CANADA
#1 — CNews | $50M winning Lotto Max ticket sold in Quebec
Someone in Quebec is $50 million richer today.
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#2 — Globe | Harper promises ‘Canada will not slip back’ at Stampede barbeque
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he is looking beyond the mandate of his current majority Conservative government and pledged to transform Canada into one of the world’s “next generation of economic powers.”
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#3 — LFP | Montreal murder victim’s screams went unreported by neighbours
MONTREAL – Catherine Deboucherville screamed sporadically for more than 30 minutes in her home Thursday morning and not one of her neighbours called the police.
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#4 — FP | Will Ontario’s new tax on the rich hurt the province?
For Canada’s highest income earners, Ontario is just six months away from becoming the second-highest taxed province in Canada, following Nova Scotia. (Quebec is in second place for 2012).
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#5 — OC | Some veterans still seeing payments clawed back after court ruling
HALIFAX – Some of Canada’s most severely injured veterans say they are still seeing their military pensions clawed back despite a court ruling that found the practice illegal and a decision by Ottawa not to appeal the ruling.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Mexicans challenge Pena Nieto’s victory in huge march
Tens of thousands of people in Mexico City are demonstrating against the result of the presidential election, which was won by Enrique Pena Nieto.
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#7 — CNN | Video: Taliban shoot woman 9 times in public execution as men cheer
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) – A shot rings out, but the burqa-clad woman sitting on the rocky ground does not respond.
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#8 — Fox | Syrian military conducts large-scale exercises
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria’s military began large-scale exercises simulating defense against outside “aggression,” the state-run news agency said Sunday — an apparent warning to other countries not to intervene in the country’s crisis.
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At night, London is a burning bright spot, consuming enough energy to power Ireland with its light show.
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#10 — Telegraph | Nasa scientists develop flying wind farms
For years wind farms have been criticized for blighting the landscape, but scientists at Nasa and other organizations in the US are developing a possible solution – wind turbines in the sky.
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