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Wed 10 Oct 2008Canadian PM's speech on Iraq war 'plagiarised'
A senior campaign worker for Canada’s governing Conservative Party has resigned after claiming he wrote a pro-Iraq war speech for Prime Minister Stephen Harper that plagiarised another world leader’s address.
The opposition Liberals released transcripts and video of speeches delivered by then-Australian prime minister John Howard on March 18th, 2003, and one by Mr Harper two days later in the Canadian parliament when Mr Harper was the opposition leader.
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