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Harper was wrong to skip opening of the Olympics: Chrétien

Jean Chrétien says Prime Minister Stephen Harper was wrong not to attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. ...full story at cbcnews

from cbcnews on Mon, Aug 18 2008

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