Cunning and ruthlessness brought him to power. Now he is almost certain to face the death penalty. JONATHON GATEHOUSE on the incredible, twisted and brutal career of one of the world's worst despots.
THE EXCERPT from Mark Steyn’s book America Alone (“The new world order,” World, Oct. 23) is an eye-opener to the future. Finally someone has the cojones to face facts, instead of playing the ostrich as so many of our Western leaders and policy-makers do.
Q: When you were Ontario health minister from 2001 to 2003, you called for more federal funding. Now you're the federal minister of health and you don't want to give the provinces any more money. What’s changed? A: I am conscious of the irony. But there’s been a big change: the 2004 health accord that was agreed to by all of the provinces and the prime minister of the day, Paul Martin.
He's as offensive as the bigoted star of 'All in the Family.’ But Sacha Baron Cohen’s character makes people uneasy in the real world.By JAIME J. WEINMAN8 min
RETURN OF A LION KING After being told that her kidnapped husband was dead, Paula Smith explained to their two young sons, Jordan, 4, and Kieran, 2, that daddy was “just like the Lion King, he’d gone to heaven now and he wouldn’t see them again,” and began planning his funeral in their hometown of Peterhead, Scotaland.
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