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Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:26:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/14/harper-says-canada-pondering-possible-contribution-to-proposed-un-mali-mission/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/14/harper-says-canada-pondering-possible-contribution-to-proposed-un-mali-mission/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:16:40 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=360451 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/14/harper-says-canada-pondering-possible-contribution-to-proposed-un-mali-mission/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is consulting the cabinet and opposition... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/12/john-baird-looks-at-mali-and-sees-afghanistan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/12/john-baird-looks-at-mali-and-sees-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:36:40 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=349589 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/12/john-baird-looks-at-mali-and-sees-afghanistan/feed/ 0 If the Foreign Minister doesn't want to get involved in another Afghanistan, what are we still doing in the original one? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/07/bob-rae-on-mali/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/07/bob-rae-on-mali/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:44:45 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=348004 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/07/bob-rae-on-mali/feed/ 0 The House debates what Canada might do http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/mps-debate-mali-bob-rae-shows-talons/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/mps-debate-mali-bob-rae-shows-talons/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:52:26 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347555 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/mps-debate-mali-bob-rae-shows-talons/feed/ 0 Missed the debate on Mali? So did most MPs http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/a-convenient-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/a-convenient-war/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:42:00 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344674 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/a-convenient-war/feed/ 0 The French president launched a war in Mali just as his popularity hit an all-time low http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/canada-increases-aid-to-mali-by-13m-after-donor-conference-in-ethiopia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/canada-increases-aid-to-mali-by-13m-after-donor-conference-in-ethiopia/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:08:24 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344067 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/canada-increases-aid-to-mali-by-13m-after-donor-conference-in-ethiopia/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada is providing $13 million in new humanitarian aid to help with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-special-forces-in-mali-but-not-in-combat-role-sources-say/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-special-forces-in-mali-but-not-in-combat-role-sources-say/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:17:45 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=343847 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-special-forces-in-mali-but-not-in-combat-role-sources-say/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada’s special forces are on the ground in Mali to help protect... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-special-forces-offering-protection-in-mali-but-there-will-be-no-mission/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-special-forces-offering-protection-in-mali-but-there-will-be-no-mission/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:34:43 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=343749 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-special-forces-offering-protection-in-mali-but-there-will-be-no-mission/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada’s special forces are on the ground in Mali to help protect... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/interview/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/interview/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:15:00 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341236 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/interview/feed/ 0 In conversation with Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/a-spreading-threat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/a-spreading-threat/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:30:00 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341252 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/a-spreading-threat/feed/ 0 Michael Petrou on why this war may be unavoidable http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/24/canadian-military-transport-to-support-french-mali-mission-for-up-to-30-days/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/24/canadian-military-transport-to-support-french-mali-mission-for-up-to-30-days/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:49:02 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341635 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/24/canadian-military-transport-to-support-french-mali-mission-for-up-to-30-days/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The Harper government’s commitment of a giant Canadian air force transport to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/canada-began-looking-at-mali-military-involvement-as-early-as-last-spring/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/canada-began-looking-at-mali-military-involvement-as-early-as-last-spring/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:03:30 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340078 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/canada-began-looking-at-mali-military-involvement-as-early-as-last-spring/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada’s soldiers and diplomats began paving the way for possible military involvement... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/20/canada-evacuates-staff-from-mali-embassy-urges-canadians-to-get-out/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/20/canada-evacuates-staff-from-mali-embassy-urges-canadians-to-get-out/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:53:19 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=339488 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/20/canada-evacuates-staff-from-mali-embassy-urges-canadians-to-get-out/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The federal government has evacuated most of its staff and their families... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/french-envoy-says-money-needed-to-support-mali-fight/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/french-envoy-says-money-needed-to-support-mali-fight/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:22:01 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338075 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/french-envoy-says-money-needed-to-support-mali-fight/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – France is looking for financial backing from Canada and the world to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/good-news-bad-news-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/good-news-bad-news-4/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:54:20 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337828 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/good-news-bad-news-4/feed/ 0 Citizens in Elliot Lake finally get answers and Lance Armstrong comes clean http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys-go-to-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys-go-to-war/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:22:42 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337688 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys-go-to-war/feed/ 0 ... and why the rest of the world is keeping its distance http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/canada-presses-mali-military-rulers-to-hold-elections-help-restore-stability/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/canada-presses-mali-military-rulers-to-hold-elections-help-restore-stability/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:57:41 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337487 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/canada-presses-mali-military-rulers-to-hold-elections-help-restore-stability/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada is telling Mali’s military rulers to get on with the work... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/fowler-blasts-tories-for-saying-canada-has-not-been-asked-to-send-troops-to-mali/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/fowler-blasts-tories-for-saying-canada-has-not-been-asked-to-send-troops-to-mali/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:29:38 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334395 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/fowler-blasts-tories-for-saying-canada-has-not-been-asked-to-send-troops-to-mali/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Robert Fowler, the retired Canadian diplomat who was kidnapped by terrorists in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/16/al-qaeda-rising/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/16/al-qaeda-rising/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:00:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=327377 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/16/al-qaeda-rising/feed/ 0 A Michael Petrou report: Islamist terrorists spread chaos and fear in Africa while the West dithers http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/tuareg-rebels-launch-media-campaign-after-claiming-northern-mali/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/tuareg-rebels-launch-media-campaign-after-claiming-northern-mali/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:53:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256429 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/08/tuareg-rebels-launch-media-campaign-after-claiming-northern-mali/feed/ 0 It's a new way for the Tuareg people to build support for a state of their own http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/funding-planned-parenthood-but-not-abortion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/funding-planned-parenthood-but-not-abortion/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:14:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216825 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/funding-planned-parenthood-but-not-abortion/feed/ 18 A few months ago, Conservative MP Brad Trost was boasting that the government had... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/02/the-unavoidable-issue-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/02/the-unavoidable-issue-ii/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:46:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=145092 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/02/the-unavoidable-issue-ii/feed/ 0 Elizabeth Payne talks to International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda and detects some ambiguity in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/11/a-negotiated-release-of-the-hostages-was-preferable-to-just-about-every-other-conceivable-option/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/11/a-negotiated-release-of-the-hostages-was-preferable-to-just-about-every-other-conceivable-option/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:10:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=86888 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/11/a-negotiated-release-of-the-hostages-was-preferable-to-just-about-every-other-conceivable-option/feed/ 59 With confirmation that four al-Qaeda prisoners and several million dollars were exchanged for Canadian...