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...Canada; as the nation's 22nd Prime Minister, ending the 13-year rule of the Liberal Party; in Ottawa. Harper moderated his reputation as a humorless right-winger, joking on the campaign trail about his lack of charisma, and was aided by voter discontent over incumbent Paul Martin's scandal-ridden party. Harper's government is expected to improve relations with the U.S., but will need help from the political opposition to pass legislation because the Conservatives failed to win a House of Commons majority...
...Sideswiped by Livedoor's crash, shares in other merger-hungry firms like Rakuten, Softbank and Yahoo! Japan are still down between 9% and 15%, even though nobody has suggested they did anything illegal. But with the broader Nikkei 225 stock index almost fully recovered from the scandal, there's a sense that the speculative euphoria in Japan is still alive and frothing. After the previous decade of disappointing financial returns in Japan, no one-not the bankers, the investors or even the regulators-has much inclination to believe that Livedoor is anything but an isolated case, or much motivation...
...campaign priorities. The long-mooted set of initiatives, which includes stringent controls over lobbying and government appointments and stricter limits on campaign contributions, could be tabled fairly quickly in the new House of Commons, which may begin sitting in mid-March. Given the lingering anger over the sponsorship scandal, says former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, "I can't see anybody in that Parliament voting against that in principle." The bill's final form, though, will have to take into account the recommendations in Justice John Gomery's second report, due this week--a point reiterated by Harper...
...contended for the leadership of two parties. Some, meanwhile, have dramatically stepped aside. Former Deputy Prime Minister John Manley bowed out publicly in a Jan. 26 Globe and Mail Op-Ed piece, while declaring that the party must, "with humility, acknowledge the breach of trust" caused by the sponsorship scandal...
...house wasn't the only thing in Cohen's life teetering on the brink. Figure skating, the sport by which she defines herself, was losing considerable ground after a judging scandal in the pairs competition in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games exposed the cronyism and rigged voting on which the sport was resting. It wasn't just established competitors like Cohen who were affected. The exposé threatened to alienate skating's future champions, including rising stars like Kimmie Meissner, who last year became only the second American woman to land a triple Axel in competition. Those youngsters were busy...