Canada
#1 — CBC | Kandahar court martial evidence ends
The witnesses have all spoken and the court martial of Capt. Robert Semrau, who allegedly executed an injured, unarmed Taliban fighter two years ago, is headed back to Canada for its final chapter.
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#2 — CBC | G8 condemns North Korea, Iran
Leaders of the eight industrialized nations have strongly admonished North Korea and Iran for their nuclear activities in a unanimous statement Saturday at the end of the G8 summit in Huntsville, Ont.
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#3 — Globe | Police, demonstrators gather for huge G20 protest
As G20 leaders start descending on Toronto on Saturday, police and protesters are gathering for what is expected to be the largest day of demonstrations during the summit.
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#4 — NP | Black: Harper’s hour to shine
It is challenging to follow Canadian politics from central Florida. But one does what one can, and I have found it is well worth the effort.
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On July 1, government will introduce a tax on retirement products. Here comes the HST …
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#6 — OC | Police need help identifying woman’s body
OTTAWA — Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a body found in the Ottawa River earlier this month.
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#7 — MG | Radon is invisible, deadly
Marie Bedard never smoked in her life. So she was doubly shocked to be diagnosed with incurable lung cancer in the fall of 2007.
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#8 — Star | Dalton McGuinty, Bill Blair defend quiet boost in arrest powers
Premier Dalton McGuinty denies it was an abuse of power for his government to secretly approve sweeping new powers for police.
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#9 — Star | Frustrated Canadian soldiers are killing time, more than Taliban
PANJWAI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN—Seconds after the command “Guns! Guns! Guns!” crackled over the loudspeakers, Canadian soldiers were swarming around their howitzers, preparing to open fire.
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World
#10 — BBC | Vatican says Belgium raids ‘worse than Communist era’
The Vatican has stepped up its criticism of raids by Belgian police investigating alleged child sex abuse, calling the detention of priests “serious and unbelievable”.
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#11 — BBC | German TanDEM-X satellite returns first images
Germany’s new radar satellite, TanDEM-X, has returned its first images.
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#12 — CNN | Karzai backs new U.S. commander in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Afghanistan’s president has backed the selection of Gen. David Petraeus as the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, saying he is “experienced” and an “expert commander” with knowledge of his war-torn nation.
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#13 — CNN | Tropical storm could halt Gulf cleanup efforts
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Oil recovery operations would be suspended for two weeks if Tropical Storm Alex forces a work stoppage, said Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s response manager.
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#14 — CNN | Arizona’s Brewer: Most illegal immigrants are ‘drug mules’
(CNN) — A labor union representing nearly 20,000 border patrol agents and staff Friday disputed comments made by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer that most illegal immigrants coming across the southern border are smuggling drugs.
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Fox| Arizona Gov. Stands by Claim That Most Illegals Smuggle Drugs Into Country
#15 — Fox | Widow of Houston Officer Killed by Illegal Immigrant ‘Shocked’ at ICE Appointment
The widow of a Houston police officer killed by an illegal immigrant was “shocked” to learn that the city’s former police chief has landed a top immigration job with the Obama administration, her lawyer told FoxNews.com on Friday.
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#16 — Fox | Vacant Intel Jobs Raise Concerns Over Ability to Diffuse New Terror Plots
Vacancies in the United States’ intelligence leadership, including the director of national intelligence and his chief deputies, are raising alarms over a potential “train wreck” of vulnerability, intelligence sources and others on Capitol Hill tell Fox News.
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#17 — Fox | Palin Blasts Brown for Probing Visit to Cal State Stanislaus
Sarah Palin slammed California Attorney General Jerry Brown for investigating her visit to a cash-strapped university, telling supporters that students had better things to do than dive through Dumpsters to find out how much she earns speaking.
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#18 — NY Times | Debt Concern in U.S. Could Hurt Obama at Summit
TORONTO — President Obama came to the summit table this weekend with a strong hand to press his case to foreign leaders for tougher financial regulations throughout the developed world, after Congress agreed to a far-reaching overhaul of the American regulatory system. The opposite is true for his effort to persuade other governments to keep stimulating their economies rather than attacking deficits.
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#19 — NY Times | Mexican Violence Deters U.S. Colleges
MEXICO CITY — From perfecting their use of the subjunctive in colonial Puebla to exploring the anthropological aspects of Tijuana’s gritty underside, American college students have long used Mexico as a learning lab. This summer, however, far fewer will be venturing across the border, as universities and students alike fear the violence tied to drug gangs that have caught some innocents in the cross-fire.
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An asylum seeker bought three homes and sent her son to a fee-paying school by illegally claiming more than £700,000 in benefits, a court heard.
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The official story of Dr David Kelly is that he took his own life in an Oxfordshire wood by overdosing on painkillers and cutting his left wrist with a pruning knife.
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#22 — Independent | ‘An unwelcome intervention’: What judge said about Charles
The Prince of Wales was accused of grossly exceeding his constitutional powers after a High Court judge criticised him yesterday for an “unexpected and unwelcome” intervention in a high-profile £3bn property development which was then withdrawn by its billionaire Qatari backers.
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#23 — Independent | Troops parade through city for Armed Forces Day
Thousands of people were lining the streets today as part of a national celebration of Britain’s servicemen and women.
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Notes:
This is a really good idea and should be happening everywhere on an appropriate date.
#24 — Telegraph | World’s largest gold coin sold for £2.7m
A Spanish precious metals trading company bought the world’s largest gold coin for 3.27 million euros, its exact material worth, from the estate of an insolvent investment firm at a rare auction in Vienna on Friday.
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#25 — Telegraph | Accept cuts or we’ll target pensions, David Cameron warns unions
David Cameron will use the threat of cuts to public-sector pensions as a bargaining tool to counter trade union unrest over massive reductions in spending.
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