Timing hangs over Premier Klein’s national political future
Edmonton Journal reports Premier Ralph Klein faces a end of year decision on entering federal politics. He weighs staying Alberta premier against pursuing a prime ministership, with advisers testing Tory revival prospects and noting Klein’s strengthened position after Alberta’s surging finances and Ontario election results.
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Edmonton Journal
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Klein
Jean Chretien
Red Love
Jim Day
Wall Street Journal
U.S
House of Representatives
Newt Gingrich
Ontario
Conrad Black
Mike
Harris
Canada
Toronto
Jean Charest
Chretien
Trudeau
Satya Das
Alberta premier Klein tours Lebanon amid photo ops
Calgary Herald reporter chronicles Ralph Klein on a whirlwind Lebanon trip with President Hrawi and Prime Minister Hariri, noting mass media attention, staged events, a stalled outcome, and limited substantive access as convoy chaos and public optimism collide with business pitches.
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Elias Hrawi
Beirut
Maha Salmah
France
Sarah
Hrawi
Klein
Lebanon
Alberta
Green Line
Hollywood
Rafik Hariri
Calgary
Moe Amery
U N 50 Years On A Failing Charter Still Troubled
Holger Jensen reports on the United Nations fiftieth anniversary highlighting failures to fulfill its charter goals. Despite growth to 185 members and population rise from 2.5 to 5.7 billion, the U N faces wars smaller but deadly, gender inequality, and civil strife from Bosnia to Somalia. The piece notes Cold War legacies and UN impotence in Bosnia and broader conflicts, amid calls for peacekeeping limits and stalled diplomacy.
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Holger Jensen
Scripps Howard News Service
United Nations
U.N
San Francisco
Veterans Hall
Hitler
Japan
Harry Truman
Bosnia
Somalia
Sudan
Rwanda
Burundi
Saudi Arabia
Haris Silajdzic
NATO
Ife
United Nations Reform Proposals for a Modern Global Order
The 50 year anniversary prompts a think tank led by Richard von Weizacker and Moeen Qureshi to propose a reorganized UN. They urge an international civil service funded by global use taxes, expansion of the Security Council to 23 seats, plus new Economic and Social Councils to coordinate development and human rights. Holger Jensen, international editor of the Rocky Mountain News, notes both ambition and unattainability in these reforms.
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U.N
Security Council
Holger Jensen
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Alberta Press Council and Medicine Hat News partnership
The Medicine Hat News is a sponsoring member of the Alberta Press Council an independent body safeguarding public access to accurate news It reviews complaints about press conduct and publishes its findings The council includes representatives from member newspapers and public members from their circulation areas Contact details are provided for the Alberta Press Council in Calgary Alberta.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Press Council
Woodbine
Woodbine Drive
S.W
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Don Martin
Calgary Herald
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Aley
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Ziad Jabber
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The
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Soviet Union
Abad
Securit Na Ae
Regiseal Naouilta
Cambodia
Weizacker
Moeen Qureshi
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
Iowa
Loma
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