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Mulroney Tapes documentary, Sharon quits Likud Party calls for election

- close to home-

CBC is airing the documentary "The Secret Mulroney Tapes" tonight.

"The documentary uses audio recordings and transcripts of the conversations between the former prime minister and his former long-time friend and biographer, Newman. These are mixed with archival footage of events during Mulroney's tenure and candid interviews with Newman in which he discusses his interviewing style."

This is apparently more than a simple rehashing of some of the juicier discussions chronicled in Peter C. Newman's book by the same name. They've mined the recordings and uncovered some previously unreported material, including a claim by Mulroney that Lucien Bouchard did not, in fact, resign voluntarily from the PC Party before going on to found the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois, but instead was forced out of the party by Mulroney.

The two hour broadcast begins at 8:00pm on CBC TV.

- not so close to home -

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is planning to leave the Likud Party and to establish a new, more centrist political party.

The new party, which will include other defecting Likud members - some cabinet ministers among them - is rumoured to be called "National Responsibility".

This morning, Sharon asked President Moshe Katsav to dissolve Parliament and trigger an election.

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