Cabinet okayed sponsorship program: Gagliano
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OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin is facing renewed questions about his involvement in the federal sponsorship program. The questions come after former public works minister Alfonso Gagliano issued an open
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Italy's cabinet approved on Wednesday a tough set of measures to tackle hooliganism at soccer stadiums, Vannino Chiti, the minister for relations with parliament, said.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The lawyer for Alfonso Gagliano says the former public works minister can't be held responsible for money mishandled by the federal sponsorship program.
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After an extended review of its sponsorship policies, NASCAR has announced that distilled spirits, (hard liquor) products will be allowed as sponsors from the start of next season.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Not all Italians are in the Mafia, says restaurant owner Franco Gallo, who's upset and offended that ex-MP Alfonso Gagliano has been linked in a published report to an American crime family.
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OTTAWA (CP) - There was nothing wrong with the Prime Minister's Office having a say in who should get federal sponsorship money and how much, says the lawyer for Jean Chretien's chief of staff.
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MEXICO CITY (CP) - Quebec Premier Jean Charest expressed some enthusiasm Wednesday for using more seasonal workers from Mexico and extending the program to other sectors.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Alfonso Gagliano wrapped up more than four days of testimony at the federal sponsorship inquiry Friday, complaining that his life is ruined.
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OTTAWA -- Ad agencies were set up with federally financed slush funds to cut through red tape and speed up the awarding of grants, says the former head of the federal sponsorship program.
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Chuck Guite says the normal contract process was never used to award contracts to agencies in the sponsorship program. The former manager of the federal sponsorship program says agencies were &quot;prequalified
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DOHA, Qatar  - Italian Foreign Minister Franco  Frattini drummed up Gulf Arab support Tuesday for the release  of two Italian hostages facing a death threat in Iraq.
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OTTAWA - A bureaucrat who approved $24 million worth of contracts for the federal government&#39;s sponsorship program admits he never checked to make sure the documents were in order.
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Text of report by Samuel Siringi entitled "Media policy approved by the cabinet" published by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation website on 12 September  The cabinet has endorsed a draft media policy whose proposals were the subject of a recent debate among practitioners.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Federal officials ignored their own bidding rules in choosing companies to do advertising and sponsorship work for the government, a public inquiry has been told.
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government endorsed on Monday President Mahmoud Abbas's proposal for a ceasefire between militants and Israel, a cabinet spokesman said.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Andre Ouellet claimed to have government support - and sometimes the personal backing of Jean Chretien - for some of the projects he championed as board chairman at Canada Post, the federal sponsorship inquiry was told Monday.
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The German finance ministry has said it supports French socialist politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn as a candidate for the post of head of the International Monetary Fund.