Ignatieff to be Next Liberal Party Leader of Canada…As with many things that Ignatieff has written over the last decade, he stands on every side of every question, being for the invasion of Iraq, and then against it as it soured. Contemptuously dismissing critics of the war one moment as the bombs fell [...]

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It seems that Bob Rae has stepped aside for Michael Ignatieff to take over the Liberal leadership.   Ignatieff is most famous for apologizing for American torture and pushing the Iraq war.  Current leader Dion will step down, allowing Ignatieff to become the interim leader, then be officially confirmed in April at the [...]

Dion expected to step down this week…Liberal Leader Stephane Dion plans to step down as early as Monday to pave the way for a permanent successor who could lead a coalition government or lead his party into a federal election early next year if the Harper government is defeated.
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A constitutional expert says he’s worried the Governor General’s decision to suspend Parliament sets a “very dangerous” precedent that allows future prime ministers to use the same manoeuvre to avert their own government’s demise.
“This is a major constitutional precedent and that worries me more than anything else,” said Errol Mendes, a professor of constitutional law [...]

Crisis-torn Canada suspends parliament
Canada’s crisis-torn parliament was suspended Thursday in a move which helped Prime Minister Stephen Harper block an opposition bid to topple his government and take over without fresh elections.

Harper May Suspend Canada Parliament to Keep From Being Ousted
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper may suspend Parliament to stave off his ouster next week by an opposition coalition that he warned would be beholden to Quebec separatists and push “socialist economics.”

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2 Dec 2008
TORONTO: In a political coup, Canada’s three opposition parties have joined hands to oust the just elected minority government of Prime Minister
Stephen Harper.

Sarah Palin Still Wearing Campaign Clothes…
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight Monday to campaign for Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss. Spectators experienced deja vu as the Alaska governor sported the same jacket she had worn on the campaign trail this fall. Was Palin valiantly recycling old clothes or defiantly [...]

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Israel’s national intelligence agency Mossad has been behind a failed coup in Turkey, the Turkish daily newspaper, Milliyet reports.
A secret investigation into detained Ergenekon group members and other studies outside Turkey indicate that Mossad orchestrated the coup plot against the Turkish government, the report says.

OTTAWA — Canada’s minority Conservative government, re-elected less than two months ago, could be toppled in the next few days if Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn’t make changes to an economic statement that has all three opposition parties up in arms.
Two of the three Canadian opposition parties are negotiating to form a coalition government, which [...]