Canada
#1 — CBC | McCann disappearance suspect arrested
RCMP in Alberta say they have arrested Travis Vader, wanted for questioning in the disappearance of Lyle and Marie Ann McCann.
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#2 — CBC | G20 vandalism probe snares 2 more suspects
Toronto police have arrested two more people in connection with vandalism that occurred during protests on the G20 summit weekend.
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#3 — CNews | Ten people injured in bunkhouse blast
EDMONTON – Eight people were blown out of a Jasper, Alta., staff residence by a powerful blast that left two others trapped under flaming rubble.
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#4 — Globe | Labour dispute shuts Port of Montreal
Commercial operations at the Port of Montreal slid to a halt Monday after the Maritime Employers Association ordered a lockout at Canada’s second-largest port.
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#5 — Globe | Manitoba braces for zebra-mussel invasion
It’s a western moving siege: An army of algae-eating, pipe-clogging, fingernail-size menaces is set to storm the waters of Manitoba.
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#6 — NP | Crown lawyers launch $5M libel suit against Ontario politician
TORONTO — Three Ontario Crown attorneys have launched a $5-million defamation suit against provincial politicians Randy Hillier and John Yakabuski, claiming the two Conservatives harmed their reputations through a series of libellous statements.
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#7 — FP | Foreign investors buy record $23.2B in Canadian securities
OTTAWA —- Foreign investors bought a record $23.2 billion in Canadian securities in May, mainly federal government bonds, Statistics Canada said Monday.
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#8 — OC | Majority of federal contracts sole-sourced, report shows
The federal government continues to hand out thousands of sole-source contracts worth less than $25,000 despite a decade of efforts to help increase competition, says a recently-released report by the procurement ombudsman.
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#9 — MG | TSX down as gold price falls
The Toronto Stock Exchange was down for a second straight day Monday as gold stocks declined as prices for such companies’ main product fell to an eight-week low.
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#10 — Star | Lotto fever growing; with no winner total prizes now $76M
No winning tickets were sold for Friday’s $50 million Lotto Max jackpot.
However tickets claiming five of the 10 Maxmillions prizes were sold
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World
#11 — BBC | Anti-aircraft laser unveiled at Farnborough Airshow (video available)
US firm Raytheon has unveiled its anti-aircraft laser at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire.
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#12 — BBC | EADS eyes US in A400M plane deals
The troubled Airbus A400M military transport plane is expected to land orders from the US military, according to Louis Gallois, chief executive of Airbus’ parent company EADS.
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#13 — CNN | Boeing wins $9.1 billion order from Emirates
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Boeing secured an order for 30 of its 777 jets for $9.1 billion from Emirates Airlines, the companies announced Monday, as the commercial aircraft maker continues to bounce back from the recession.
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#14 — Fox | Abortion Foes Score Victory in Health Law
WASHINGTON — Abortion foes have scored a victory and traditional allies of the Obama administration are grumbling about a decision to ban most abortion coverage in insurance pools for those unable to purchase health care on their own.
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#15 — NY Times | Obama Assails G.O.P. for Blocking Benefits Bill
WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Congress on Monday to pass an extension of unemployment benefits, and leveled a sharp critique against Republican senators who have stopped passage of a bill that would give some relief to out-of-work Americans.
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#16 — DM | Banks are ripping us off with rates up to 3,650%, says Cable
Banks are ripping off customers with sky-high interest rates on overdrafts of up to 3,650 per cent, an investigation will claim tonight. The BBC Panorama programme, to be screened this evening, lifts the lid on the crippling interest rates which are costing bank customers a fortune.
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#17 — DM | I have no idea what BP did: Cameron
David Cameron attempted to wash his hands of the release of the Lockerbie bomber today ahead of his first official visit to the United States since coming to office in May.
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Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country’s universities.
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#19 — Independent | ‘Greek militants behind journalist’s murder’
Leftist urban guerrillas shot dead a Greek reporter today, the first murder of a journalist in Greece in more than 20 years, police said.
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#20 — Independent | Talk about vintage bubbly! Divers find 220-year-old bottle
A treasure trove of two centuries-old, but perfectly drinkable, champagne has been found near a shipwreck 180 feet deep in the Baltic. It is thought that the champagne may belong to a consignment sent to the tsar of Russia by King Louis XVI just before the French revolution. If so, the bottles – at least 30 of them and possibly many more – could be worth millions of pounds at auction.
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