Premiers cancel breakfast with PM
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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin and Canada&#39;s first ministers are expected to turn their attention to the problem of reducing waiting lists, following an acrimonious first-day summit meeting over proposed funding to fix Canada&#39;s health care system.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is refusing to attend most of the first ministers conference on health, but he still plans to make his demands firmly known.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin reached a last-minute agreement with opposition leaders Thursday night to avoid a no-confidence vote in Parliament that could have brought an end to his government and new elections.
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By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has tossed the opposition parties a gift tied up in political tripwires - a $1.5 billion eco-fund for provinces and territories that depends on passage the federal budget next month.
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was sick with flu Monday, forcing him to cancel appointments for the day, his office said.
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OTTAWA - Tempers flared at the national health summit on Tuesday over Ottawa&#39;s offer of short-term funding to address long waiting times for some medical procedures - a problem that some of the premiers tracked back to Paul Martin&#39;s term as finance
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin is downplaying the federal-provincial gulf over health funding, saying the first ministers meeting is more than just a numbers game.
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OTTAWA - Ottawa&#39;s latest $12 billion offer is not enough to fix Canada&#39;s health care system, some premiers are charging as they prepare for an historic three-day summit with the prime minister.
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The prime minister, Tony Blair, right, with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon, at a Jerusalem press conference. Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP.
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Text of report by Radio Nacional de Venezuela website on 7 March  The Ministry of the People's Government for Communication and Information and Radio Nacional de Venezuela inform our audience that this Wednesday's [7 March] edition of the Hello President Radio show has been called off.
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These are not the best days in political life, on either side of the border that divides North America. Canadian politics is in an advanced state of drift, the Prime Minister and premiers posturing over competing
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One of the most controversial issues of the last Australian elections has returned to haunt the prime minister, John Howard, as support for his coalition slumps in the run-up to federal polls.
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Canada&#39;s premiers are facing cracks in their united front for a new federal pharmacare program as they prepare for a crucial health-care summit with Prime Minister Paul Martin later this month.
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OTTAWA - Canada&#39;s premiers and territorial leaders released a health funding counter-proposal Tuesday, saying Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s offer of $24.
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Ottawa - Canada&#39;s premiers and territorial leaders released a health funding counter-proposal Tuesday, saying Prime Minister Paul Martin&#39;s offer of $24.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - The premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador broke off offshore revenue talks with Ottawa Wednesday after failing to reach a longer-term deal to keep more money in provincial coffers.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Prime Minister Paul Martin offered to help resolve the NHL labour dispute, but was turned down. Martin told CBC Television that both the NHL and NHL Players&#39; Association declined unspecified