The head of Canada's military mission in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects to see an escalation in violence in the war-torn country over the next year. </p> - <p> Speaking to reporters in Kandahar, Lt.-Gen. Michel Gauthier warned that the surge of U.S. troops arriving in 2009 will lik...
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Canada boycotted a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday evening, protesting his denial of the Holocaust and verbal attacks on Israel. </p> - <p> The Canadian delegation, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, walked out at th...
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Afghanistan Violence To Worsen
