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THE HEADLINES

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  ON SYRIA
  Refugees meet politics

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  ON SHIFTS
  Parties flip the spectrum

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  ON HARPER
  He’s moved past Duffy

• ON JOE
  A minister pops up in Turkey

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  ON BERNIE
  The popular socialist

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  ON CHOICES
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