope For The Worst

[Op-Ed: Stéphane Dion] Climate Change Requires Action

Updated Wednesday, August 09 at 10:39 a.m.

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Tuesday morning news

[Ottawa Overrides] Its Controls On Contracts: Government Uses 'National Security' Clause To Allow It To Steer Lucrative Defence Deals To West, Quebec And Atlantic Canada

[Battles Rage] In Southern Lebanon

[Harper's Defence Of Israel] Draws Praise From A Liberal Senator

[Softwood Showdown] Looms For Government

[Feds Draw On Study] Of Controversial Chemical For New Drinking Water Guidelines

[Reluctance About Afghan] Mission Said Linked To Anti-Bush Sentiments

[Caledonia: Day 162] Violence Erupts Again In Caledonia: Judge To Comment On Occupation Today, Sparking Fears Of More Raids And Riots

[PQ's Boisclair] Snipes At Charest's Education Plan

[P.E.I. Says No] To Venture Capitalist

[Tech Boss] Revs Up Mayor's Race: Upstart O'Brien Says Change Is Needed In Capital

[Mineral Rush] Resuscitates The North

[UN Ceasefire] Vote Delayed For Arab Objections

[U.S. Soldiers] Took Turns Raping Iraqi Girl

[Pro-War] Joe Lieberman On Brink

[Lieberman Woes] Scratch Surface Of Anti-Incumbent Sentiment: Voters May Cast Ballots For Challengers To Register Opposition To Bush, War

[Russia, U.S.] Feud Over Arms Sanctions

[Captured Hezbollah Fighter] Shown On Israeli TV [Photo]

[Palestinians Back Hamas] Vow To Destroy Israel - Poll

[U.S. Clout] A Missing Ingredient In Mideast

[John Ibbitson] Aboriginal Debate Exposes Great Canadian Divide

Updated Tuesday, August 08 at 10:37 a.m.

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Monday morning news

[Fighting Goes On] As Diplomats Meet In Beirut [Mark MacKinnon] [Patrick Martin][Editorial]

[Four Fallen] Canadian Soldiers Return Home

[Harper Praises UN] Deal On Mideast Ceasefire

[Harper's Mideast Stand] One-Sided, MPs Say

[Softwood Deal Will Die] Without Key Support: Harper [Video]

[Afghan Mission] A Hot Topic In Letters, Calls To Ottawa: Thousands Criticize PM For Deployment [Montrealers Protest]

[Ottawa Ready] To Kick Start NWT Gas Hunt

[Ottawa Urged] To Embrace EU Emissions Trading

[Liberal Party] Of Ontario Signs Up 48,000 New Members In Just Two Months

[Jean Charest] Talks Tough On Education Funding

[Hebron Standoff] A High Risk Stand-Off For Newfoundland

[Caledonia: Day 161] Aboriginal Protesters Vow To Stay For Long Haul

[Tories Demand] Klein Replacement Make Reforms

[Fundraising Tallies] Too Low, Liberal leadership Camps Say

[Greens] Set Sights Long-Term

[A Historic Battle] Over Who's In Charge Of Our Past: Surprising Moves From Ottawa Are Leaving Canada's Heritage Agencies Divided, Not United

[How A Famous Father's] Off-The-Cuff Remark Gave Birth To Michael Ignatieff's Liberal Leadership Campaign [Ignatieff's Bad Week] [Lysiane Gagnon]

[Warm Weather] Brings United States Shoreline Closer To Canada

[Norman Spector] Defending The Right Of Self-Defence Is Our Traditional Policy

[In Nasrallah, Arabs] Have A New Icon

[Fidel Castro] Expected To Return Within Weeks [Alan Freeman]

[Iran Vows] To Continue Uranium Enrichment

[U.S. Beefing Up] Number Of Troops In Baghdad

[Lopez Obrador] To Step Up Protests In Mexico After Court Ruling

[Joe Lieberman] Confronts Criticism Over Iraq

[How The U.S.] Fired Jack Straw

[Reuters] Admits Altering Beirut Photo

Updated Monday, August 07 at 10:41 a.m.

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Friday morning news

[The Bloodiest Day Yet] Four Canadian Soldiers Killed, 10 Others Injured [The Fallen] [Political Fallout] [Quebec Analysis] [Christie Blatchford] [Editorial]

[Israel Expands Bombing] After Rocket Barrage [Analysis] [Mark MacKinnon]

[18th Suspect] Held In Terror Plot

[Liberal Power Couple] Back Harper On Mideast

[Tories Defending] Mideast Stand

[Timber Truce Ultimatum] Draws Industry Fire

[Canada Continues] To Have Independent Approach To Cuba: Peter MacKay

[Stockwell Day] Blames Grits Over $24-Million Moving Bill

[Door Open] For RCMP To Move To JDS Site

[Once More, Into] The Breach For Canadians: Latest Rotation Prepares To Ship Out

[Ralph Klein] Scorns Call For Long-Range Oilsands Plan

[Ontario To Mirror] Dividend Tax Break

[N.S. Gives Least] Amount To Public-School System: Stats Canada

[Caledonia: Day 158] Berm Proposed For Native Site: Parents Don't Want School Kids To See Occupation

[Yukon MLA] Crosses Floor To Eventually Join NDP

[Iraq At Risk] Of Civil War, Top Generals Tell Senators

[Communists Will Keep] Control, Raul Castro Says

[Lieberman More Popular] With Republicans Than Democrats: Poll [Joe's Worst Nightmare]

[How The Orange] Revolution Lost Its Juice

[U.S. Prosecutors] Face Pre-Election Dilemma: Seeking Indictments In Public-Corruption Probes Risks Accusations of Partisanship

[Bush Trims] This Year's Texas Stay To 10 Days

Updated Friday, August 04 at 10:01 a.m.

