Canada
#1 — CNews | Feds appoint oilsands watchdog
OTTAWA – Canada’s got a new panel to make sure the country’s water-monitoring systems aren’t missing oilsands industry pollution.
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#2 — CNews | Man shot by cops mowed down pedestrians
CALGARY – Police opened fire on a stolen car Wednesday morning, wounding a man who was convicted earlier this year of a hit-and-run that left two men dead.
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#3 — Globe | Tories back down on lump-sum payment for injured veterans
The Harper government is caving in to pressure from military groups and will allow injured veterans to spread out the payment of up to $276,000 that they receive after returning from combat.
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#4 — NP | Mattel recalls nearly 11 million toys
Toy manufacturing giant Mattel is voluntarily recalling nearly 11 million products in the U.S. and Canada, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada.
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#5 — NP | Judge unconvinced Black should be cleared of fraud charge
Any hopes Conrad Black may have privately harboured that his appeal before a lower circuit court would be a technicality on the way to absolution were dashed on Wednesday after a tense 45-minute hearing, punctuated by heated exchanges and a reference to Minnie Mouse.
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#6 — OC | Most Canadians did not take H1N1 shot: StatsCan
OTTAWA — Just over 40 per cent of Canadians chose to get the H1N1 vaccination during the last flu season, according to new figures from Statistics Canada.
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World
#7 — BBC | Ayodhya verdict: Indian holy site ‘to be divided’
A court in India has said that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya should be split between Hindus and Muslims, but both sides plan to appeal.
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#8 — BC | Film star Tony Curtis dies at 85
Hollywood star Tony Curtis has died of a cardiac arrest at his US home in Nevada aged 85.
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#9 — Fox | U.S. Worsens Mexican Violence by Returning Criminal Aliens to Border Cities, Mayors Say
A coalition of Mexican mayors has asked the United States to stop deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. to Mexican border cities, saying the deportations are contributing to Mexican border violence.
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#10 — DM | British athletes struck down with vomiting bug in Doha ahead of Commonwealth Games
Dozens of British athletes have been struck down by a contagious vomiting bug at their training camp in Doha ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
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Telegraph | Commonwealth Games 2010: Indians burn effigy of Games chief executive Mike Hooper
#11 — DM | Vince Cable warns of backlash against Brussels
Business Secretary Vince Cable has today warned of a looming backlash against Brussels unless the EU budget is trimmed in line with national government austerity measures.
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#12 — Independent | Crisis as Irish bank bailout grows
Europe’s debt crisis dumped more woe on Ireland’s weary taxpayers today, as the government said it needed to pour billions more of their money into a collapsed banking system.
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#13 — Independent | Britain and France may share nuclear deterrent
The possibility of a “shared” UK-French nuclear deterrent is set to be on the agenda of a summit between David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy in London this autumn.
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#14 — Independent | Wave of strikes cripples Europe as workers vent fury at budget cuts
Workers across Europe yesterday vented their anger against government spending cuts and tax hikes that unions said would punish the poor.
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#15 — Telegraph | Briton suspected of plotting Mumbai-style attacks killed by drone
A Briton suspected of plotting attacks on European cities modelled on the terrorist rampage in Mumbai was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan, according to reports.
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#16 — Telegraph | Ed Miliband: I would raise taxes higher than Gordon Brown
Ed Miliband’s Labour Party will push for increases in taxation at a higher rate than that proposed by Gordon Brown at the last general election.
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