Severed limbs, also confirmed to be the Chinese student's, were sent to political parties in Ottawa - including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party - and to two schools in Vancouver.

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The same day, officials at Canada's Conservative Party headquarters received a package addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper that contained a foot.

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So, too, might success for the Canadian Alliance, a new broader, replacement for the conservative Reform Party, many of whose leaders want Quebec to stop whingeing, or get out of Canada.

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