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Thursday morning news

[Another Canadian Soldier] Dies In Afghanistan

[Israel] Launches New Air Strikes On Beirut [Analysis] [Implications] [Mark MacKinnon]

[Fearing] For Safety, Muslim Official Quits

[Bob Rae] Leads Liberal Pack In Fundraising

[Canada Breaks] AIDS Pledge

[Handling Of Mideast] Conflict To Be Hot Topic In Tory Caucus

[David Emerson] Out To Salvage Softwood Deal

[Vic Toews] Wants To Expand Use Of Dangerous Offender Designation

[Michael Ignatieff] Details Ceasefire Proposal

[UN] Puts Canadian-Sudanese Citizen On Al-Qaeda Sanction List

[Mourners Honour] Cpl. Jason Warren

[Cpl. Francisco Gomez] Laid To Rest

[Feds Scoff] At $123-Million Loan Loss To West

[Inderjit Singh Reyat] Perjury Case Still Inching Forward

[Seal Hunt] 'Remarkable Success'

[City Plays Politics] With Electoral Map, Says Premier Binns

[Caledonia Poll] Headache For Liberals

[Jewish Community] Boosts Security Amid Mideast Conflict

[U.K. Ambassador] Warns Iraq Likely To Break Up: Report

[White House] Asks Congress To Define War Crimes

[Iran Working] With N. Korea On Missiles: Institute

[Viktor Yushchenko] Nominates Arch-Rival For PM

[Tony Blair] Admits Lebanon Violence Could Fuel Extremism

[15,000] International Troops Needed: Ehud Olmert

[Vendors Weigh] Cuba's Future In Street Markets Of Havana

[Chaser Axe Stunt] Gets PM Howard Going

[Mel Gibson] Charged With Drinking And Driving

Updated Thursday, August 03 at 10:21 a.m.

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Tuesday morning news

[Only 32%] Back PM On Mideast [Quebec Poll] [John Ibbitson]

[Israel] To Push Farther Into Lebanon [Mark MacKinnon] [Editorial]

[Ailing Castro] Temporarily Hands Power To Brother

[Michael Ignatieff] Criticizes Harper, Suggests Immediate Ceasefire [Op-Ed]

[Lumber Deal] In Trouble, Emerson Says

[Money Woes] Force Ken Dryden To Lay Off Staff

[Non-Competitive Contract] For Mulroney Minister Draws Fire

[Grits To Fast-Track] Leadership Vote If Snap Election Is Called

[CSIS Spy Networks] In Mosques Not Meant To Target Islam, Experts Say

[Peter MacKay] To Face Grilling Over Mideast Response

[Harper's Stance On Lebanon] Conflict Applauded At Vancouver Synagogue Rally

[Alberta, Newfoundland] Lead Economic Growth

[Pilot Project] Offers Low-Income Farmers Short-Term Funding

[Caledonia: Day 155] OPP Boss Needs To Rebuild Trust [The Caledonia Quagmire]

[Suspend Caledonia] Talks, John Tory Says

[$1.95-Million] Mortgage Firm Sues Former Air India Bomb Suspect

[Judge Rules] For Native Band: Mining Company Must Stop Work For Five Months

[Atlantic Youth] Back Kennedy As Next Leader Of Liberals

[Op-Ed: Preston Manning & Fred Kerr] Alberta Is Already Spreading The Wealth

[The Great War] Starring Justin Trudeau

[UN Gives Iran] Deadline To Stop Producing Uranium

[Mexico City] Clogged By Election Protesters

[ABC Pulls] Mel Gibson's Holocaust Mini-Series

[Congressional Democrats] Call For Iraq Pullout Beginning in 2006

[Scooter Libby's] Lawyers Ask To Use Memory Expert

[White House Pressroom] Gets A Makeover

[Angus Reid] Who's For The War In Lebanon? Opinion Is Strong And Deeply Divided

Updated Tuesday, August 01 at 10:19 a.m.

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Monday morning news

[U.S. To Push] For Mideast Ceasefire [Mark MacKinnon]

[MPs Get First Chance] To Grill MacKay On Mideast

[Across Canada, Protesters] Demand Ceasefire

[Harper Tories' Support] Slips In Key Provinces

[Government] Gives Senior Officials Pay Increase: Unannounced Raises Prompt Critics To Question Conservatives' Transparency

[Endorsements By Party] Brass Suggest Tight Five-Way Liberal Leadership Race

[Who's Going To Win] The Grit Leadership? Frank McKenna, Say Some Liberals

[NATO Takes Command] In Southern Afghanistan [Fresh Troops Heading To Kandahar]

[Opening Debates] On Death: Bloc MP Determined To Introduce A Right-To-Die Bill

[Thousands Competing] In Outgames, Tory MP Booed [Video]

[Minister's Riding] May Get Government Jobs: Premier Lord

[Wendy Yuan's] Vancouver-Kingsway Victory Marred By Allegations

[Sunday Shopping Issue] Never Dies In Nova Scotia

[Canadian Freed] From Israeli Prison

['Cross-Dressing' On] Political Policy Is Here To Stay, Says Tony Blair

[Did Israel] Underestimate Hezbollah?

[Mexican Election] Protests Grow

[Australia's Prime Minister] Plans To Run Again

[China Tests] U.S. Immigration Plan: In Spat Over Asylum Policy, Beijing Refuses Return Of Illegal Entrants

[Democrats Fear Backlash] As Lieberman Stumbles

[Failed] 'One' Part Of Larger Plan

[Henry A. Kissinger] The Next Steps With Iran

[Michael Geist] Free Speech, Libel And The Internet Age

Updated Monday, July 31 at 09:55 a.m.

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Friday morning news

[UN Pulls Observers] From Israel-Lebanon Border

[Some Evacuees Turned Away] For National Security Reasons

[Ottawa Feels Heat] Over Israel Stand [Editorial]

[Premiers Abandon] Attempt At Unity [Murray Campbell] [Jeffrey Simpson]

[Sliding Tory Fortunes] Could Dampen Talk Of Snap Fall Election, Poll Suggests [John Ibbitson]

[Sombre Salute] For Canadian Casualties

['This Is Torture] For Me,' Missing Soldier's Wife Says

[U.S. Planning To Fingerprint] Canadian Workers

[Ottawa Poised] To Axe Scholarships: Tory Senator Hugh Segal Calls Decision 'Calamitous'

