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Prime Minister Stephen Harper was a great admirer of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, not so much for his particularly political philosophy, but for the way Blair, like Harper, managed to bring disparate elements of a political party together and lead it out of the political wilderness and into power. ... more »
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Saturday, November 24
India's Prime Minister to visit Canada
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DavidAkin
on Sat 24 Nov 2007 02:47 PM EST
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a one-on-one meeting today with India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. The big news: Prime Minister Singh accepted an invitation from Harper to come and visit Canada. Reporters were allowed into the meeting only long enough to take a photo of the two men at the beginning so ... more »
New Secretary General for the Commonwealth
by
DavidAkin
on Sat 24 Nov 2007 03:52 AM EST
India's Kamalesh Sharma was just named the new Secretary General of the Commonwealth, replacing New Zealand's Don McKinnon. McKinnon is wrapping up and eight-year term.
Sharma becomes the fifth Secretary General of the organization. The first one, incidentally, was Canada's Arnold Smith, who held office from 1965 to 1975.... more » |
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