Afternoon Updates July 21st, 2012 (10)

CANADA

#1 — CNews | Police search for two suspects following shooting in N. Ont. 

SUDBURY, ONT. – Police in northern Ontario were searching for two suspects after a shooting Friday afternoon.

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NBN (Update) | 2 arrested in shooting incidents in French River area

#2 — Globe | Public inquiry kicks off into fatal Elliot Lake mall collapse that killed two

Ontario launched a public inquiry into the deadly mall collapse in Elliot Lake on Friday, kicking off a complex probe that could take more than a year to complete.

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#3 — LFP | Chapman expected money to keep quiet, says lawyer

WINNIPEG – Alex Chapman thought he was on his way to a huge payday — maybe even a million dollars — for keeping his mouth shut, said his lawyer, Ian Histed.

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#4 — OC | Pembroke police chief, deputy in dark about RCMP probe

OTTAWA — In their first public statements about an ongoing RCMP criminal probe into their conduct, Pembroke’s police chief and deputy chief have avowed their innocence and revealed they have yet to be contacted by RCMP investigators.

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WORLD

#6 — BBC | Rezwan Ferdaus admits US model plane explosives plot

An American supporter of al-Qaeda has pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the Pentagon and US Capitol with explosives-laden remote-controlled model planes.

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#7 — CNN | Corn, soybean prices shoot up as drought worsens

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — As the Midwest continues to suffer through its worst drought in more than 50 years and corn prices near record highs, sixth generation farmer Pam Johnson stares out her window, praying for rain.

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#8 — Fox | EPA reviewing part of controversial power plant rule after complaints

The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing part of a controversial rule that sets the first federal standards to reduce toxic air pollution from power plants.

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#9 — DM | New law to ban strike militants

George Osborne is demanding tough new strike laws to prevent militant unions  holding Britain to ransom.

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#10 — Telegraph | CIA joins the hunt for Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons

With the rebels moving deeper into Damascus, and the Assad regime’s days appearing numbered, the CIA is racing to find Syria’s chemical and biological weapons before it’s too late.

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