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Editor’s Notes — 512 words.
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Mulroney feasts on bribes
while Tories look the other way
Few things are less curious than the Tories’ complete lack of curiosity regarding Brian Mulroney’s acceptance of $300,000 in bribes from Karlheinz Schreiber, and perjury about the
same. After all, what’s the percentage in besmirching the grand old man of the party and éminence grise to the prime minister. — 666 words.
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Gloria Steinem just says ‘Yes’ to a dumb question
When asked if she supports
Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama
Gloria Steinem says in The New York Times that “Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking which
candidate are Americans more ready for, a white woman or a black man? With all due respect to the journalistic dilemma of reporting two "firsts" at the same time — two viable presidential
candidates who aren't the usual white faces over collars and ties — I think this is a dumb and destructive question.” — 807 words.
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Largest sex bias case in U.S. history
given green light against Wal-Mart
A U.S. federal appeals court gave the green light for the largest sex discrimination case in U.S. history to proceed against giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores. The case is estimated to cover more
than 1.5 million women, including current and former employees at Wal-Mart, which is the largest private employer in the United States and the world's biggest retail company. — 564 words.
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Putin and the West
differ on democracy
“President Vladimir Putin held an unexpectedly substantive annual news conference last week. It was surprising because, whereas Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko apparently thinks
leaders were given tongues in order to keep people in line, Putin, as a former intelligence officer, seems to believe that his should be used to conceal his true motives.” — 583
words.
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President Hu is on an eight-nation African tour that has already taken him to Cameroon, Liberia, Sudan and Zambia, and he will continue his journey to South Africa, Mozambique, and Seychelles
after Namibia. – 464 words.
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China postures as protector
of Africa’s repressed citizens
The Intdernational Herald Tribune says “We are getting used to seeing new faces of Chinese diplomacy, and on President Hu Jintao's latest trip to Africa we will see the unlikeliest of all.
In making his most visible push for the settlement of the Darfur crisis, Hu will signal a quiet revolution in Chinese attitudes to sovereignty and noninterference, and position China as the
protector of the repressed citizens of the region.” — 728 words.
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True North Canuck Fact of the Day
Our motto From Sea to Sea was born in Saskatchewan
The motto “A Mari usque ad Mare” (From Sea to Sea) was first officially used in 1906 engraved on the head of a mace in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The phrase was adopted by the federal government in 1921, although another motto, “In memoriam in spem (“In memory, in hope”) had also been suggested.
Trivia compiled by Randy Ray and Mark Kearney. Visit their Web site at: www.triviaguys.com
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Harold Wright, True North's Doctor of Punology, says, "When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate."
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