Daily Digest January 8, 2012

The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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OPINION AND INFORMATION

_____CANADA

Who can slow Stephen Harper in 2012?
Who will emerge to provide tough, credible opposition to Stephen Harper in 2012?
Harper enters the year with a majority in the House of Commons, a majority on the Supreme Court of Canada
and an even greater majority in the Senate, with Friday's appointment of seven more loyal Conservatives
pledging fealty to the leader.
MORE...

• Top 10 reasons why Office of Religious Freedom is a bad idea
•          A non-foreign affair
• U.S. defence cuts put Harper on the spot
•          Let's fix election spending
• We won the War of 1812 and we're still here How to understand the Loyalist migration
•          The grim reaper punctures Ontario's fiscal fantasies
• Docs are looking for a little love from Dalton's Liberals
•          Caterpillar lockout signals a nasty turn in labour strife
• Congress drove getaway car
•          Canada needs a sip of Tea
• Harper's support staff reaches unprecedented levels
•          Feds hire consultant to inject some war into annual Canada Day party
• Harper's hands-off stance a threat to health-care system, unity: Romanow
•          A Canada with no health accord? Provinces grapple with the possibilities
• Tories eye creation of formal native education system
•          NDP leadership contender Thomas Mulcair draws praise from Vancouver MP Don Davies
• Experience vs. new ideas in race for Liberal president
•          Rae won't rule out bid for permanent leader
• Tempers flare ahead of B.C. pipeline hearings
•          Obama's re-election and other perilous predictions for 2012
• The downside to the upside of the U.S. recovery
•          'Paranoid secrecy' behind Defence Department's battle against release of Taliban photos, critics say
• U.S. abused detainees, Afghan commission claims
•          Criminal fraud trial of three ex-Nortel executives begins
• Maple Lodge Farms hit with 60 criminal charges
•          Northern Gateway debate a tale of two provinces
• Western premiers feel pipeline pressure
•          Maritime communities rally against shale gas fracking
• Hundreds rally for locked out workers - Conserative MPs including Joe Preson, feel the heat
•          Canada's Most Wanted revealed 'Bomb' gets past security in Olympic 2012 test
• Titanic auction not popular at Maritime Museum
•          Harper's sleepy majority
• Mouvement Québec français protests unilingual Canadiens coach

_____FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• Iran: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30176.htm
•          Imminent Iran Nuclear Threat?  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30177.htm
• In Case You Missed it The Manipulation of Fear http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30175.htm
•          Nigeria: The Next Front for AFRICOM http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30182.htm
• Learn To Make Terror Your Friend. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30185.htm
•          Obama's New Pentagon Strategy Strip Benefits and Buy More Weapons http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30183.htm
• Czar Barack http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30178.htm
•         The March Toward The Abyss http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30181.htm
• Recognizing the "Unpeople" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30180.htm
•         What's Race Got to Do With Herman Cain?  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30179.htm
• What If?Bipartisan Bird of Prey http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30184.htm
•         3,000 reported killed in South Sudan: dvised to flee http://bit.ly/zyCsMC
• Sudan: Children Killed By Air Strikes in South Kordofan:  . http://allafrica.com/stories/201201070030.html
•         Kenyan jets kill '60 or more' Somali "Islamist insurgents" . http://bit.ly/AslSn5
• At Least 12 Dead After Heavy Fighting in Mogadishu:   http://allafrica.com/stories/201201080041.html
•          Nigeria: Killings Continue:   http://allafrica.com/stories/201201080001.html
• VIDEO: Nigerian Christians Told to Defend Themselves:   http://bit.ly/zCOISp
•         Iraq demands Kurds hand over Sunni vice president:  http://yhoo.it/A7TBs4
• Western oil firms remain as US exits Iraq:   http://bit.ly/zNYA1g
•         Perry: "I would send troops back into Iraq":   http://bit.ly/ySpFJu
• Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO :   http://bit.ly/ztm14D
•         Three US Airmen killed by IED in Afghanistan:   http://exm.nr/AbNyNw
• Report: Afghan soldier kills NATO occupation force member:  http://bit.ly/yIuFvD
•         Afghan Commission Accuses U.S. of Detainee Abuse:   http://on.wsj.com/ADb7n3
• UN official says Yemen amnesty may be illegal:   http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/2012177385247485.html
•         Arab report 'recommends Syria monitors continue':  http://bit.ly/yESMtz
• MSNBC Fabricates A "Top Syrian General":  http://bit.ly/y46WjT
•          Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran Panetta:   http://wapo.st/y8KRHj
• Panetta: Iran Has Not Yet Decided to Make a Nuclear Bomb:  http://fxn.ws/ylBZYR
•          Face-off in the Gulf as U.S., Israel and Iran all launch war games:  http://bit.ly/yd13F6
• UK sends new warship to Gulf amid Iran tensions:  . http://bit.ly/x2EKqf
•         US faces challenges from 'rising Asian powers': Panetta: . http://bit.ly/xQlBeq
• War with Iran has Started -  "Troops have been Deployed"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUaF-Rkj6nU&feature=related
•         Mitt Romney embraces the Neocons: http://bit.ly/wPfBgt
•  U.S. Hawks Behind Iraq War Rally for Strikes Against Iran: -  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29440.htm
•          Guantanamo detainees still endure harsh prison conditions:  . http://bit.ly/w80P6V
• FBI tracking videotapers as terrorists?: . http://lat.ms/tpRblw

        

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DIMANCHE 08 JANVIER 2012

23h28 - Investir dans les projets miniers · Charest prend note des inquiétudes du maire
20h53 - Achats en ligne · Économiser en achetant chez les voisins du sud
20h44 - Toronto · Renvoyé en Égypte pour avoir volé des escortes
18h29 - Toronto · L'an dernier: 219 000 appels involontaires au 911
15h24 - Relations internationales · Un navire de guerre canadien se rend en Méditerranée
08h04 - Armée | Caroline du Nord · Pièges, pétards et fumées colorées
05h48 - Politique · Un art en déclin
04h33 - Soins des aînés à domicile · « Québec sera incapable de faire face à la musique » ­ Lise Denis

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Attended Sir John A Macdonald Society ceremony at his statue in Hamilton and social afterwards

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