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		The talks slated for today between the United States and Iran on Iraq may usher an era of new hope in the middle east as the two sides will be talking to each other for the first time after the 1979 revolution.
		Recent research done by Salary.com Inc has revealed that gross amount of stay-at-home mother in the United States is $138,095 annually, a 3 percent raise from last year’s $134,121....
		Differences between the United States and North Korea over a transfer of the North's funds in Macau appears to be widening to a larger extent that may well delay or hit the mid-April deadline given to North to shut down their critical nuclear reactor...
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	Politics of Australia and Canada compared - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canada, being the first of the colonies to peacefully gain independence, became a model that was followed by Australia and the other Dominions.
		In all Australian states except Queensland, the state parliament is bicameral with a lower and upper house.
		Canada and Australia both have strong multiparty systems with many parties represented in their legislatures as opposed to two (as in the United States).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Australia_and_Canada_compared (2351 words)

	Politics of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of the United States of America takes place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of the United States is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Its structure is similar to that of the state and national governments, with an elected mayor as chief of the executive branch and an elected council that represents the various neighborhoods forming the legislative branch.
		State legislators began to enact tough laws that made it harder for minor political parties to run candidates for office by requiring a high number of petition signatures from citizens and decreasing the length of time that such a petition could legally be circulated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States (5362 words)

	Pharmacopolitics: Drug Regulation in the United States and Germany, by Arthur A. Daemmrich. Introduction. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A comparable politics of patient identity and access to medicines is strikingly absent in Germany, where professional associations continue to operate as intermediaries between citizens and the state.
		Political interactions in the clinic that are often later "naturalized" and made invisible play an important part in the identities and social roles occupied by each of these groups.
		The therapeutic cultures of the United States and Germany form the backbone of this study, and the rest of the chapters are organized around sites where they are active: legal and regulatory structures (Chapter 2), experimental methods and testing approaches (Chapters 3 and 4), and surveillance and postmarket controls (Chapter 5).
	uncpress.unc.edu /chapters/daemmrich_pharmacopolitics.htm (6195 words)

	ipedia.com: Politics of the United States Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		United States politics is dominated by the two major parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
		There are 50 state governments plus the government of the District of Columbia, and further down the ladder are still smaller units that govern counties, cities, towns, and villages.
		Prior to the Constitution, there were the governments of the separate colonies (later states) and, prior to those, the governments of counties and smaller units.
	www.ipedia.com /politics_of_the_united_states.html (3119 words)

	The United States and Canada: They're Mars, We're Venus
		Canada's interests are closely aligned with those of the United States, but its instincts are those of continental Europe.
		Canada is again expanding the role of government; the U.S. continues to trim it, except in the military and security spheres.
		Canada's domestic spending priorities are more aligned with those of Europe than the U.S., although Canada's fiscal position is much stronger than the major countries of the continent.
	www.peace.ca /USCanadarelations.htm (1344 words)

	environics research group - news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This step toward same-sex marriage in Canada stands in sharp contrast to recent developments on the same issue in the United States, where constitutional bans on same-sex unions were favoured on November 2 by voters in 11 states (including two blue ones, Michigan and Oregon).
		In this analysis, it is the much higher level of religious participation in the United States (two in five Americans report that they attend church weekly, compared to one in five Canadians) which cause that country’s substantially lower levels of tolerance for lesbians and gays, and consequently same-sex marriage.
		One of the most surprising research findings in Canada and the United States is that Americans, with their traditions of individualism, distrust of government, and personal freedom, are now actually more deferential to authority than Canadians, with our traditions of group rights, institutional accommodation, and larger, more socialist government.
	erg.environics.net /news/default.asp?aID=572 (2522 words)

	CJS: The Nature of Concentrated Urban Poverty in Canada and the United States
		This essay is an attempt to illustrate the size and consequences of this p henomenon in Canada and to understand the structural causes of concentrated urban poverty in cities across Canada and the United States.
		Strikingly similar political structures and programs in Canada and t he United States at the federal level are likely to have played an integral role in the emergence and growth of concentrated urban poverty on both sides of the border.
		This was done in both Canada and the United States on a large scale through such policies as tax deductions of interest on mortgages, mortgage interest rate reduction, and the exemption of capital gains on principal residences (Jour nal of Housing, 1982).
	www.ualberta.ca /~cjscopy/articles/hajnal.html (10651 words)

