Monthly Archives: June 2009

Loyalist paramilitaries decommission weapons

Two Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have announced they have decommissioned their weapons and a third has said it will follow suit. Both the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and its splinter group the Red Hand Commando (RHC) declared their … Continue reading

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Possible Indefinite Detention Order Riles Critics

The political battle over the fate of the detainees at Gunatanamo Bay just got more contentious. The Obama administration is considering an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees, a move that would be in … Continue reading

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Blizzard: Hudak has work to do

MARKHAM — The province’s Progressive Conservatives went back to the future yesterday, choosing Tim Hudak to lead them into the 2011 election. The Niagara-area MPP swept past Frank Klees on the third ballot to clinch the job. The youngest candidate, … Continue reading

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UK staff arrested in Iran

Iran has detained eight local staff at the British embassy in Tehran on accusations of having a role in post-election riots, local reports said. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband demanded their release, saying the arrests were “quite unacceptable”. Relations between … Continue reading

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‘It’s time for a change’ (2)

MARKHAM — Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party took a right turn Saturday as it elected Niagara-area MPP Tim Hudak — a man who has promised a return to middle-class values and plain talk conservatism — as its new leader. Hudak, 41, … Continue reading

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Tory running for mayor?

Toronto taxpayers are sick of paying more and getting less, and are looking for a leader who presents a clearly thought-out vision for the city’s economy, finances and infrastructure, says John Tory, who is mulling a run for mayor. Mr. … Continue reading

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Ontario PCs to crown leader today (7)

Until this morning, the results of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race were guarded under lock and key, hundreds of stuffed ballot boxes protected by a security guard 24-hours-a-day in an undisclosed location. Today, on the second day of the … Continue reading

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It’s time to tear down 24 Sussex

It has no fire sprinklers. Its walls are lined with asbestos. Its plumbing and wiring would not pass muster in any other house in Ottawa. It is drafty. Its air conditioners make a racket. It has, by all accounts, hideous … Continue reading

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Search ends for bodies from Air France crash

Brazil has ended the search for more bodies from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last month, calling the task “impossible,” but the search for the jet’s flight recorders will go on. Brazilian and French searchers … Continue reading

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World wheat production threatened by fungus

OTTAWA — Scientists in Canada and around the world are racing to find a way to stop a destructive fungus that threatens to wipe out 80% of the world’s wheat crop, causing widespread famine and pushing the cost of such … Continue reading

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French education comes under fire

The first year of New Brunswick’s revamped French immersion program is over, and parents are not pleased with changes that have added yet another chapter to the controversy over such programs in Canadian schools. Those who have been closely watching … Continue reading

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Prosecutors seek life sentence for Madoff (1)

NEW YORK — Swindler Bernard Madoff should spend the rest of his life in prison, U.S. prosecutors argued Friday, citing the “unique scope and duration” of his crimes as the leader of Wall Street’s biggest fraud. Madoff will be sentenced … Continue reading

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