[Judge Upholds Media Ban] In Toronto Terror Case

[The Afghan Mission] Donald Rumsfeld's Canadian Kudos

[No Dust-Up] Over Volpe Grit Membership List, Liberal MP Says

[Grit Female Caucus] Thinking Pink Book

[Ottawa Decides Against] Sending Canadian Warships To Lebanese Evacuation

[Look Out, Gordon Campbell] Has A New Mission

[Live Bomb] Hauled Across Toronto: Landscaper Finds WW1 Ordnance

[Former N.S. Politician] Cleared Of Assault Charge

[PEI Lawyer] Plans To Challenge Electoral Map

[Tide Of Arab Opinion] Turning To Hezbollah

[Hezbollah Leader] Said To Be Hiding In Iranian Embassy

[Hamid Karzai's Government] Re-Establishes Taliban-Era Ministry Of Morality

[Secret U.S. Prisons] Condemned: United States Should Abolish Detention Facilities, Grant Red Cross Access To Any Detainees, UN Human Rights Committee Says

[U.S. Hopes] Of Cutting Iraq Troop Levels Dim

[Congress To Adopt] Scaled-Down Rules On Lobbying

[Tony Blair] Flies To Washington For Lebanon Talks

[Leslie H. Gelb] Time To Talk: Diplomatic Jujitsu Could Help Create A New Middle East

[Strombo's] The One No More

Updated Friday, July 28 at 10:33 a.m.

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Updated Friday, July 28 at 10:33 a.m.

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Thursday morning news

[Harper Demands Answers] On UN Death [Lewis MacKenzie] [Editorial]

[Israel Says World] Has Given It Green Light [Carolynne Wheeler In Jeruaslem]

[Israelis Were Warned] To Cease Fire, UN Says

[Provinces] Try To Close Ranks On Imbalance

[Ontario Urges Ottawa] To Revisit Softwood Deal

[Jim Karygiannis] May Enter Liberal Leadership Race

[Pollution Data] Smell Foul In NAFTA Report

[Ottawa Plans Fence] Around Defence

[PEI Voters Furious] Over Reshaped Electoral Map

[Three Politicians] Helped Failed Assassin: Former Tory MP Grewal And Liberal MPs Bell And Dosanjh Helped Atwal

[Dalai Lama] Award Could Hurt Ties: China To Canada

[Former U Of T Teacher] Held In Israeli Prison

[Bill Clinton On Afghanistan] Canada Has Done 'An Astounding Job'

[Would-Be Liberal Leaders] Promise Less Vulgarity, Quotas To Woo Women

[Gary Doer's] 'Two-Track Solution'

[Chuck Guité] Denied Request For Extended Vacation

[NDP MP] Takes Part In Washington Fast For Peace

[Police Chief's Joke] Prompts Investigation

[Got To Have] It! ... Oops, Already Do: Library And Archives Canada Came Embarrassingly Close To Buying A Valuable Historic Map They Already Had In Their Collection

[Caledonia: Day 154] All's Well In Caledonia, Ontario Safety Minister Says: Residents Outraged After Monte Kwinter Says No One Inconvenienced By Aboriginal Protest Site [Ken Hill Update]

[8,000 People] Attend Pro-Israeli Rally In Toronto

[Advocacy Groups] Worry Corporations Are Buying Premiers' Time

[Lawrence Martin] 'We Have No Choice': Election Fever Stirs Grit Pot

[Ariel Sharon] Gets Emergency Treatment For Kidney Failure

[Al-Qaeda] Warns It Will Not Stand Idly By

[Iraqi PM] Presses For More Aid

[Iranian] Envoy, Hezbollah Leader Meet

[Tony Blair] Return's Boy's Balloon

Updated Thursday, July 27 at 10:31 a.m.

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Wednesday morning news

[Canadian Killed] At UN Post In Lebanon [Mark MacKinnon in Lebanon]

[Ceasefire] Issue Muddles Multination Talks: Dignitaries From A Dozen Countries Gather Today In Rome To Discuss Peacekeeping

[Kofi Annan] Calls For Joint Probe In Outpost Bombing

[14 Israeli Troops] Killed By Hezbollah

[Ottawa To Review] Help For Non-Resident Citizens

[Tempers Flare] In Volpe Dispute: Police Called In Latest Episode

[$1-Billion] Welcome News For 'Forgotten Victims': Hepatitis C Sufferers To Get Cash Next Year

[Harper Honeymoon] In Quebec Appears To Be Soured By Lebanese Conflict

[Premiers And Natives] Unite To Push Ottawa: Leaders Want Conservatives To Honour Liberals' $5.1-billion Kelowna Accord

[Ripudaman Singh Malik] Will Be Intervenor At Air-India Inquiry

[Knock, Knock, Knocking] On Ottawa's Door: Olympic Officials Anxiously Await A Federal Response To Their $55-million Request

[The Afghan Mission] Ottawa Sees Progress Despite Afghan Strife

['Good Night, My] Love,' Mounties Wife Says

[More Than One-Third] Of Foreign Aid Wasted: Report

[Big Toronto Bash] Planned For Clinton's 60th Birthday

[War Vet] To Get $1.1-Million For Pension Injustice

[Teacher Who Had Sex] With 15-Year-Old Student Retains Ontario College Credentials

[Caledonia: Day 153] CH Attack Reviewed: Case Handed To Ottawa Police [Editorial]

[Tamil Gang Leader] Quietly Turfed

[John Ibbitson] One Promise The Tories Won't Keep

[Alberta Tories] Welcome Back Suspended Minister

[Too Much] Noise, Says CBC Of Canadian Idol Jollity

[Bush To Add Troops] in Baghdad, Citing 'Terrible' Sectarian Strife

[White House Plan] Offers New Rules For Detainee Trials

[Bank Of China] Froze N. Korean Assets

[Ariel Sharon] Moved To Intensive Care Unit

[Israeli Tanks] Move Back Into Northern Gaza

[Olmert's Daughter] Protests Gaza Killings

[Cry Bias, And Let Slip] The Blogs Of War

[Bernard Haykel] Al Qaeda Takes A Back Seat

Updated Wednesday, July 26 at 10:19 a.m.