	Politics Canada Forum - The United States of Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Recently the president of the United States turned American foreign policy on its head by supporting the occupation of territories taken by Israel and reinforcing Ariel Sharon’s (and Benjamin Netanyahu’s) position of denying the rights of Palestinians to return to Israel.
		The United States has for years taken the position that Israel should return land taken by force by Israel (Jordan, Gaza the West Bank) and now president Bush supports building the Israeli version of the Berlin wall to divide Israel and preventing Palestinians the right to occupy the lands that were once their own.
		Alexandre {Sacha} Trudeau sitting at the knee of his father and mentor was instructed to avoid political life and recognize that the institution of politics often demands that the political practitioner live with a particularly fluid concept of truth.
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	NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. Election 2004 — America Votes \| PBS
		It's a puzzle — voter registration in the United States is at an all-time high but voter participation is nearing an all-time low.
		These states had considerably higher voter participation and registration rates than the national average — 68 percent voter turnout for the EDR states as opposed to 59 percent nationwide.
		States will receive federal funds for each of these purposes, and will receive general funds "to improve the administration of elections." However, to be eligible for such funds, each state must design a plan, pass enabling legislation, and devote a small amount of state funds to HAVA implementation.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/votestats.html (885 words)

	Indigenous Affairs in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America, Norway and Sweden (Background Paper 15 ...
		It is noteworthy that in Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada the indigenous population is younger and increasing at a greater rate than the general population.
		In 1924 the United States Congress extended American citizenship to all Indians born in the territorial limits of the United States.
		In 1993 the United States Congress, in a joint Senate and House resolution to mark the centenary of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii resolved:
	www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/bp/1997-98/98bp15.htm (6065 words)

	"Report on United States-Canada Border Drug Threat Assessment from NDIC "
		Most of the marijuana consumed in Canada is produced in that country; however, marijuana smuggled into Canada from countries such as Mexico and Jamaica, some of which transits the United States, also is available.
		Although criminal groups based in Canada supply far less marijuana to the United States than their Mexican or Colombian counterparts, most of the marijuana supplied from Canada is high-grade marijuana, for which there is a growing demand in the United States.
		These seizures are relatively inconsequential when compared with the 1,200 metric tons of marijuana seized in the United States by federal authorities in 2000.
	www.onlinepot.org /canada/canadareport.htm (1702 words)

	Toyota-New-Plant, 2nd Writethru Bgt
		That simple explanation was cited as a main reason why Toyota turned its back on hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies offered from several American states in favour of building a second Ontario plant.
		Acknowledging it was the "worst-kept secret" throughout Ontario's automotive industry, Toyota confirmed months of speculation Thursday by announcing plans to build a 1,300-worker factory in the southwestern Ontario city.
		Several U.S. states were reportedly prepared to offer more than double that amount of subsidy.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/business/050630/b0630102.html (603 words)

	The FIRST FAMILY of the United States - Politics
		Peyton Randolph was the first President of the United States and he is a nobleman.
		Rajasthan Gujjar Protests - The Incendiary Politics of Affirmative...
		In an effort to assist our political leadership it would be wise to have a simple solution to a life threatening problem.
	www.politicssecrets.com /54287.php (1845 words)

	Copyright and the state in Canada and the United States
		Copyright and the state in Canada and the United States
		On this theory, Canada needs no "Son of Sam" law (under which the state applies the proceeds of a criminal's written exploitation of his/her crime to settle claims the victims may have in respect of the crime), at least for works produced while the criminal is still in prison.
		Butterworth and Co (Aust.) Ltd (1938) 38 S.R. (N.S.W.) 195, 258 (S.C.) and the criticism of the Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada in a 1978 brief to a copyright committee.
	www.lexum.umontreal.ca /conf/dac/en/vaver/vaver_fn.html (2363 words)

	CNN.com - Vote topples Canadian government - Nov 28, 2005
		The Liberals' political difficulties mark a sharp turnaround in Canadian politics.
		Just five years ago, with the political right divided between two rival parties, the Liberals coasted to a clear majority for their third consecutive election win.
		The Liberals hold 133 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons, compared with 98 for the Conservatives, 53 for the Bloc Quebecois and 18 for the New Democrats.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/americas/11/28/canada.government/index.html (783 words)

	Canada will not join the United States
		In my home state we have continued to elect a fl senator when by no means are fls a majority in my state.
		Because the citizens of that state would never re elect anyone in thier gov that coddled another state like is done to Quebec.
		Remember we the United States Still hold and control about 68.1% of the North American Population, and Roughly 84.6% of the North American Economy under our countrol.
	www.unitednorthamerica.org /phpBB2/post-9383.html (2731 words)

