Ministers were told premier was seen as stooge
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British officials gave warning more than two years ago that Iyad Allawi, the interim Iraqi prime minister, was seen as &quot;a western stooge&quot; who &quot;lacked domestic credibility
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Prime Minister John Howard has been accused of turning his back on Asia, kowtowing to America and being Australia&#39;s most boring leader.
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Garry Trudeau says topics in his "Doonesbury" comic strip that were at first shocking to some readers aren't so anymore, such as one character's revelation 30 years ago that he was gay.
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Executive minister Ian Paisley Jnr is criticised for allegedly saying he was "repulsed" by homosexuals.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Squabbling spin doctors, contradictory ledgers, prime ministerial curses, veiled threats and long, heated negotiations behind closed doors.
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Â· Conservative leader keen to avoid reigniting furore Â· Spokesman on Europe gets severe reprimand
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OTTAWA -- Chuck Guite, the former bureaucrat blamed by many for the federal sponsorship scandal, is pointing the finger instead at his political masters.
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Zimbabwe's former finance minister and presidential aspirant Simba Makoni on Thursday scoffed at claims he is a stooge of western governments and that he has been expelled from the ruling party.
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The government's GP leader is to go on a charm offensive after weeks of damaging stories about the profession.
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Prime Minister Paul Martin, while finance minister, wanted to abolish the Canada Health Act, end old age pensions and privatize the CBC, former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps alleges in a forthcoming book.
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In his first seven months as prime minister, Gordon Brown seems to have re-inforced the stereotype of the dour Scot Â dark suits, stiffness and statistics-crunching economics. His recent visit to India and China did little to dispel that impression.
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One of Britain&#39;s top government ministers, under fire over allegations he fast-tracked a visa for his former lover&#39;s nanny, may have made a fatal mistake -- breaking into song.
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JOHN Howard and Mark Latham are both footy followers but it looks like they prepared their policy statements for the leaders debate while watching very boring tennis on television.
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TORONTO -- Health Minister George Smitherman says he&#39;s &quot;loving&quot; all the media attention he&#39;s receiving, even though some reports suggest he&#39;s bullying Ontario&#39;s hospitals.
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A comparison of Australian Prime Minister John Howard's nationalism to that of Nazism prompted outrage on Thursday, with one top minister calling the former leader who said it an "unguided missile".
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CALGARY (CP) - Gary Mar has gone from standing on the national stage with Prime Minister Paul Martin to almost getting sacked by his boss over a consultant who was paid big bucks for what appeared to be little work.
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MARK COLVIN: The Opposition leader, Mark Latham, has challenged the Prime Minister to remove the gag that&#39;s prevented senior government advisers, including those in the PM&#39;s office, from talking about what happened in the &#39;children overboard&#39; affair.