Afternoon Update June 27th, 2010 (15)

Canada

#1 — CBC | G20 agrees to deficit reduction targets

The Canadian government has won a significant victory in securing specific deficit reduction targets in the G20′s final statement at the Toronto summit, CBC News has learned.

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Globe | Canada beats back bank tax at G20

#2 — CBC | G20 arrests now tally 500

Police fired at least half a dozen rubber bullets at protesters in Toronto’s east end on Sunday afternoon, arresting several people as the city remained on edge a day after a downtown rampage by militant activists.

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CNews | Police raid University of Toronto campus

Star | 4 arrested after emerging from manhole near G20 summit site

#3 — CBC | Tornado warning in southwestern Ontario

A tornado warning has been issued for a large area of southwestern Ontario, including Windsor.

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#4 — Globe | Quebec, public workers settle amicably

The Quebec government has settled with 475,000 public-sector employees without the usual acrimony and lengthy labour negotiations.

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#5 — MG | Pig manure seeps into Windsor’s drinking water

MONTREAL – People in the town of Windsor, near Sherbrooke, have to boil their drinking water after a major leak of pig manure contaminated a local waterway.

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#6 — MG | Bottom line drives green arguments

Think dollars and cents.

Discussions about environmental issues are increasingly focusing on the economic costs of such problems as species loss to convince governments to protect habitats and ecosystems.

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#7 — Star | Persichilli: Spy chief’s charges smear ethnic communities

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell was right to say that allegations made on TV by Canadian Security Intelligence Service chief Richard Fadden are “unprecedented and completely unprofessional” but I hope the premier will go beyond condemning the form of Fadden’s statement and be prepared to deal more with its substance.

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World

#8 — BBC | Germany 4-1 England

England’s World Cup ended in a mixture of humiliation and controversy as they were thrashed by Germany in Bloemfontein.

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#9 — BBC | CIA says Afghan war harder and slower that expected

The director of the CIA has conceded that the war in Afghanistan has been “harder and slower” than expected.

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CNN | Panetta: Afghan war has ‘serious problems,’ but progress being made

#10 — CNN | Sen. Robert Byrd hospitalized in serious condition

Washington (CNN) — Sen. Robert Byrd, the 92-year-old Democrat from West Virginia who is the longest-serving Congress member in history, has been hospitalized in serious condition, his office said Sunday.

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#11 — Fox | McCain Disputes Brewer’s Claim That Most Illegal Immigrants Smuggling Drugs

Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday that he does not agree with his governor’s controversial statement that most illegal immigrants are being used to transport drugs across the border.

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#12 — Fox | Petraeus May Need a New Team in Afghanistan, Senators Say

Two influential senators suggested Sunday that President Obama clean house on the civilian side of his Afghanistan war team if Gen. David Petraeus cannot get along with the same diplomats who may have sparred with outgoing Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

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#13 — Fox | Reporters Caught on Tape Mocking Palin Speech

Several people were caught on an open mike mocking Sarah Palin for delivering a “roller coaster”-type speech after she addressed California State University, Stanislaus on Friday.

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#14 — Independent | Cameron digs in over Falklands as oil revives former tension

David Cameron is to issue a strong warning that he will never negotiate over the sovereignty of the Falklands.

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#15 — Guardian | Mexico drug wars: Gunmen kill nine in clinic

Nine people were killed and another nine wounded when gunmen opened fire on drug rehabilitation centre in northern Mexico this weekend.

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