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Slovak prime minister in stable condition after surgery for gunshot wounds – National

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition was serious but stable Saturday as the man accused of trying to assassinate him faced his first court appearance. Surgery that took two hours Friday to remove dead tissue from Fico’s multiple gunshot wounds led to an optimistic outlook for his recovery, but he was not healthy enough to … Read more

Brian Mulroney, former Canadian prime minister, dead at 84: daughter

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Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney has died at the age of 84. Born in Baie-Comeau, QC., in 1939, Mulroney would go on to build a political career marked by his leadership of the at-times fractious coalition of Western conservatives, Red Tories and Quebec nationalists that made up the old centrist Progressive Conservative Party, and … Read more