CANADA
#1 — CNews | Immigration officer admits scam
TORONTO – A senior immigration officer admitted he accepted bribes from newcomers in exchange for status in Canada.
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#2 — Globe | How applicants are stumbling on the final step to becoming Canadians
Dozens of immigrants from Afghanistan began asking Anisa Sharifi for help two years ago. After failing the citizenship test, they all had the same question: How could they pass so they could become Canadians after living here for years?
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#3 — LFP | Canada gets new World Heritage Site
Canada was given another reason to celebrate its heritage a day before the country marked its 145th birthday.
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The song “L’Attente” by the popular Montreal rapper Manu Militari describes an attack on Canadian troops in Afghanistan from the perspective of a Taliban fighter who just wants to “free” his land.
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#5 — OC | Immigration levels shouldn’t increase, Canadians tell pollster
Almost three-quarters of Canadians don’t want the federal government to increase the number of immigrants it allows into the country every year, a new survey has found.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Australia introduces controversial carbon tax
Australia has introduced its highly controversial carbon tax, after years of bitter political wrangling.
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#7 — CNN | Yitzhak Shamir, former Israeli PM, dies
Jerusalem (CNN) – Yitzhak Shamir, a political hard-liner who served two terms as Israeli prime minster, died Saturday, the prime minister’s office said.
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#8 — Fox | Fabric softener may have played role in girl’s nightgown igniting, fire officials say
LA CENTER, Wash. – Fire officials say liquid fabric softener may have played a role after a nine-year-old Washington girl suffered severe burns after her nightgown caught on fire.
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#9 — DM | YouTube puts an end to vicious, anonymous comments which have turned site into ‘Wild West’
YouTube is set to overhaul its comments system to curb the droves of online trolls writing nasty and anonymous messages.
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#10 — Telegraph | EU: New Tory battle lines drawn
Afternoon Update July 1st, 2012 (10),David Cameron has opened the door to a historic referendum on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union — declaring that voters need a “real choice”.
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“We take all allegations of employee misconduct very seriously….? Misconduct? In the real world it’s called criminality. The foreigners who paid (bribed) their way into Canada are be classifed as victims? Victims? WTF? Again, in the real world they’d be criminal co-conspirators. So in touchy feely forever understanding benefit of the doubt to anybody anywhere anytime especially foreigners Canada they’re just innocent victims. No consequences. They can stay and in 3 short years they’ll be full fledged citizens. Some deterrent. Crime does pay, big time.