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George W. Bush’s pronouncements become more and more bizarre, suggesting that his grip on reality is ever more tenuous. Now he would have us believe that Iran’s possession of a nuclear weapon would lead to a third world war. How this international disgrace has fallen. — 348 words.
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China’s eternal parade. — 21 words.
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As early as this month, Chrysler might announce the termination of a few models within the group that overlap each other. — 229 words.
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Everyone has a theory why the honeybees started dying off. Try malnutrition. Canadian canola farmers show increased yields by leaving 30 percent of their cropland wild. It's all about pollination. — 2,635 words.
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Please join family and friends at a Memorial Service
to Celebrate Sylvia's life
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 1 pm.
First Unitarian
Congregation of Ottawa
30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa
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By Maureen Dowd
Op-Ed Columnist
The New York Times
I’m a microtrend.
Hillary’s programmer says so. I’m mentioned in a section of Mark Penn’s new book, “Microtrends,” called “Impressionable Elites.” — 792 words.
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CHATHAM, Ontario — Constable Rick Bertok of the Community Patrol Branch, Chatham-Kent Police Service, reveals an increasing method of border dope smuggling. — 246 words.
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WASHINGTON — President Bush warned on Wednesday a nuclear-armed Iran could lead to World War III as he tried to shore up international opposition to Tehran amid Russian skepticism over its nuclear ambitions. — 499 words.
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VANCOUVER — As we go through the numbing process of listening to what passes for news these days — Britney Spears losing custody of her kids, O.J. arrested for kidnapping and Pamela Andersen getting married — Canadians seem blissfully unaware of the increasing signs of a global catastrophe. There are extremely worrying indications that the U.S. is planning — and soon — to attack Iran. — 1,352 words
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Steve Benen: Giuliani's foreign policy team is made up of "all the guys who were too nuts or too extreme to make the cut with George W. Bush." — 622 words.
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Knights Templar, the medieval Christian military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Vatican publishes trial documents it had closely guarded for 700 years. — 865 words.
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Canada occupies half of North America and nearly seven percent of the total surface of the Earth.
Trivia compiled by Randy Ray and Mark Kearney. For all the books of this best-selling duo visit their Web site at: www.triviaguys.com
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