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Tuesday morning news

[Tyre Attack] Continues On Eve Of Canadian Evacuation [Doug Saunders In Syria]

[Thousands] Won't Join Lebanon Exodus [Israeli Troops Attack Hezbollah Heartland]

[Condoleezza Rice] Calls For New Middle East

[Saudi King] Warns Of Mideast War

[Fallen Soldiers] Begin Long Journey Home

[Premiers] Aim For Consensus: Ontario Agrees Two-Track Solution Needed To End Squabble Over Equalization Plan

[PM Has] Little Spending Room, Economist Says: Ottawa May Be Hard Pressed To Provide Provinces With Significant New Cash [John Ibbitson]

[PM To Announce] $1-Billion For 'Forgotten' Hep C Victims

[Furious Judge] Berates Tax Agency: Couple Seeking Answers Were Given Five-Year Runaround By Canada Revenue

[Liberal MP] Made Visa Call For Failed Assassin

[Aboriginal Leaders] Want Kelowna Accord On Premiers' Agenda

[Youngest Terror Suspect] Released On Bail

[TD Bank Says] Ottawa's Days Of 'Easy' Budget Planning Are Over

[Mideast Force] Unlikely: Canadian Military Stretched To Maximum In Afghanistan

[Canada Tarnished] By Asbestos Trade: NDP MP

[Day 152] Caledonia Judge Again Demands Explanation

[77 Named] To Order Of Canada

[More Misspending] Likely To Be Found In Expanded Probe: N.L. Auditor General

[U.K. Signs On] To Continue Military Training In Alberta

[Stand Up] To U.S., Voters Tell Blair

[South Korea] Seeks Talks With North

[Bill Clinton] Rallies Dems For Joe Lieberman

[S. Korean Minister] Wins Informal Poll For UN Leader

[Bush Spokesman] Retracts Stem Cell Comment

[Jeffrey Simpson] Evacuation Tips: Who's A Friend, Who's A Canadian?

Updated Tuesday, July 25 at 10:27 a.m.

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Updated Tuesday, July 25 at 10:27 a.m.

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Monday morning news

[U.S. Pushes For NATO] Force In Lebanon

[Israeli Ground Forces] Probe Further Into Lebanon [Mark MacKinnon In Lebanon]

[Ferry To Pick Up] Stranded Canadians In Tyre

[Peter MacKay] Defends Canada's Strong Support For Israel

[Condoleezza Rice] Arrives In Beirut

[Hezbollah Leader] In Iran: No Place Safe For Israelis

[Harper's Middle East] Stance Splits Canadians

[Political Financing] Guidelines Sought: One Of Three Veteran Liberals Vying For The Party Presidency Is Calling For Transparency And Restrictions

[Harper Catches Liberals] Off-Guard, Grits Could Lose Substantial Jewish Vote In Next General Election

[Images Of Millions] Of Canadians To Be Screened Against Terrorist Databases

[Pollster Paid $65,000] To Point Ottawa Toward Google

[Coalition Asks PM] To Tackle Gun Violence

[DND Eyeing] Aerial Drones Ditched By Danes

[Student Aid] On Skids, Report Warns

[Ontario To Eliminate Fees] For Registering Births

[Danny Williams] Expects Progress On Fiscal Imbalance

[Caledonia: Day 151] OPP Officer Says There's Now Two-Tier Justice

[Ariel Sharon's] Life In Danger: Stroke Expert

[Amnesty International] Accuses Jordan Of Torturing For U.S.

[Hussein Trial] Resumes Day After Ex-Leader Hospitalized

[Eight Issues] That Will Shape The 2006 U.S. Elections

[Iraqi PM] Eyes Further Withdrawals

[Op-Ed: Stéphane Dion] Frank Talk Needed On National Unity

[Lysiane Gagnon] Lebanon Fallout Felt In Quebec

[Lorrie Goldstein] Update On Media's Jihad

[Alan M. Dershowitz ] Blame The Terrorists, Not Israel

[Editorial] Exploding The Trillium

Updated Monday, July 24 at 10:15 a.m.

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Friday morning news

[Canadians] Begin Arriving Back Home [Evacuees Praise, Criticize Government] [Blog] [PM's Photographer] [Editorial]

[Israel Sets Stage] For Ground Assault [Analysis]

[Hezbollah] Remains An Elusive Target [Mark MacKinnon In Lebanon]

[More Canadians Unhappy] With Federal Response To Lebanon Crisis: Poll

[Harper Admits Surprise] At Amount Of Energy He's Spending On Foreign Policy

[Ontario, Quebec] Ready For Arrival Of Thousands Fleeing Lebanon

[Canadian Warships] Put On 48-Hour Standby To Lebanon

[Second Suspect] Released On Bail In Ontario Terror Case

[Critic Slams] 'Sneaky' Child-Care Clawback: Government Denies Concealing $400M-A-Year Savings Through Phase-Out Of Former Young Child Supplement

[Ottawa Fashions] New Plan For Thorny Green Issues

[Liberals Want Tax Probe] Of Fees To Tory Delegates

[Thousands Expected] To Attend RCMP Funeral

[Canadian's Detention] In China Sparks Furor

[Homicide Rates] Hit Highest Levels Since 1996

[Canadian, American Mayors] Unite In Protest Of Passport Requirement

[Omar Khadr] Fired U.S. Lawyers, Guantanamo Letter Says: Tells Mother 'I Think I'm Better With Out Them And Allah Is Our Defender And Helper'

[Ottawa Programmer] Designed Detonators, British Court Told

[Canadian Ambassador's] Young Sons Join Refugees

[Shock Jock's] Libel Award Stands: Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Appeal By MP André Arthur Of Damages For Slandering Former Premier, Wife

[Scott Brison] Preaches Peace: MP Attends Pro-Israeli Rally

[Citing Civilian] Deaths, Kofi Annan Demands Truce

[Israel Set War Plan] More Than A Year Ago [Israel Calls Up Reserves]

[Three Arrested] In Connection With Mumbai Bombings

[At NAACP, Bush ] Tries To Mend Rift: Applause And Boos Punctuate Speech, His First To Group As President

[U.S. Counselling] For Saddam On Hunger Strike

[Which U.S. Anchors] Put Themselves In The Line Of Fire?

[Jeffrey Simpson] American Silence Over Lebanon Speaks Volumes

[Peter Worthington] Convenient Canadians

[Uri Dromi] Israel, This Time, Is Overwhelmingly United

Updated Friday, July 21 at 10:39 a.m.

