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Breaking: Harper to call election for October 14th

Posted on September 04, 2008

MONTREAL (AFP) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set Sunday to seek to dissolve parliament and call snap elections for October 14, ending the longest minority government in the country's history, media reported Thursday.Press group Canwest and public broadcaster Radio-Canada reported that Harper will meet with Canada's governor general on Sunday morning to make his request, bringing an end to his minority Conservative government and prompting an immediate campaign season that would last less than six weeks.A reaction from the prime minister's office had yet to be issued.Harper had...

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