On November 26, 2008, Islamist terrorists landed in small dinghies on the shores of Mumbai, India and, over the next three days killed 164 and wounded 308.
Most of the attackers were killed by the police and army in fierce battles.
On Wednesday, at 7:30 a.m. local time, Indian authorities hanged the lone survivor of the terrorist squads that attacked Mumbai. Continue reading An "acceptable decision" to hang a terrorist in India
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the Philippines for the first time. He’s here just for the day — and it’s a busy one — before heading to Hong Kong tomorrow. Here’s what he’s up to on Saturday, Nov 10:
All times Philippine Standard Time:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper woke up in Bangalore, India today but will go to sleep in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
Harper’s final event in India will be a visit to a boys school before the 7-hour flight east to Manila.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads today to his final stop in his six-days-and-five-nights tour of India. He arrived in Bangalore, the southern India city that is in the heart of India’s Silicon Valley. Here’s what he’s up to today:
Here’s the statement just issued by Prime Minister Stephen Harper from New Delhi, India:
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ON BARACK OBAMA’S RE-ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I would like to congratulate President Barack Obama on his victory in tonight’s election and on being re-elected by the American people for a second term.
“Canada and the United States enjoy one of the closest and most extensive relationships in the world.
“Over the last four years, the President and I have worked on several important bilateral initiatives to generate jobs and growth in both our countries. This includes the Beyond the Border Action Plan, which will speed up trade and travel across our borders while also enhancing security.
We are also working together with other partners to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which seeks to boost trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
“I look forward to working with the Obama Administration over the next four years to
continue finding ways to increase trade and investment flows between our countries. This includes putting in place the transportation and security infrastructure necessary to take bilateral commercial relations to new heights and reducing red tape so companies on both sides of the border can create more jobs.”
“I also look forward to continuing to work with President Obama on pressing global economic issues as well as on security challenges, such as those in Iran and Syria.
“I would also like to congratulate all incoming and re-elected Members of Congress and Governors. Close cooperation between our two countries will be essential as we seek to create jobs, growth and long-term prosperity over the coming months and years.”
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s day in New Delhi, India begins Wednesday just as Americans are counting up their ballots Tuesday night. Sun News Network, of course, is providing live coverage of the U.S. election until the last ballot is counted. Here in New Delhi, we’ll be waiting to see what Harper has to say. Continue reading Harper's Asia tour: Day 3 itinerary
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the Indian capital of New Delhi today as part of his six-day tour of the country. His itinerary includes a mix of cultural, business and political events.
I’m part among the group of journalists covering the PM’s tour. It’s just 8 a.m. as I post today’s itinerary for the PM. Today, it’s all about Indian politics.
Continue reading Harper's Asia Tour: Day 2 Itinerary
I’m part of the press corps that will be following Prime Minister Stephen Harper around Asia for the next several days. We leave Saturday. First stop is in India. Last time Harper was there (with me in tow as well), we visited the Golden Temple (me and said Temple, below) in Amritsar (spectacular) and this time, the Taj Mahal is on the itinerary. Never seen it.
The Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, is in Canada this week on an official visit. This afternoon, after meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the two men took some questions from reporters. The press were allotted a total of four questions, two from each country’s press corps. The Canadian press corps gets further subdivided into one English-language question and one French-language question. Hélène Buzzetti of Le Devoir asked the French-language question, a question that was really only for Harper as it was about the Port of Montreal. The English-language reporters — CP, Bloomberg, Toronto Star, Reuters, Postmedia and Sun — came to a consensus that we wanted to ask Harper about the Nexen deal and I drew the straw to put the question to the PM. But, given that Tanzania also relies heavily on foreign investment to develop its resource sector, I thought it would be interesting to hear President Kikwete’s views on how Tanzania handles investment proposals from companies that originate in countries, like China, that do not share Tanzania’s democratic values. Continue reading So, President Kikwete, can you help us work through our Nexen problem?
In the wake of a leaked report that seemed to damn Supt. Bruno Saccomani – the commander of the Prime Minister’s Personal Detail (PMPD) charged with protecting the PM, his wife Laureen and their kids Ben and Rachel — has provoked a huge pushback from his supporters. Now, we’re learning that, until he took over and stared kicking butt, one officer was too drunk to do her job guarding Mrs. Harper and another wouldn’t put down his pizza to protect the PM. Read on …