Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Friday, April 8
View Article  Non-tsunami humanitarian appeals are starving, UN says
by DavidAkin on Fri 08 Apr 2005 09:35 PM EDT

The United Nations and many aid agencies were worried that the generous donations made by governments and individuals in the wake of the Asian tsunami might mean that other aid crises would get neglected. Well, it seems those fears were well-founded. Consider this statement, released today by the United Nations:...   more »

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View Article  Another politician's blog discovered
by DavidAkin on Fri 08 Apr 2005 01:24 PM EDT
Steven Fletcher - MPLunch by lunch, coffee by coffee, I’m trying to meet all 99 members of the Conservative caucus. (If you’re a Conservative MP, feel free to phone me up if you’re looking for a lunch date today!) Today, in setting up some time to meet Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia MP and Conservative health critic Steven Fletcher (left), I made the happy discovery that Steven and his staff maintain a blog   more »
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