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Cost of Withdrawal: “The refurbishment of the Canadian Forces and the effort Canada has made in Afghanistan has won us considerable credit in Washington,” reads a briefing note prepared for Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon in late 2008. “But like all such credit, it is hard to bank or leverage in pursuit of other Canadian interests. For this reason, we will need to pay careful attention to how we manage our announced 2011 end to our military mission in Afghanistan.”

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CIDA Minister Oda says specifics are still in the works, but the former UN special envoy says Canada is far behind other countries.

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Alternatives says it doesn't know whether its funding has been cut.

Prentice sets Copenhagen targets
Citizenship fraud case
G7 to be offered seal meat
Foreign Taliban lose support

Expect another Haiti earthquake

Geophysicists studying a fault line in Haiti say the country should prepare for another earthquake, Reuters reported. The Jan. 12 quake could trigger another of the same size or bigger, says Eric Calais, a professor of geophysics who is leading the seismology project. Haiti has already experienced more than 50 aftershocks from the 300-kilometre fault line that runs from the country into the Dominican Republic. Mr. Calais was among a group of experts who warned in 2008 that Haiti could one day see a 7.2 magnitude quake.

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Democracy promotion centre inching forward

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COLUMNS

Africa: The right to secede

Ban Ki-moon is not the best secretary-general the United Nations ever had, but he has grasped the essential nature of his job.
Diplomatic Circles

Ease visa requirements, says Mongolian envoy

On Feb. 1, Canadian mining company Khan Resources was purchased by a subsidiary of the state-run China National Nuclear Corporation. The reason? Khan's majority stake in the Dornod uranium field in Mongolia.
Chatter House

Jason Kenney saves the children

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has been one of the faces of the government's Haitian earthquake response, speaking about family reunification and speeding up adoptions for families who had already begun the process.
Inside Defence

Playing by the rules against a lawless enemy

Last week, a court martial began for Capt. Robert Semrau, the Canadian officer in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment who was charged with second-degree murder for the alleged execution of a wounded Taliban prisoner on or about Oct. 19, 2008 in Helmand province.
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