Monthly Archives: July 2011

Booker: Rajendra Pachauri is back to tell us – Trust me

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Jack

One of the more bizarre episodes of the week was the arrival in London of Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as part of what appears to be a concerted bid to rehabilitate the … Continue reading →

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Morning Update July 31st, 2011 (10)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | T.O. Caribbean fest gunman shot dead by cops TORONTO – A man who refused to drop his handgun after firing into a crowd was fatally shot by Toronto Police late Saturday along the Toronto Caribbean … Continue reading →

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Islamists call for sharia law during mass rally in Cairo

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Jack

AP – Tens of thousands of Egyptians filled Cairo’s central Tahrir Square for a rally Friday that turned into a show of force for ultraconservative Salafi Muslims and other Islamists in their growing rift with liberal activists. In one of … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update July 30th, 2011 (10)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | B.C. woman slain at work, husband charged VANCOUVER – The husband of a woman murdered at the office of an Indo-Canadian newspaper in Surrey on Thursday has been charged with first-degree murder. [...] #2 — … Continue reading →

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Republican debt bill killed in the Senate (9)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Jack

WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers opened the way on Friday for a last-ditch bid for a possible bipartisan compromise to avert a crippling national default just four days before the deadline to raise the country’s debt ceiling. The … Continue reading →

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European Union fears copycat Norway attacks

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Jack

OSLO, Norway — Norway cast it as the isolated act of a lone-wolf terrorist, whose boasts of a far-flung network of anti-Muslim warriors were the fantasies of a deranged mind. European officials at an emergency counterterrorism meeting said they see … Continue reading →

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Hanson: Obama in recovery (2)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Jack

President Obama does not care much about deficits – other than worrying that big debt might matter in his re-election campaign. In his first three budgets, Mr. Obama borrowed nearly $5 trillion. Currently, the government is borrowing about 45 percent … Continue reading →

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‘Secret shoppers’ to hunt for laggards on bilingualism

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Jack

OTTAWA — Secret shoppers working for the official languages commissioner are to fan out across the capital in mid-August to test whether they can get service in French. The mission is to see what the experience of visiting Ottawa-Gatineau would … Continue reading →

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Spanish Prime Minister calls early general election

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Jack

REUTERS – Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced an early general election in November, four months early than scheduled, looking to capitalise on a slight upturn in opinion poll ratings. “I believe the moment has arrived to announce … Continue reading →

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