CANADA
#1 — CNews | U.S. fugitive nabbed in Canada
WINNIPEG — An American fugitive who may have tried to fake his own death after pleading guilty to defrauding an insurance company of $7 million was nabbed with the help of a sharp-eyed employee at a pharmacy here.
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#2 — Globe | Second B.C. avalanche in two days kills heli-skier
Police say a heli-skier has been killed by an avalanche in British Columbia.
RCMP Corporal Dan Moskaluk says the 45-year-old skier died Friday afternoon near Revelstoke, B.C.
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#3 — LFP | Liberals try to change their fortunes
OTTAWA – It took hitting rock bottom before the Liberals realized something, somewhere, had gone terribly wrong.
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#4 — NP | Two Grenada officers charged with manslaughter in beating death of Toronto man
Two police officers in Grenada have been charged in the beating death of a Canadian man, according to media reports.
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#5 — OC | Government accused of hindering solution to OxyContin crisis on remote reserves
OTTAWA — While the world was distracted by Attawapiskat, another desperate cry for help was getting little notice in remote northern Ontario, where addiction to the prescription drug OxyContin is devastating reserves.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | South Sudan tribe ‘attacks town’ of Pibor
Six-thousand fighters from the Lou Nuer tribe in South Sudan have attacked the town of Pibor, home to the rival Murle tribe, a military spokesman has said.
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#7 — CNN | After a momentous year, people worldwide ring in 2012
(CNN) – As the clock strikes midnight around the world Saturday, people are ushering in a new year with fireworks and festivities, purpose and promises — and a string of resolutions they’ll no doubt break.
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#8 — Fox | Boehner to Face GOP Primary Challenger
House Speaker John Boehner will face a challenge in the GOP primary next year, Fox News has confirmed.
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#9 — DM | Police launch huge hunt for Hollywood arsonist after second night of fires
Police have launched a huge manhunt for a serial arsonist who went on a two-day rampage across Hollywood, torching vehicles and setting homes ablaze in scores of separate fires across the city.
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#10 — Telegraph | Afghan girl, 15, ‘locked in toilet’ by husband’s family for months, say officials
Afternoon Update December 31st, 2011 (10),A 15-year-old Afghan girl brutally tortured and locked in a toilet for months by her husband’s family has been visited by a health minister after being freed last week.
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