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OTTAWA -- Canada won't ignore threats from Iran and the Hamas-led Palestinian government against Israel, warns Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper made the pledge Tuesday as he spoke at a Parliament Hill ceremony in remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. The prime minister said the world should never again stand by and ignore signs of trouble when they appear. "We will not ignore them when they are done by Hamas. We will not ignore them when they are from the government of Iran," Harper told several hundred people beneath the Peace Tower. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has made repeated threats...

The Australian Senate passed a non-confidence motion against Prime Minister John Howard today in connection with the deployment of Australian troops against Iraq.The motion is the first resolution of this type in Australian history.The opposition accuses Mr. Howard of sending Australian soldiers to war without consulting the nation, the Parliament, and without a sanction from the United Nations.At the same time the United States of American initiated the deployment of two dozen B-52 bombers and B-1 bombers to Guam in the anticipation of a possible military intervention in North Korea.Regular withdrawals of US Soldiers from South Korean bases have been...