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By The Canadian Press
 
HALIFAX, N.S. - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says Israel is justified in taking military action to defend itself against attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip.
“Canada has to support the right of a democratic country to defend itself,” he told reporters in Halifax on Thursday after speaking to a forum of business [...]

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Tsvangirai under pressure to return home to finalise power sharing deal
 
By KITSEPILE NYATHI, NATION Correspondent
In Summary
The MDC leader, already in his third month in Botswana, is now under pressure to return to Zimbabwe to join a unity government proposed in the September 15 pact with President Robert Mugabe
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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has come under [...]

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Kenya Parliament recalled
BY JUDIE KABERIA
Parliament is to reconvene on January 20, two months ahead of schedule to fast-track crucial reforms in the country.
In a special Gazzette notice on Thursday, National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende said the MPs had been recalled to continue with the business of the second session of the 10th Parliament.
Analysts had predicted [...]

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