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Thursday morning news

[PMO Wanted Crisis] Kept Under Wraps, Sources Say [2,000 Wait In Port Camp] [Margaret Wente] [Live Discussion: 11 a.m. EDT]

[Refugees] Land In Cyprus, Prepare For Next Leg Of Trip Home [Blog]

[Harper Waits On Plane] For Canadian Refugees [John Ibbitson] [Editorial]

[Canada Strikes Evacuation Deal] With Israel: Report

[France Offers To Work] With Canada to Evacuate Citizens From Lebanon

[Israel Hints] At A Full Scale Invasion

[Israel Warns] Gaza: Arabic-Language Leaflets Threaten 'Dangerous Consequences' For People Hiding Weapons

[Support For Afghan Mission] Falls Sharply [Christie Blatchford]

[RCMP Changes Time] Of Fatal Shootings: Mounties Say Incident Took Place An Hour Later Than First Reported

[Military's Recruitment Methods] Slammed: Forces' Lack Of Responsiveness Scaring Off Many Talented People, Ombudsman Says

[U.S. Details] Terror Links To Canada: Suspects Spread Across Six Countries Stayed Connected Over The Internet

[Mechanical Fault] Ruled Out In Canadian Chopper Crash

[Air-India Inquiry] Called Key To Terrorism Response

[Tory MP] In Border Battle: IDs Strain On Area Economy, U.S. Relations

[Chuck Guite] Appeals 3 1/2-Year Fraud Sentence

[Canadian Lauded] 'Beloved' Bin Laden

[Ottawa Orders Survey] To Identify Edge Of Continental Shelf

[Caledonia: Day 143] Accused Is No-Show In Court: Police Are Hunting For Both Men Charged With Assaulting CH Cameraman

[Liberal MPP Calls Israel] 'Rogue' State

[Liberal MPP Apologizes] For Atlantic Canadian Slur

[Newfoundland Auditor General] To Begin New Spending Probe

[Ontario Logo] Launches Protest: Complaints About Trillium Redesign Popping Up Like Weeds

[Ontario And N.L.] Say Compromise Needed To Fix Fiscal Imbalance

[U.S. At Odds] With Allies on Mideast Conflict

[U.S. Marines In Beirut] To Evacuate Americans Right

[UN Warning] On Mideast War Crimes

[Iraq PM] Splits With U.S. On Israel

[Bush Vetoes] Stem-Cell Research Bill On 'Moral' Grounds

[Poles Fear Political Twins] Will Double Drift To The Right

[Zev Chafets] Middle East: This Time, Israel's Doing It Right

Updated Thursday, July 20 at 10:40 a.m.

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Wednesday morning news

[Canadians Wait] As Evacuation Efforts Begin [Disparate Families, Intersecting Grief] [Editorial]

[Harper Heading] To Cyprus: Prime Minister Will Fly To Cyprus Later Wednesday To Meet Canadians Fleeing Lebanon

[PM Insists He's Onside] With Allies On Hezbollah [John Ibbitson]

[Canadians Fleeing Lebanon] Could Be Hezbollah Targets: Israeli Ambassador

[Bill Graham] Criticizes Harper For Siding With Israel

[Ottawa's Pro-Israel Tilt] Could Take Political Toll: Arab Critics

[MPs Squabble Over Costs] Of Saving Dual Citizens

[Israeli Troops] Clash With Hezbollah Inside Lebanon

[Suspect In RCMP] Slayings Surrenders [Editorial]

[Get Tougher] On Terrorism, FBI Director Tells Canada

[Ottawa Man] Kept Assault Rifles, U.K. Court Told: Prosecutors Detail Raid On Mohammed Khawaja

[Air-India Families] Request Standing At Inquiry

[Clifford Olsen's] Tale: He's A 9/11 Informant

[An Emotional Visit] To A Soldiers Grave: Laureen Harper Honours Relative Who Died In 1917

[Grit MP] Playing Hooky: NDP

[Visa Fee Waived] For AIDS Conference

[N.S. Liberals] In No Rush To Select Permanent Leader

[Caledonia: 'Wanted' Posters] Upset OPP Union

[Bush Thwarted Probe] Into NSA Wiretapping

[India Blocks] Several Web Sites, Many of Which Are Blog Homes

[Yo Ho-Ho] It's Blair Live And Unplugged

Updated Wednesday, July 19 at 10:25 a.m.

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Monday morning news

[Canada To Begin Lebanon Evacuation] By Midweek: Harper

[Israeli Bombs] Kill 7 Canadians In Lebanon [Start Of 'Open War'?] [Live Discussion: 1 p.m. EDT]

[Israel Sends Ground Forces] Into Lebanon [Death Toll Approaches 200] [Analysis]

[Blair, Annan] Call For International Forces]

[Tories Sense] Coming Of Harper Led-Majority

[Fall Vote] Could Be Triggered: Grits To Do 'Everything Humanly Possible' To Avoid Early Election

[Cheque-Swapping Scheme] Common Practice In All Parties Until Recently

['Stylish' Harpers] Light Up St. Petersburg Night

[No-Fly List] To Include Only Those Posing Threat: Membership In Terrorist Group Not Enough To Bar A Person From Getting On A Plane

[Slain Canadian Soldier] To Be Laid To Rest Today

[Canada's Underground Economy] Booming Online

[Privacy Chief] Eyes U.S. Border: Federal Court Asked To Overturn Commissioner's Ruling

[North Korea Rejects] Missile Sanctions

[Protestors Call For Recount] In Mexican Election

[Bush Uses Expletive] To Express Frustration [Transcript: 'Yo Blair']

[A Steamy Spy Scandal] At The State Department: A Tale Of The Diplomat, His Spy Paramour, And His Wife — Also A Spy — Keeps Getting Weirder

[Parachuting Canadian Paramedics] Come To Fisherman's Aid

[Dan Quayle] Walks Out On John Mellencamp For Republican Bashing At Celebrity Golf Tourney

[Rami Khouri] Time To Cut In On The Mideast Dance Of Death

[Norman Spector] Lumber Trouble Has Hint Of Irony

[Op-Ed: Andrew Stark] Embracing The Nation In Quebec

[Op-Ed: Fawaz A. Gerges] Postcard From Lebanon

Updated Monday, July 17 at 10:35 a.m.

