CANADA
#1 — CNews | OPP warn of roadside scam
A roadside scam that originated in Europe has made its way to the Greater Toronto Area and the Ontario Provincial Police is warning motorists to be vigilant over the long weekend.
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DM | Bus-ted! Romanian con artists who fleece tourists on Westminster Bridge are caught
#2 — Globe | Montreal hospital unaware patient had history of violence
A man accused of trying to choke a fellow patient and suspected in the smothering deaths of two others at a Montreal psychiatric ward checked himself into hospital the very day the first patient died.
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#3 — LFP | Deep pockets needed for getting old
Grandpa need someone to put on and take off his socks each day? That will be a charge of $252 a month.
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#4 — NP | Mississauga staff fails to notify city of $200-million suit
Mississauga councillors are stunned that city staff failed to promptly inform them of a $200-million lawsuit targeting the municipality — only revealing the months-old litigation to members of council by happenstance two weeks ago.
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#5 — OC | NDP says it will ask justice minister to call in RCMP over Del Mastro allegations
OTTAWA — The New Democrats say they will ask Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to call in the RCMP to investigate new allegations about the financing of Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro’s 2008 election campaign.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Brotherhood’s Mursi sworn in as Egyptian president
Mohammed Mursi has been sworn in as Egypt’s first civilian, democratically elected president at a historic ceremony in Cairo.
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#7 — CNN | Source: Officer killed at Fort Bragg was a lieutenant colonel
(CNN) – The man killed in a shooting Thursday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, a defense official told CNN on Friday.
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#8 — Fox | Researcher mauled by chimpanzees in South Africa identified as Texas student
JOHANNESBURG – In the six years he’s managed a sanctuary for abused and orphaned chimpanzees, South African conservationist Eugene Cussons is from time to time called on to comment when an ape elsewhere in the world attacks a human. Cussons says he could always pinpoint a moment of taunting or perceived aggression that could have set off the quick and powerful animals.
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#9 — DM | DSK’s long-suffering wife Anne Sinclair finally leaves him
Through allegations of rape and involvement in prostitution, she has been the definition of a loyal but long-suffering wife.
But after months of standing by shamed former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn – not to mention paying more than £1million in bail on his behalf – Anne Sinclair appears to have finally had enough.
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#10 — Telegraph | China prepares for the first trial in the Bo Xilai scandal
Morning Update July 1st, 2012 (10),Wang Lijun, the former Chongqing police chief who revealed the involvement of Gu Kailai in the alleged murder of the British businessman Neil Heywood, has been forced to resign as a member of China’s parliament, paving the way for him to be put on trial.
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