CANADA
#1 — CNews | Serial killer alarm raised a decade ago
WINNIPEG – The National Parole Board sounded the alarm about suspected Winnipeg serial killer Shawn Cameron Lamb’s long-standing “clear capacity for violence” and his “deeply entrenched criminal value system” more than 10 years ago, documents obtained by QMI Agency show.
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#2 — Globe | Elliot Lake mall collapse, ‘a huge hub,’ a blow to local economy
As residents of Elliot Lake, Ont., grieve the loss of two community members killed in a collapse of their mall’s roof, they are also dealing with a massive blow to the city’s economy.
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#3 — LFP | T.O. cop board excluded from G20 plan
TORONTO – Toronto’s police watchdog agency remained out of the loop — including abdicating responsibility — before and during the controversial G20 Summit of world leaders, says a report for its Friday meeting.
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#4 — NP | Canadian among aid workers kidnapped from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp
NAIROBI — A Canadian is among four foreign refugee workers kidnapped from a camp near the border with Somalia on Friday, according to local police. The other three are from Norway, Pakistan and the Philippines.
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#5 — OC | Supreme Court to hear Nova Scotia case from 1970s after sex convictions quashed
HALIFAX – The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal of a lower court’s decision to throw out 17 sex offence convictions against a Nova Scotia man involving boys in the 1970s.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | India floods: Many thousands flee homes in Assam
Almost one million people have been forced to leave their homes by floods in India as torrential rains lash the north-eastern state of Assam, officials say.
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#7 — CNN | Passengers and crew foil hijack attempt in China
Beijing (CNN) – Passengers and crew members thwarted an attempt by six people to hijack a plane in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, local authorities said Friday.
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#8 — Fox | Holder controversies could weigh on Obama in 2012 race
The contempt vote Thursday against Attorney General Eric Holder could spell trouble for President Obama — not just for his administration’s efforts to lock down Fast and Furious documents, but also for his re-election campaign.
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Armed to the teeth, they crashed into the house like their life depended on it.
And as far as they were concerned it did – because officers in Evansville, Indiana, believed their police station was in serious danger.
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Morning Update June 30th, 2012 (10),The family of China’s next president has amassed a fortune running into hundreds of millions of pounds, according to a hugely damaging new report.
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#2, The mall collapse was a tragedy and people died. But the comments in the story here are ridiculous. So, one woman can’t buy underwear and another can’t buy socks, without traveling miles. How sad. There are many people living in small towns who must travel miles for such things all the time.
When our grocery store burned to the ground a few years ago, all employees were paid, as the insurance policy covers this, until it was rebuilt and they got their jobs back.
Wouldn’t all those businesses in that mall have the same kind of insurance to be able to pay their staff, unless they leave for another job.
Many mistakes in the rescue were made, mostly due to red tape. Expert rescue teams were not allowed to assist or use their equipment.
If being unable to buy new underwear is the most serious problem faced by the residents, they are very lucky.