The last Conservative Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, is still fighting allegations of *personal corruption* relating to the Airbus Affair. His associates have also been implicated in the BRE-X scandal… and we’re *still* living with the GST, which was a Conservative creation. (Yes the Liberals promised to get rid of it.. of course they didn’t) Wikipedia …
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Poland to exit Iraq… Iraq moves on.
Poland officially announced today that they will pull out the rest of their 1700 troops in Iraq by the end of 2005. That is when the UNSC mandate for foreign troops in Iraq ends. Once Poland is out, that leaves the UK, Korea and the US with the largest contingents in Iraq… it will be …
Saudi Cleris discourage forced marriages
Good news for social change in Saudi Arabia today: the kingdom’s mufti, Sheik Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik, issued a statement saying that coercing women to marry was “un-Islamic” and “a major injustice.” this from the CBC There is always all this talk that in order to bring democracy and “freedom” to a country, one has to rise …