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<title><![CDATA[PM hopes eastern promises will pay off]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As Harper wraps up visit to India, questions remain whether goodwill gestures will lead to enhanced trade]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Of APEC summits and the elephant not in the room]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Obama's shorter-than-expected visit looms large over gathering's agenda as Harper prepares to gather face time with world leaders]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rural overrepresentation defeats the people's will]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The gun registry is popular with Canadians - about two thirds of them want it retained - so why was it defeated in the House?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HARPER'S HARMONY, IGNATIEFF'S DISCORD]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite efforts by the Opposition to bring down his government, a confident Prime Minister wows the crowd in Ottawa and calls four by-elections, showing determination to carry on while the Liberal Leader navigates a series of setbacks]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[He held the torch for his fallen brothers, but now the Kennedy dynasty is no more. As the world mourns the passing of a great American optimist, a country is left to question te future of his fractured politics]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE END OF CONSENSUS Kennedy was the Senate's great negotiator, who saw eye-to-eye with his enemies, healed rifts and knew how to deliver THE END OF CAMELOT The dynasty dies with the last brother as young Kennedys prefer to stay out of the political spotlight THE NEXT GREAT HOPE The lion's final act was to pass on the Kennedy crown in his endorsement of a new hope, Barack Obama]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[America's an argument that never ends]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Canadians keep their voices down for fear an honest argument would wreck the country]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts politicians could shape outcome of Obama's bid for reform]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hard to Digest]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A magazine that once educated the middle class is fading away]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Americans argue to extremes, sure, but they also care deeply]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In U.S. politics, it's fair game to just flat out lie]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bush's ghosts threaten Obama's agenda]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Word that Cheney may have broken the law by concealing CIA program from congress could overshadow health-care reform and Supreme Court nominee]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The man who keeps on pedalling]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[For some Europeans, especially the French, Lance Armstrong is George Bush on a bike]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin's resignation keeps everyone guessing Will she or won't she? It's anyone's guess]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin remains mum on motives, but some observers convinced she's clearing the deck for 2012 bid for White House]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraq presents U.S. with a paradox]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What matters most is what happens next: Will things get better or worse?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boomers, whites soon U.S.'s new minorities]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Latino birth rate is twice that of whites, which is why the United States is the only industrialized nation with a birth rate that keeps the population stable]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How does U.S. democracy survive without its newspapers?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The answer isn't entirely grim]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:58 -0400</pubDate>
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