Monthly Archives: July 2010

Canada July 30th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CBC | Coroner orders review of drowning deaths Ontario’s acting chief coroner has ordered a review of all drowning deaths in the province since May following the death of a 2½-year-old-boy in a backyard swimming pool in the … Continue reading

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Action on global climate may drift for years (2)

LONDON – International action on climate change looks set to drift for the next two years as politicians waver in the wake of the financial crisis, despite a new report which says the last three decades were the warmest on … Continue reading

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Afternoon Update July 29th, 2010 (26)

Canada #1 — CBC | Party system touted as way to ease voter choice A municipal party system may make it easier for voters in Toronto to pick from long lists of council candidates, although it comes with a number … Continue reading

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Fallen Soldiers' Families Denied Cash as Insurers Profit

The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was a thick, 9-inch-by- 12-inch envelope … Continue reading

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Why Have We Lost Confidence? (1)

A Gallup poll reveals that only 11 percent of Americans have a great deal of confidence in Congress, and though it’s the lowest ranking ever, one wonders what malady afflicts the yea-sayers. Might a review of reality correct their misperceptions? … Continue reading

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U.S. Military Scrutinizes Leaks for Risks to Afghans (10)

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing tens of thousands of classified battlefield reports made public this week about the war in Afghanistan to determine whether Afghan informants were identified and could be at risk of reprisals, American officials said Wednesday. … Continue reading

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Ariz. Immigration Law Ruling Ignites Firestorm (6)

Jane Norton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, had a hunch that by dinnertime Wednesday, conservative voters across the state would have heard about a federal judge blocking much of Arizona’s immigration law. She had a hunch … Continue reading

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Ottawa wary over UN water rights vote (1)

Canada’s vast fresh water resources won’t feel the pinch as a result of the United Nations passing a resolution to declare water and sanitation as a basic human right, says a Canadian water activist. Maude Barlow, who previously served as … Continue reading

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Woman runs into her friend's murderer

TORONTO – She walks into No Frills at Cedarbrae Mall to get laundry soap. And there he stands. The man who murdered her best friend. “No!” gasps Sheryl Udeh, 36. “I’m hallucinating. Must be. He’s in prison.” She freezes, staring. … Continue reading

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The Brothel Named Iran

I’ll bet you haven’t seen very much news about Iran during the past week or 10 days, have you? And yet there’s lots of news: • First of all, there is still no end to the bazaar strike, even though … Continue reading

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At war with themselves

Just when we thought we’d already seen the RCMP’s dirtiest laundry, along comes another controversy to rock our once-proud national police force — a purported mutiny by several senior officers against Commissioner William Elliott for his allegedly arrogant and abusive … Continue reading

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World July 29th, 2010 (10)

#1 — BBC | Judge blocks Arizona’s controversial immigration law A federal judge has blocked key parts of Arizona’s strict immigration law, hours before it takes effect. [...] #2 — BBC | Details of 100m Facebook users collected and published … Continue reading

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