Profiles of people in power : the world's government leaders by East, Roger

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An unwinnable war : Australia in Afghanistan by Middleton, Karen Margaret

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Inside the global jihad.

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Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2006. by Mutimer, David

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Canadian calendar 2006 -- Editor's introduction -- the year in review -- Parliament and politics -- Thirty-ninth general election -- Contestants -- Major party platforms and issues -- Swing to the Conservatives -- Results -- Liberal leadership transfer -- The NDP and Bloc hold steady -- Green Party leadership -- National institutions -- Cabinet -- Speech from the Throne -- Branding Canada's 'New Government' and the Conservatives' style -- House by-elections and caucus changes -- Fixed election dates -- Government accountability -- Patronage commissioner -- Senate reform -- Supreme Court -- Auditor general -- Ethics Commissioner -- National economy -- Economic indicators -- The Conservatives' first budget -- Trimming the fat, stirring the pot -- Autumn economic update -- Income trusts -- Trade -- Major policy areas -- Aboriginal affairs -- Recognition of the Quebecois -- Crime and punishment -- Kyoto and greenhouse emissions -- Same-Sex marriage reopened ... and closed -- Extending the Afghanistan mission -- Special commission and inquiries -- Gomery Commission and the sponsorship scandal -- Maher Arar inquiry -- Air India Bombing Inquiry -- Personalities and controversies -- David Emerson and the ethics commissioner -- Wheat Board -- Office of the correctional investigator -- Foreign affairs and defence -- Foreign affairs -- Terrorism and Canada -- Prophet Mohammed cartoons -- Toronto 18 -- Air India -- Canadians kidnapped in Iraq -- The Khadrs -- Arar inquiry -- Crisis in Lebanon -- Major trade issues -- World Trade Organization -- Softwood lumber -- North American borders -- Canada-China relations -- International AIDS conference -- Defence policy -- Afghanistan -- Mission and debate -- Canadian casualties in Afghanistan -- Prime minister Harper's visit to Kandahar -- Arctic -- Defence procurement.…”
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Persian service : the BBC and British interests in Iran by Sreberny, Annabelle, Torfeh, Massoumeh

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Benazir Bhutto : walking the tightrope by Duval, Etienne

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September 11 : consequences for Canada by Roach, Kent

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Canada Among Nations, 2007 : What Room for Manoeuvre?

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Treacherous alliance : the secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Parsi, Trita

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Breaking the boundaries : Australian activists tell their stories

Table of Contents: “…, Margaret Reynolds -- From workplace to saving the beaches, Jim Douglas -- The resilience and 'stickability' of the artist, Anne Riggs -- Turning ideas into reality in Afghanistan, Matthias Tomczak -- Doing what I feared the most, Jenny Scott -- Where volunteering can lead you, John Bennett -- First footprints in every primary school, Maddison Day -- A Bolivian journey, Tessa Henwood-Mitchell -- A voice for the environment, Peter Owen -- My great big morning teas, Mackenzie Francis-Brown -- Unfolding projects: Australian and Afghan artists' books, Gali Weiss -- If the River Murray mouth could speak, Diane Bell -- An Indigenous prime minister in our lifetime, Andrew Penfold -- Life's unrecognised moral mentors, Lorna Hallahan -- The business of sex work, Deborah McCulloch -- Politicians at the end of life, Julia Anaf -- Building peace through social justice, Andrew Alcock -- A life-changing disease motivates and inspires, Eliza Bartlett -- Corporate dominance versus democracy, Shirley Collins -- From peak oil to our garden, Michael Dwyer -- MADGE takes on the GM industry, Fran Murrell -- Save the Duck Pond, M. …”
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Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs 2009

Table of Contents: “…Olympic motion -- Seal product ban -- Defence policy -- AFGHANISTAN -- Prime ministerial visit and engagement shift -- Afghanistan presidential elections -- Afghan detainees -- SOVEREIGNTY -- Russia -- Operation Nanook 09 and prime ministerial trip -- CHARGES AND COURTS MARTIAL -- Captain Robert Semrau -- Corporal Matthew Wilcox -- COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS -- Municipal affairs -- CITIES IN THE MARKETPLACE -- THE CULTURE OF CITIES -- REGIONAL GOVERNANCE -- LOCAL DEMOCRACY -- CITIES IN CONFEDERATION -- First Nations -- FEDERAL -- Budget -- Treaty promises -- Order of Canada -- Children's health -- Universal Periodic Review -- Bill C-8: Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act -- Assembly of First Nations -- Navigating public waterways -- Kidney transplants -- Office of the Correctional Investigator -- Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Aboriginal Affairs Working Group -- Conservative Aboriginal Caucus -- United Nations Appeals Tribunal -- BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Davies Commission -- Maa-nulth final agreement -- Winter Olympic Games -- Fishing rights -- Sex discrimination and the Indian Act -- First Nations Certainty of Land Title Act -- Recognition and Reconciliation Act -- "Prosperity project" at Tetzan Biny (Fish Lake) -- PRAIRIES -- Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation -- Alberta-Métis Settlement Act -- Oil and gas revenues -- H1N1 -- Indian day schools -- Project Devote -- ONTARIO -- Akwesasne -- Mining Act modernization -- Long Lake First Nation -- Harmonized sales tax (HST) -- Far North Act -- QUEBEC -- Plan Nord -- Algonquins of Barriere Lake -- MARITIMES -- Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band -- Donald Marshall, Jr -- Indian residential schools settlement -- Innu education -- Order of Nova Scotia -- THE NORTH -- Official Languages Act of Nunavut -- Inuit education accord -- Judicial milestone -- Food Mail program.…”
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Secret : the making of Australia's security state by Toohey, Brian, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…9 Fighting the good fight against chemical and biological warfare10 Menzies' gift; 11 The deceptively named minor trials; 12 British perfidy, Australian timidity; 13 The struggle to reveal Maralinga's malign secrets; 14 A wise mandarin ignores leaks; 15 How Australia joined the nuclear war club; 16 Dangerous advice from ignorant Australian officials; 17 Bluster and belligerence; 18 North West Cape: More dangerous than ever; 19 The man who thought he owned the secrets; 20 The man who thought he owned a prime minister; 21 The men who spread the fairytale about arms control…”
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