PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan

"PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan Dion quotes 2005 Harper letter decrying government delays of confidence votes Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 4:42 PM ET Comments474Recommend485 CBC News Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion...

Stocks plunge anew as recession worries resurface

"Wall Street falls sharply as investors, worrying about recess, ponder Obama impact on economy NEW YORK (AP) -- A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors, looking past Barack Obama's presidential victory, returned to their fears of a deep...

No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part

"No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareLinkedinDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By PETER BAKER Published: November 4, 2008 ...

Tories caught up in Russian oligarch row

The Conservative party in the UK has been caught up in a scandal involving Russian oligarchs. Soe high-ranking Tory politians may have received some shady cash from Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska."The saga of Lord Mandelson, shadow chancellor George Osborne, Russian tycoon ...

Posting Election Results Before Polls Close is Illegal in Canada

It's a legal struggle that took years to reach a conclusion, in 2007 the Supreme Court of Canada handed down a final ruling that will have serious consequences for anyone hoping to broadcast election results before polls in other time zones close.  See Canada election...

UK unemplyment rises to 1.72 mn

The meltdown in the US financial sectory had dashed hope for thousands of people and now the latest data released in UK has also painted a grim picture.   "The jobless rate in Britain rose by 0.2 per cent to 5.5 per cent in the three months to July as the number of...

The Long-Term Costs of the War in Iraq

I found this article written in May of 2007. I thought it might be interesting to revisit when we talk about the war, and it's impact on our economy. Money that could have been spent on things like developement of alternative fuels,both in government and private sectors ...

Did McCain Plagiarize His Speech on the Georgia Crisis?

"Did McCain Plagiarize His Speech on the Georgia Crisis?"