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Friday morning news

[Israel Widens Campaign] In Lebanon [Oil Prices Pass $78]

[Harper Defends Israel's Right] To Defend Itself [Harper, Blair Meeting] [G8 Summit]

[The Making Of A Terror Mole] How A Sharia Activist Infiltrated The 'Toronto 17' And Helped Authorities Build A Case Against Them

[Belinda Stronach] Wants Caucus To Elect Cabinet Ministers

[Parliament Vote On Softwood Deal] Could Bring A Fall Election, Tories Warn

[Harper Makes Medical Wait-Times] Promise Disappear From Priorities List [Guarantee Is 'Flexible,' Says Clement]

[No Race-Based] Commercial Fishery, Says Jim Prentice

[Civil Liberties Group] Questions RCMP Announcement During Election

[Supreme Court] Tightens Test Of Political Corruption

[Mohamed Harkat] To Remain Free On Bail

[Doubt Cast] On Tough Gun Law: No Proof Of Less Crime, Report Says

[Ottawa Shrugs Off] U.S. Drug Proposal

[Former Native Leader] Sent To Jail For Fraud [Ottawa Launches Spending Probe]

[BC NDP Leader] To Be Treated For Cancer

[Jean Charest] Talks Trade With Austria

[Caledonia Buffer Zone] Created To Ease Tensions

[N.S. Tory] Gets Boston Posting

[Op-Ed: Carolyn Bennett] Liberal Leadership Race: There's An Elephant In The Room

['Elements' In Pakistan] Blamed In India Blasts

[Bush Agrees To Review] Of Domestic Spying Program

[South Korea Halts] Food Aid To North

[Cheney, Rove, Libby] Sued In CIA Leak Case

Updated Friday, July 14 at 10:41 a.m.

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Thursday morning news

[Israeli Attacks] Beirut Airport, Lebanese Army Base [President Bush Comments]

[Three Killed] In Canadian Forces Helicopter Crash

[Files Show Soaring] Airfare Tab Of Veterans Minister: Charter Plane Trips Cost Nearly $18,000

[Mole Infiltrated] Alleged Terror Group: Report

[Ottawa's Chief] Bank Watchdog Set To Resign: Le Pan Warned Of Threat To Pension Plans

[Phil Fontaine] Re-Elected AFN Chief

[Fallen Soldier Returns] To Loved Ones

[Vic Toews] Says Ottawa May Make It Harder For Murderers To Seek Parole

[CHUM Deal] A Test For Tories' Free-Market Mantra

[Gerard Kennedy] Appears To Lead Liberal Race

[Government In No Rush] To Bring Khadr To Canada

[Government Efforts To Push] Conservation Ineffective, Study Says

[Stéphane Dion] Pushes MP Gender Parity

[Danny Williams] Defends Secrecy On Spending

[More Cash] For Businesses In Caledonia

[Justin Trudeau] Signs On To Play Talbot Papineau

[Alexandre Trudeau] Preparing For Fatherhood

[White House] Prods Congress To Curb Detainee Rights

[Options For U.S.] Limited As Mideast Crises Spread

[Tony Blair's Fundraiser] Questioned Again In Cash-For-Honors Inquiry

[British Fraud Scandal] Takes Deadly Turn: Government Fears Diplomatic Crisis Over Extraditions After Witness Dies

[Don't Feed] My Dog, Vladimir Putin Tells Journalists

Updated Thursday, July 13 at 10:40 a.m.

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Wednesday morning news

[Israel Sends Troops] Into Lebanon: Clashes Come After Hezbollah Militant Group Captures Two Israeli Soldiers In Cross-Border Raid

[India Braces] For More Terror

[Hep-C Victims] To Get Payout Of $1-Billion

[Slain Soldier] Was Prepared, Father Says: Family Denies That Reservist Slain In Afghanistan Was Misled

[PM'S Letter] Reignites Native Fishery Issue: Harper Pledges That His Government Will Oppose 'Racially Divided' Programs

[Publication Ban] Challenged: Lawyers For Some Of The 17 Individuals Accused Of Terror-Related Crimes In Toronto Argue Against Ban

[Harper Chief Of Staff] Forced To Testify In Bitter Legal Dispute

[Tories Chastised] For Not Handing Over Convention Documents

[Governor General] Challengers' Best Client

[Because Steve] Isn't Just A Name, But An 'Attitude'

[Ontario Stalls] On Mental Health Fixes: 'Unacceptable' Delays Hamper Court-Ordered Improvements

[Challenging Gas Regulation] In Nova Scotia: Owner Bumps Price Beyond Legal Maximum

[Hamilton Mayor] Faces Financing Charges

[Natives Take Down] Caledonia Barricade

[N.B. Energy Minister] Defends Gas Pricing Policy

[Former Tory Candidate] Faces August Trial

[Visa Delays] Plague Gay Games

[Vladimir Putin] Lashes Out At West's Afghan Role

[Bob Novak] Confirms Rove Was One Of Sources In Outing CIA Agent

[U.S. Army] To End Expansive, Exclusive Halliburton Deal

[U.S. May] Want More Bank Data

Updated Wednesday, July 12 at 10:20 a.m.

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Tuesday morning news

[Scores Dead] In Indian Train Blasts: Explosions Hit Seven Commuter Trains, Killing At Least 100, Mumbai Police Chief Says

[Fallen Soldier's Repatriation] To Be Closed [Three Days Of Fierce, Bloody War] [Rumsfeld In Afghanistan] [Margaret Wente]

[Canada Not Welcoming] To Immigrants, Study Finds

[Ottawa To Seek] 'Redress' Of TPC Contracts: More Than A Third Of 47 Companies In Program Used Unregistered Lobbyists, Paid Fees

[Diplomatic Splits] Over N. Korea Widen: South Korea And Japan Joust Over Tokyo's Suggestions Of Pre-Emptive Strikes

[N.Y. Terror Suspect] Held Bank Job In Canada

[Elections Canada] Says Tory 'Cheque-Swapping' May Be A Violation Of Federal Law

[Harper's Three Priorities] For Fall

[Bureaucrat Trips] To Ottawa Nixed

[Politics No Fun] After You 'Quit Drinking': Ralph Klein

[Phil Fontaine] Favoured To Win A Third Term: Assembly Of First Nations To Vote On Whether To Give Him Another Term As National Chief

[Provincial Tax Cutting] To Blame For Fiscal Imbalance: Report

[Alberta Usurps] Ontario's Job Title

[Try Me] Or Leave Me Alone, Mohamed Harkat Argues: Refugee From Algeria Denies Federal Government Allegations That He Poses A National Security Risk

[Ralph Klein] Revels In Rock Star Status: Stampede Breakfast Draws Thousands [Ralphbucks In Fall?]

