Canada
#1 — CBC | Black’s bail conditions to be set Wednesday
A hearing to determine Conrad Black’s bail conditions will be held Wednesday morning in Chicago, meaning the former media baron will soon be able to leave the Florida jail where he has spent the last 28 months.
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#2 — CBC | Dismissal of public works adviser slammed
A labour relations board adjudicator has called the 2006 dismissal of special public works adviser Douglas Tipple a “sham” and “camouflage,” accusing Stephen Harper’s government of obstruction in the man’s attempt to clear his name.
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#3 — CBC | Oxford-trained doctor shut out of B.C.
A British doctor with a medical degree from Oxford University says he is leaving Canada — frustrated and disillusioned — after red tape kept him from applying for a residency position in B.C.
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#4 — CNews | Woman allegedly mocked during airport strip search
Shileen Flynn, 29, had already missed one flight and lost her luggage when she says she found herself in a room at the Vancouver airport, naked and squatting, while two crude border agents strip-searched her.
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#5 — CNews | Canada’s crime rate falls
OTTAWA — Canada’s crime rate is falling, fuelled by a dwindling number of auto thefts, break-ins and mischief offences and fewer violent crimes.
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#6 — Globe | Ban-happy town targets medicinal marijuana
The bucolic Fraser Valley community of Pitt Meadows may be the ban-happy capital of Canada.
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#7 — Globe | Effects felt from Port of Montreal lockout
The impact of a lockout that has shut down most activity at the Port of Montreal is already being felt by businesses dealing directly with the facility, while others, such as retailers, say they can hold out for now.
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#8 — LFP | Mercy killings rare: ex army major-general
OTTAWA – Capt. Robert Semrau’s decision to put a fatally wounded Taliban fighter out of his misery after a gun battle in Afghanistan was “appropriate,” a retired army major-general says.
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#9 — NP | Worthington: Conrad Black gets a taste of U.S. judicial vindictiveness
That the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would bring suit against Conrad Black, claiming $71 million in unpaid taxes, reeks of malice more than justice. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the tax charges emanate from the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Black’s behalf which sent back to the appeal court his conviction on three relatively minor fraud charges and obstruction. The clear message is that he was found guilty on “honest services” charges that don’t exist in his case.
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#10 — MG | Montreal Muslim groups disagree about how best to help Gaza
MONTREAL – With two groups claiming to be raising funds for the first Canadian humanitarian-aid boat to Gaza, a prominent Montreal Muslim leader said Monday there are better ways to help the Palestinian people than by funding a freedom flotilla.
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#11 — Star | G20 computer expert refused bail
A computer security expert arrested three weeks ago on G20 summit charges has been refused bail after days of hearings.
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World
#12 — BBC | Conference endorses Afghan goal for security handover
A major conference on Afghanistan has endorsed President Hamid Karzai’s goal that Afghan forces should lead security operations across the country by 2014.
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#13 — BBC | China’s Three Gorges dam faces flood test
The Three Gorges dam on China’s longest river, the Yangtze, is standing up to its biggest flood control test since completion last year, officials say.
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#14 — CNN | Former Illinois governor Blagojevich expected to testify Tuesday
Chicago, Illinois (CNN) — After months of professing his innocence in impromptu news conferences, Twitter and even on Donald Trump’s show “Celebrity Apprentice,” former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich may finally get to tell his story to a jury Tuesday.
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#15 — CNN | Lindsay Lohan taken into custody
Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Actress Lindsay Lohan showed little emotion as a deputy put her in handcuffs in a Beverly Hills, California court Tuesday morning to take her to jail.
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#16 — Fox | Brewer Sends Stimulus Money to Border for Illegal Immigration Fight
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, claiming to “reject” the Obama administration’s assertion that the border is more secure than ever, announced Monday that she’s directing $10 million in federal stimulus dollars to tackle smuggling and illegal immigration.
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#17 — NY Times | BP Failed to Fix Device Before Blast, Worker Says
KENNER, La. — BP failed to fix a leak from a critical safety device in the days before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, a company official testified on Tuesday.
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#18 — DM | Cameron walks into diplomatic nightmare
David Cameron was plunged into a diplomatic nightmare today as a row over the controversial decision to release the Lockerbie bomber overshadowed his first official visit to Washington.
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#19 — Independent | Iraq invasion ‘increased terror activity against UK’
The invasion of Iraq triggered a massive upsurge in terrorist activity against the UK, the former head of MI5 said today.
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#20 — Independent | Goldman Sachs sets aside £2.5bn more for pay and bonuses
US investment bank Goldman Sachs today revealed it earmarked another 3.8 billion dollars (£2.5 billion) for its annual staff pay and bonus pool.
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Lord Blacks problems are far from over as there are a slew of civil lawsuits launched against him, and former Hollinger International executives. As well, he still faces the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission plus the millions in unpaid taxes in the US
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