Canada
#1 — CBC | Guergis says allegations based on ‘innuendo’
MP Helena Guergis says she intends to defend herself “to the fullest extent” against unspecified allegations that forced her to resign from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet “to ensure that the record is set straight.”
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#2 — CBC | Slain soldier to return via CFB Trenton
A repatriation ceremony will be held Wednesday afternoon for Pte. Tyler William Todd, a Canadian soldier killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.
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#3 — CBC | Akwesasne cigarette plant legalizes operations
An unlicensed U.S. cigarette factory on a Mohawk reserve near Cornwall, Ont., has signed a deal to legalize its operations.
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#4 — Globe | York University rapist sentenced to eight years in prison
A 25-year-old man who roamed the hallways of a York University student residence looking for young students to rape was sentenced to eight years in a penitentiary today.
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#5 — Globe | Canadian dollar opens above parity
The loonie opened just above parity with the U.S. dollar after hovering below the symbolic number for nearly a week.
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#6 — Globe | Judge says paper must reveal details about online commenters
A Nova Scotia judge has ordered a newspaper and Google Inc. to cough up whatever details they possess about the identities of people who posted comments anonymously about Halifax’s top firefighters.
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#7 — CNews | Cops suspect ‘despicable family secret’
BRAMPTON — Peel Police say “foul play” is behind the strange disappearance of pregnant Poonam Litt and that family secrets within the home from which she vanished have prompted the homicide squad to take over the case, the QMI Agency has learned.
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#8 — NP | Injecting stem cells could fight chronic heart disease: Montreal study
A revolutionary treatment whereby stems cells are injected into the heart during surgery could have enormous benefits for Canadians suffering from chronic heart disease, according to researchers.
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#9 — OC | Police killer held in stalking
OTTAWA — Fred Koepke, the deranged sniper who killed rookie Const. David Kirkwood and wounded seven other Ottawa police officers in a 1977 shootout, has been arrested on stalking charges and is to appear in court this morning, the Citizen has learned.
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#10 — MG | MacDonald: Loose-cannon Bellemare’s charges are explosive
Who is Marc Bellemare, and why is he saying all those terrible things about Jean Charest, calling him a liar and a cheat?
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World
#11 — BBC | Kaczynski burial plan causes split
A row has broken out over the decision to bury Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Wawel Cathedral in Krakow – a place reserved for Poland’s kings and heroes.
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Times | Polish grief gives way to controversy over where to bury President
#12 — BBC | Parasite ‘a growing stroke risk’
A tropical parasitic disease is becoming an increasingly common cause of stroke, experts say.
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#13 — BBC | Nato troops pull out of flashpoint Taliban valley
Nato troops in Afghanistan have pulled out of the isolated eastern Korengal valley, commanders say.
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#14 — CNN | Palin plans ‘aggressive’ fundraising push
Washington (CNN) – Sarah Palin’s political action committee spent more money than it raised in the first three months of 2010, but the group is planning a “far more aggressive” fundraising effort as the midterm races ramp up.
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#15 — CNN | Gay outrage over Cardinal’s child abuse comment
London, England (CNN) — Gay rights groups have expressed outrage over comments made by a senior Vatican official linking homosexuality to child abuse.
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#16 — Fox | Holder: No Decision Yet on Where to Try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 Conspirators
The Obama administration doesn’t know yet where it’s going to try Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday, adding that New York is “not off the table.”
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#17 — Fox | Arizona Bill Aims to Outlaw Illegal Immigrants in State
PHOENIX — The Arizona House on Tuesday approved a bill to crack down on illegal immigration by making it against state law to be in Arizona without legal immigration documents.
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#18 — WSJ | Bushmeat Presents Latest Food Scare
Researchers testing bushmeat smuggled into the U.S. have found strains of a virus in the same family as HIV, according to preliminary findings to be released Wednesday.
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#19 — DM | Butchers in Sainsbury’s banned from using KNIVES
Butchers at Sainsbury’s have been banned from using knives – because of health and safety.
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#20 — Times | Gordon Brown under fire over banking ‘failure’
Gordon Brown came under fire today for his admission that, as Chancellor, he was not tough enough in reining in the excesses of the City.
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#21 — Times | Climate scientists at East Anglia University cleared by inquiry
Climate scientists at the centre of the row over stolen e-mails acted with integrity and made no attempt to manipulate their research on global temperatures, an external inquiry has found.
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Times | Analysis: sceptics will not be appeased
Telegraph | ‘Climategate’ scientists criticised for not using best statistical tools
#22 — Times | Head of far-right Hungarian party Jobbik vows to wipe out ‘Gypsy crime’
The leader of a far-right party that won 16.7 per cent of votes in the Hungarian elections has pledged to “eradicate Gypsy crime”.
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#23 — Telegraph | DNA breakthrough could eliminate devastating inherited conditions
Devastating inherited diseases could be prevented using a pioneering fertility technique to swap DNA between eggs, scientists believe.
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#24 — Telegraph | Taxman penalises someone for paying too much
A taxpayer who paid too much tax to HM Revenue & Customs has been fined £1,400 for making a mistake when he asked for a rebate.
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#25 — Telegraph | Booker: Don’t let the voters know we face bankruptcy
Four huge shadows hang over this claustrophobic election, about which the three main parties will be trying to say as little as possible. The first, obviously, as part of the catastrophic legacy of 13 years of Labour misrule, is the barely imaginable scale of the deficit in public spending.
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