	SteynOnCanada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Compared to, say, the Tories' base in western Canada and the Bloc's base in non-Montreal Quebec, the Liberal core in Ontario and federalist Montreal is extremely vulnerable to small swings.
		Stephen Harper makes a few mild observations on the political realities of the Liberal state and everyone recoils in horror: by pointing out the "politicization" of the courts, the civil service, etc, it's Scary Stephen who's "politicizing them".
		Aside from marking yet another bumpy tumble down the ravine of political amateurishness by the once ferocious Liberal machine, Martin's behavior suggests the Grits are now fighting for second place.
	www.steynonline.com /index2.cfm?edit_id=23 (5450 words)

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		As Republicans embrace their heritage as “the party of Lincoln,” they will understand the true heritage of the Democrats to be “the party of slavery” and “the party of the Confederacy” and the party of the Ku Klux Klan.” Laudable as his remarks were, President Bush...
		The move came as Jan Egeland, the United Nations humanitarian chief, accused Hezbollah of "cowardly blending" among Lebanese civilians and causing the deaths of hundreds during two weeks of cross-border violence with Israel.
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	Adrift in George’s wake
		And the vicious progressive blogs, where MoveOn.org is chortling to beat the band over the great man’s slow public debilitation and rapid final wasting away, are seeing their traffic reach sky high numbers as their doggerel reaches new lows.
		The Democratic senatorial mourners gathered outside the Capitol Thursday, where the President will lie in state, and were seen to dance together when the passing of Mr.
		I once thought that Trent Lott was a bit easy going, but compared to Bill Frist, he was the Ray Nitschke or the Norman Schwartzkopf of the US Senate.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2006/burtis111106.htm (891 words)

	Amazon.ca: Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He found that a growing number of Americans believes that "the father of the family must be master in his own home" (49 percent in 2000, up from 44 percent in 1996 and 42 percent in 1992).
		Since the minivan outsells the SUV two to one in Canada but the ratio is reversed in the United States, he concludes that a fundamental difference in values exists between the two countries.
		A pusillanimous Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, with a keen political eye for embracing these groups, decided to send token and combat-avoiding units to Afghanistan, reinforcing views across Canada that America's pursuits and actions were ignoble from the start.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0143014234 (1808 words)

	OpinionJournal - Taste
		He meant those Canadians from the Quebec side of the divide--which is why we now have an investigation by Canada's Official Languages Commissar, er, Commissioner.
		Never mind that there is a serious claim buried here--that the more protective the headgear in hockey, the dirtier the play, because it gives players a false sense of the head's invulnerability.
		The one-stop source for politics and public policy, nationwide.
	www.opinionjournal.com /taste/?id=110004688 (558 words)

	US politics and current social issues
		Five states, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Arkansas and Maine, have enacted legislation informing the federal government that their states will not comply with the Real ID Act, a law passed by Congress in 2005, which will essentially transform driver's licenses into a national ID Card.
		"The United States was resolved to intervene on behalf of its interests, but it was also resolved to intervene in such a way as not to violate the principle of nonintervention," wrote Prof.
		Poor old Mike Nifong; he's prepping right now for his upcoming state bar trial for unethical behavior in withholding evidence, lying to a sitting judge, and making inappropriate and prejudicial comments about the twists and turns of his benighted case to an overeager and cheerleading press.
	www.canadafreepress.com /american-politics.htm (3280 words)

	Vive le Canada - O Canada; Oy Vey United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is unfortunate that Canadian history isn't given more attention here in Canada because without an understanding of how we got here, we risk being swept away by any populist sentiment of the day.
		That's the Canada I'm 4,and it feels like the US citizens that are feeling desperate over their situation are looking to that Canada for guidance.
		As for someone stating 'Canada is open for business', I thought that was Mulroney giving the multi-national vampires and the USA their cue to loot the Great White North!
	www.vivelecanada.ca /article.php?story=20040421141345440 (2046 words)

	Canada leader rips U.S. over Arctic - Americas - MSNBC.com
		Stephen Harper, Canada's incoming prime minister, speaks at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday.
		Ottawa has generally turned a blind eye to the United States’ sending ships through the area.
		Global warming is melting the passage — which is only navigable during a slim window in the summer — and exposing unexplored fishing stocks and an attractive shipping route.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11057794 (689 words)

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