By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged more surveillance and detention powers for security forces in Canada on Thursday after a gunman killed a soldier and raced through parliament before being shot dead. Addressing the House of Commons just meters from the spot where the gunman, a reported convert to Islam, was shot dead on Wednesday, Harper said lawmakers would expedite new powers to counter the threat of radicals. "The objective of these attacks was to instill fear and panic in our country," Harper said. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/canada-pm-vows-crackdown-capital-shocked-fatal-attacks-070314783.html

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