[Ex-Chretien Staffer] To Heat Up Liberal Race In Ottawa Centre

[More N.B. Gas Stations] Shut Down In Price Protest: Pumps As Independent Retailers Complain About Province's Introduction of Maximum-Pricing Rules

[N.S. Introduces Bill] That Would Protect Some From Working On Sunday

[Fraud Video Claim] In Mexico Poll

[Rethinking Embattled Tactics] In Terror War: Courts, Hill And Allies Press U.S. Administration

Updated Tuesday, July 11 at 10:30 a.m.

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Monday morning news

[Canadian Dies] In Afghan Battle: Soldiers Engaged In Lethal Two-Day Game Of Cat-And-Mouse With Taliban Fighters [Soldier] 'Always Had A Smile On His Face'

[Japan Considers Legality] Of Strike On N. Korean Bases

[N.Y. Terror-Plot Suspect] Was Concordia Student: Muslim Groups Say He Was Not Active

[Sea Change] Coming For Our Motto? Two Short Words Could Usher In A Sea Change In The Way Canadians View Their Nation [Editorial]

[David Emerson] Says He Won't Be To Blame If Softwood Deal Dies

[Contenders For Liberal Leadership] Go To The Blogs: Campaigns Trying To Harness Influence Of Burgeoning Internet Community

[Tories to Give Developers] 15 Days To Compete For RCMP Site

[Sovereigntists Hammer Charest] Over Paris Comments

[Party Loan Writeoff] Sparks Funding Debate

[Feds Strip Cons] Of Right To Sue Government

[New Native Group] Draws Fire From Existing Congress [AFN Election]

[OPP Conduct At Caledonia] Standoff Probed: Report

[Hitting The Road] For Timely Cancer Treatment: Overworked Radiation Machines Force Newfoundland To Send Patients To Toronto

[N.S. Sunday Shopping Enforcement] A Waste Of Police Resources, Says Union President

[Employers Spying On Canadian] Workers, Study Suggests

[Roy MacGregor] Here's A Good One: Visit Ottawa To Learn How Government Works

[Norman Spector] Mr. Duceppe Has Baited The N-Word Trap

[Op-Ed: Garry Kasparov] What's Bad For Putin Is Best For Russians

[Lysiane Gagnon] Dion's Quebec Comeback

['Absolutely Determined'] To Pullout Plan: Ehud Olmert

[Building Collapses] In New York

[Polish President] Appoints His Twin Brother As Prime Minister

Updated Monday, July 10 at 10:20 a.m.

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Friday morning news

[Harper Cautions] Bush: Despite PM's Stern Words On Border Plan, U.S. President Says He Has A Friend In 'Steve' ['Steve' Different Than Liberals] [Audio Slideshow] [Transcript] [Editorial]

[Fierce Skirmishes] Leave Gaza Reeling: At Least 22 Killed As Israel Moves In Deeper

[Doug Saunders In London] Shattered Faith, Fresh Optimism And Split Opinion [Live Discussion: 1 p.m. EDT]

[Police To Lay Mischief Charge] Against Urinating Reveller: Identity Of Man, 23, To Be Revealed Friday

[Trade Truce] Faces Trouble, Industry Warns

[New Job] With The Feds? Take A Free Trip

[Liberals Go Small] To Try To Win Big: Party 'Top Heavy,' Insiders Conclude

[Privacy Watchdog Sniffs] For Signs Of U.S. Snooping: Casts A Wide Net In Efforts To Uncover Whether U.S. Has Gained Improper Access To Canadians' Banking Records

[Passport Status] A Mystery: MPs Press To Help Canadian In China

[Tory Ministers Show Restraint] In Wining, Dining

[Liberal Candidate] Gets NDP Apology Over Allegation

[Alberta Tory] MLAs, MPs Discuss Economic Growth

[Chinese Embassy In Ottawa] Denies Organ Harvesting Report

[Alberta Lobbies Ottawa] For Road Money To Help With Overcharged Economy [Jeffrey Simpson]

[Dalton McGuinty] Plans Mission To India, Pakistan

[Michael Ignatieff] Plucks N.S. Grits

[N.B. Gas Station] Closes After Province Starts Regulating Gas Prices

[N. Korea Missile] Aimed At Area Off Hawaii — Report [Editorial]

[New York, Georgia] Courts Rule Against Gay Marriage

[James P. Rubin] Afghanistan: A War Democrats Can Win

[Google, Unibrow] Added To Dictionary

Updated Friday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m.

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Thursday morning news

[Harper Closes Door] On Softwood Debate: Lumber Negotiations Are Over Despite The Objections Of Industry And British Columbia, Ottawa Says [Liberal Reaction] [John Ibbitson] [Editorial]

[Opposition Parties] Agree To Recall Commons Committee To Look At Softwood Deal

[North Korea] Vows To Continue Missile Tests

[Israeli Forces] Reoccupy Northern Gaza

[MPs' Little-Known] Mortgage Subsidy Under Fire: MP Garth Turner Demands End To Perk

[Boeing Deal $8-Billion] Handshake With Bush, Liberals Say

[Police Identify Men] Who Vandalized War Memorial

[Tories Promised Payment] If They Won: Whistleblower Allan Cutler

[Four Years] Later, No-Fly List Remains Grounded: Air Carriers Left With Only A Hodgepodge Of Databases, Partial Watch Lists, Instincts

[Joe Volpe] Gains In Recruiting Drive: 'Stunning' Quebec Membership Numbers Vault Toronto MP Higher In Liberal Race

[Tory Agent Tossed] Over Nasty E-Mail

[Harper's Birthday Gifts] For Bush: Stetson And A Brass Buckle

[Despite] Fraud, Guité 'An Exemplary Citizen,' Lawyer Says: Judge To Decide On Bail This Week

[Caledonia: Day 129] Rule Of Law Not Restored In Caledonia, Judge Says

[Natives To Get More Control] Over Schools: B.C. Agreement Could Be Extended To Other Provinces [Editorial]

[Newfoundland Cabinet Shuffled] To Fill Vacancy

[Court Date Set] For N.S. Sunday Shopping Challenge

[Ralph Klein] Slams Al Gore Interview Attacking Oilsands Projects

[Eric Reguly] Ralph Klein's Oil Sands Sales Job Falls Flat

[Doug Saunders In London] A Grave Worry On The Bombings' Anniversary

[A Touchy] Topic: Boomer in Chief Hits The Big 6-0

[Will Ken Lay's Legacy] Be Greed Or Innovation? [Peggy Noonan]

[Government Consultant] Breached FBI's Computers: Frustrated by Bureaucracy, Hacker Says Agents Approved and Aided Break-Ins

[So, Mr. Putin,] Why Did You Kiss That Boy's Tummy?

