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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, attempts to put ...
Apr 10th, 2011
(AP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, attempts to put the ball past his director of communications Dimitri Soudas as they play ball hockey with Conservative staffers on the tarmac prior to boarding his campaign plane in Kitchener, Ontario, on Saturday, April 9, 2011. Harper is en route to Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. Canadians head to the polls for a general election on May 2. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick) -
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