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Canada East Online | Clinton braces for Pennsylvania showdown, invokes Osama bin Laden

Hillary Clinton braced for a do-or-die showdown in Pennsylvania on Tuesday by accusing rival Barack Obama of going negative and portraying him as too untested to be president.

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"In a final flourish, Clinton released a new television ad Monday with images of Osama bin Laden and hurricane Katrina, as well as historical events like the stock market crash and the bombing at Pearl Harbor, to suggest Obama’s not up to the task of handling major crises."

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Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore praises Quebec’s environmental record | Macleans.ca

MONTREAL - Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore was full of praise on Saturday for Quebec’s environmental policies but much less forthcoming about what he thought of Canada’s record.

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CBC News In Depth: Science: Why are so many U.S. presidents southpaws?

Is it just coincidence or is there something more sinister in the fact that four of the last six American presidents have been left-handed? Bill Clinton, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr. all used their left hands for everything from brushing their teeth to signing their names and, on occasion, shaking hands.

As it turns out, the two front-runners for their respective parties’ presidential nominations today, Barack Obama and John McCain, are lefties as well.

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Missing couple show up at news conference into their disappearance

An Australian couple who went on a last-minute vacation arrived home on the weekend as police and reporters were preparing to hold a news conference about their suspicious disappearance. William and Heather Ostell found police searching their Melbourne home when they pulled into the driveway on Sunday. Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper reported police were in the process of ripping up a backyard deck to search for the couple’s bodies.

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CBC Radio Show Program Logs | As It Happens 2008/03/05

Part One of the March 5th show, Featuring Dennis Kucinich discussing the Ohio presidential primaries. The remainder of the program can be downloaded from here: http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20080305.shtml

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Clinton’s camp credits Canadian intrusion on NAFTA in her Ohio success | Macleans.ca

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton’s campaign is crediting controversy over a leaked Canadian memo casting doubt on Barack Obama’s sincerity about renegotiating NAFTA as a substantial factor in her Ohio victory.

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All eyes on Calgary as Alberta leaders push through final campaign weekend | Macleans.ca - Canada

The leaders of Alberta’s three main political parties descended on Calgary Saturday for one final campaign push, demonstrating how the city that was once an unassailable Tory fortress could be up for grabs in Monday’s provincial election.

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OP-ED: Ghassan Rubeiz - U.S. Elections Through Arab-American Eyes - Middle East Times

A few days before Super Tuesday [Arab-Americans] took an electronic straw poll, sponsored by al-Jazeera. Al-Jazeera viewers – who are for the most part Arabs or interested in Arab affairs – were asked to vote electronically for their choice for U.S. president. A majority of Arabs, 61 percent, voted for Obama; Ron Paul came in at a distant second, with 10 percent.

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Election 2008: Understanding the Obama Surge

Sean Gonsalves: “[I have] written a number of columns explaining my view of U.S. “change”-history; namely that every step this nation has taken toward fulfilling its democratic (small d) potential was preceded by a movement — whether we’re talking the abolition of slavery, woman’s suffrage, labor rights, or civil rights. Obama speaks to that.”

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Scientists Find Solar System Like Ours

Astronomers say they have found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light years across the galaxy — the first planetary system that really looks like our own, with outer giant planets and room for smaller inner planets.

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