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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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Thursday, December 27
Harper on Bhutto's killing
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DavidAkin
on Thu 27 Dec 2007 03:38 PM EST
The official notice from the PMO that Prime Minister Harper would be available to speak to the media about Benazir Bhutto’s assassination went out at 1346 Ottawa time this afternoon, giving reporters 29 minutes to get to the Calgary airport. The PMO was curious why not many reporters were able to show up. ... more »
Finally - Canada weighs in
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DavidAkin
on Thu 27 Dec 2007 01:17 PM EST
While leaders of other governments get in front of a camera so we can hear the outrage in their voice, Canada simply issues a press release:
Waiting for Canada ....
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DavidAkin
on Thu 27 Dec 2007 01:14 PM EST
It’s now more than five hours since Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has already done a live televised statement calling for calm in his country. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who was meeting with Bhutto hours before she was killed, did a televised press conference, to express his ... more » |
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