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I rYTVYl Nowhere to go but down for houses on Bluffs; Beaches actor JL JL vJll LvJ shoots with Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti. Inside most editions NAT 1 VOL.8 NO. 75 SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2006 www.nationalpost.com For her: How to wear ruffles OIAIfPOS -1 f.J maintain your edge, WP5; For him: 1 .31 Why business strip bars don't mix, FW3 GET A LEG UP X. W. MV ft 1 i I 1 1 1 frf re LEAD mWW WE IfMLS MT BURGER POLL Ballots cast by diners ordering burgers at B.C.

eatery. BEER POLL Choice of beer brands bought at Ontario brewery linked to each party leader. wMt Canadian indicted for 'domestic terrorism' Animal rights activist accused of attacks in five American states By Stewart Bell TORONTO Fourteen years after he was arrested for 'liberating" 29 cats from a University of Alberta research lab, a Canadian animal rights activist has been indicted in Oregon for his alleged role in a "domestic terrorism" campaign that spanned five Western states. Darren Todd Thurston is one of 11 suspected members of a Portland-based cell of animal rights and environmental extremists facing 65 counts of arson and other charges stemming from incidents between 1996 and 2001, according to an indictment unsealed yesterday. The group is accused of carrying out 17 attacks that targeted a ski resort, tree farm, police station, lumber mill, car dealership, meat company, high-tension power line, government buildings and university research facilities.

"The indictment tells a story of four-and-a-half years of arson, vandalism, violence and destruction claimed to have been executed on behalf of the Animal Liberation Front or Earth Liberation Front, extremist movements known to support acts of domestic terrorism," said U.S. Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales. "Specifically, the indictment alleges that a group of defendants who referred to themselves as The Family' worked together with extensive planning to influence the conduct of government and private businesses through the use of co-ordinated force, violence, sabotage, intimidation and coercion." They left a "trail of destruction" that caused millions worth of damage to private and government property, he said. "Today's indictment proves that we will not tolerate any group that terrorizes the American people, no matter its intentions or objectives." See INDICTMENT on Page A12 PUBUSIIZ) IV THE NaIWKAL POST COWMNT. a kwsdumx of CanWer MeduWoks Lnc.

300-1450 Don Mnis Rjx, donmiujsOxt, canada.com 58778 MtabroMJ Agreement NimtT40069K3 INDEX CLASSIFIED FPS LOTTERIES WR19 IBiMSICWt WVERSOfSWPW WEATHER S8 Hi 1W "00100 WHACK THE PM! WINNING WINNING WINNING WINNING WINNING Harper's party ahead by 12 points, NDP poised to boost seats By Norma Greenaway OTTAWA The Conservative party is poised to form a minority government, while the NDP is likely to significantly increase its representation in the House of Commons, according to a new national survey. The Ipsos Reid survey, conducted for the National Post, CanWest News Service and Global National, also says the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois are in a tight race to become the Official Opposition. Darrell Bricker, president of the polling firm, says the survey indicates clearly that Conservative leader Stephen Harper will be the country's next prime minister. "Harper is going to win on Monday night, there is no question about that," Mr. Bricker said in an interview.

He also said the poll's findings do not support speculation the race is tightening in the key battleground of Ontario. The telephone poll of 2,000 people, conducted Tuesday to Thursday, says the Conservative party had a 12-point lead over the second-place Liberals. It says the Tories have the support of 38 of respondents, up one percentage point from the previous week. By contrast, the Liberals were down three points to 26. The NDP climbed one point to 19 and the Green party was unchanged at 5.

The poll is considered accurate within 2.2 percentage points, 19 times in 20. Barring a boost in Tory support over the weekend, the Conservatives are unlikely to secure the 155 seats they need for a majority in the 308-seat House of Commons, Mr. Bricker suggested. "They are pretty well at the top of their cycle," he said of the Tories. See SURVEY on Page A5 DECISION CANADA HOCKEY QUIZ Harper tests your knowledge, plus complete election I Pi COMMENTARY Don Martinis Fulford, Coyne Corcoran20-2i, FP15; Cartoon, A18 1 Ulliv Number of times leader "whacked" by angry voters in online game.

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