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CANADAMilitary buildup defies United States Canada has announced plans to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage — a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said July 9 that six to eight patrol ships will guard what he says are Canadian waters. A deep-water port will also be built in a region the U.S. Geological Survey estimates has as much as 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas.
The Japan Times Weekly: July 14, 2007 |
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