Updated Thursday, July 6 at 10:25 a.m.

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Wednesday morning news

[Softwood Deal] Under Attack: B.C. Government Lobbies Ottawa To Reopen Agreement And Fix Escape Clause

[North Korea] Answers Protests With Another Missile [Editorial]

[Israel] Steps Up Gaza Offensive: Troops Ordered To Set Up Security Zone To Thwart Militant Rocket Launches

[Three More Implicated] In Nfld. Spending Scandal

[Three Of 11] Grit Hopefuls Didn't Donate To Party In '05

[Harper Set To Travel] To Washington On Thursday

[Provinces Urge] Clement To Help Plot A Pharmaceutical Strategy

[35,000 Signed,] Volpe Team Says: Other Liberals Mum On Recruitment

[Donation Cap] Failed To Slow Clement Gifts

[Jack Layton] Demands Parliament Be Recalled To Debate Softwood Deal

[Canadian Cities] Facing Day Care Crunch

[Jim Flaherty] On Businesses Who Charge 7%

[Piece Of Klein History] Once A Real Page Turner: Booklet Hurled At Teen Sells For $1,400

[N.S. NDP] Let Courts Decide Sunday Shopping Issue

[Mexican Party] Says Millions Of Votes Not Counted: Leftist Leader Claims Victory Despite Losing Preliminary Results

[Jeffrey Simpson] Alberta's Tar Sands Are Soaking Up Too Much Water

[Max Boot] Our Enemies Aren't Drinking Lattes

[Tony Blair] Calls On Muslims To Root Out Extremists

[Senator Clinton] Hedges Lieberman Support

[Former Enron Founder] Kenneth Lay Dead At 64

Updated Wednesday, July 5 at 10:05 a.m.

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Updated Wednesday, July 5 at 10:05 a.m.

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Tuesday morning news

[Israel Keeps Pressure On Hamas] As Deadline Passes [Militants: Soldiers Fate Will Not Be Revealed]

[Mad Dash] To The Liberal Line: In The Last Days Of Phase One Of The Liberal Leadership Campaign, The Name Of The Game Is Selling Party Memberships

[Joe Volpe] Seeks Tighter Restrictions On Donations: Bar Contributions To Political Parties From People Under 18, He Urges Senate

[Lumber Deal?] Depends On Who You Ask: Clause Allows Countries To Bail Out [Gary Mason]

[Drones] On Military Wish List: Armed Forces Seek To Add To Ottawa's $17B Spending Spree Unveiled Last Week

[Veterans Outraged] By War Memorial Defacement

[Federal Tories Ignore] Alleged Health Violations Outside Alberta

[N.S.-Born Wife] Of Accused Terrorist Posted Messages Calling For Holy War

[B.C. Officials] Look To Recover Foreigners' Medical Bills: Taxpayers Left With $10-Million Tab For Hospital Costs, Health Minister Says

[Quebec Facing] Severe Shortage Of Police Officers, Federation Warns

[Anti-Smoking Ads] Blow By Auditor, Irk Ontario Tories

[Barrie McKenna] Alberta Week Dumps A Huge Truckload Of Pointlessness On U.S. Capital

[Elena Cherney] Giving Day-Care Cash To Stay-At-Home Parents Sounds Like Politics To Some Canadians

[No End In Sight] For CBC's Tommy Douglas Troubles

[Iraqi] Official, Bodyguard Abducted

[Vladimir Putin] Urges Iran To Accept Nuclear Proposals

[Joe Lieberman] Drafts Plan B: Says He'll Try Bid As Independent If He Loses Democratic Primary

[Defining Her Own] Sphere Of Influence: Condoleezza Rice's Popularity Crosses Borders And Party Lines Thanks To Careful Attention To Image

Updated Tuesday, July 4 at 10:05 a.m.

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Updated Tuesday, July 4 at 10:05 a.m.

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Monday morning news

[Soldiers Captors] Give Israel An Ultimatum

[Two Rivals Declare Victory] In Mexican Election

[GST Cut Arrives] With A Whimper, Not A Bang

[MPs Pay Mortgages] With Meal Allowances

[Harper] To Hold Short, All-Business Visit With Bush At White House

[Volpe Camp] Upset Over Newfoundland Ruling: Leadership Campaign Points Finger At Rae For Extended Party-Membership Deadline

[Ottawa Says Lumber Deal] Built To Last: Emerson Insists Pact Will Hold For Years, Rejects Criticism Of Termination Clause

[Soldiers Upset] Over Homecoming Ceremony Media Ban: Internal Military Documents Reveal Discord Over Harper's Refusal To Let Cameras Record The Return Of Canada's Fallen

[Fall Election Talk] 'Highly Speculative,' Says Conservative Senate Leader

[Tories iTune] In To Digital World

[Newfoundland Liberal] Steps Down Pending Audit

[Op-Ed: Bob Rae] PM's Foreign Policy Flawed

[The Terror Raids:] 'This Is Not Why We Came To Canada'

[N.S. Police] Monitor Sunday Shopping At Six Superstore Locations

[Caledonia Calm On Canada Day] But 'Segregation' Continues

[Departing Allan Rock] Calls For Major UN Overhaul [Video]

[Norman Spector] Senate Communications Report Fails To Look Outside The News Box

[North Korea] Warns Of Nuclear War If Attacked

[Paris To Sell Chirac's] Wine Hoard For £350,000

[A Mormon] For President? Voters Balk: More Than Twice As Many Say They'd Oppose A Muslim Or A Latter-Day Saint Than A Jew Or A Catholic

[NYT Photographs] Donald Rumsfeld's Hidden Security Camera

[Op-Ed: James Carville & Mark J. Penn] The Power Of Hillary

Updated Monday, July 3 at 10:02 a.m.

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Updated Monday, July 3 at 10:02 a.m.

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