NDP leader sick, won't quit (Reuters)

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Reuters - The leader of Canada's left-leaning opposition New Democrats, who in late 2008 pushed hard to create a coalition to oust the minority Conservative government, said on Friday he has prostate cancer but would stay on in his role.

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