CANADA
#1 — CNews | Tecumseh: The gallant warrior
Tecumseh was a great warrior, remembered for — among many things — his military contributions as a leader of First Nations in the War of 1812.
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#2 — Globe | Enbridge shuts large Canada-US pipeline after spill
Canada’s Enbridge Inc., already under fire from U.S. regulators over a massive oil spill two years ago, said on Friday it had shut a key pipeline indefinitely after an oil leak in Wisconsin.
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#3 — LFP | Manitoba MP lashes out at strip-club owners
WINNIPEG – A local member of Parliament is lashing out at Canadian strip-club owners who might want to recruit dancers from high schools — and her message is, “Hands off.”
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#4 — NP | TD bank denies wrongdoing after court convicts U.S. fraudster in $7B Ponzi scheme
Robert Allen Stanford was the stereotype of a Texas tycoon, oozing the extravagance billions of dollars buys: a fleet of private jets, yachts and helicopters; mansions, castles and a private island; mixing with celebrities and world despots; being knighted and hosting a world sports tournament where he put up the US$20-million purse.
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#5 — OC | Maher: Harper could force the Northern Gateway pipeline through, but should he?
In 1966, when Joey Smallwood, then the premier of Newfoundland, was trying to dam the massive Churchill River in Labrador, he got frustrated that Quebec wouldn’t let him build power lines to southern markets.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | UN global arms treaty talks end without agreement
Negotiations at the UN to achieve a landmark treaty to regulate the conventional arms trade have ended without agreement.
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#7 — CNN | 7 young athletes light Olympic cauldron at lively opening ceremony
London (CNN) – Seven promising young British athletes lit the Olympic cauldron early Saturday, capping the Games’ festive opening ceremony in east London.
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#8 — Fox | Russia Looking to Add Naval Base in Cuba
MOSCOW – Russia is talking to Cuba about housing Russian navy ships, the nation’s navy chief said Friday, in a move seen as an attempt to challenge Washington.
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#9 — DM | Was Bulgaria bomber British?
British agents are examining the DNA of a suspected suicide bomber who blew up six people in a Bulgarian holiday resort to determine if he came from the UK.
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#10 — Telegraph | Protesters clash with police in China over pollution from paper factory
Thousands of demonstrators protesting against alleged pollution from a paper factory in east China clashed with police on Saturday, an AFP photographer said.
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