CANADA
#1 — CNews | Woman found after wandering in woods for two weeks
EDMONTON – After two weeks in the woods, a woman who went missing in northern Alberta is home recovering from injuries.
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Globe | Woman lost in bush faced bear, broke into cabin to survive
#2 — Globe | Ontario unveils plan to force through teacher pay freeze
The Ontario Liberal government has taken a hard line against teachers, threatening to bring in legislation that will block them from getting a hefty pay raise or going on strike.
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#3 — LFP | Man’s death tied to drug overdose
SARNIA – The rapid lapse of a Sarnia man into an unresponsive condition after he was arrested on Sept. 23, 2010 was consistent with an overdose of anti-depressant, a coroner’s inquest heard Thursday in Sarnia.
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#4 — NP | Canadian twist in Pussy Riot case sparks call for Ottawa to intervene
The international case of the punk-rock group called Pussy Riot, whose members are being detained for an anti-Putin prank in Moscow, has all the trappings of a bizarre plot: a “punk prayer” calling on the Virgin Mary to save Russia from its president; criminal charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred; and a high-ranking Russian politician deriding popstar Madonna as a “moralizing” slut.
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#5 — OC | First Nations leaders worry ownership bill could target their resources
OTTAWA — Aboriginal leaders say they’re worried that expected legislation from the Harper government allowing native bands and their members to own and sell reserve lands is an attempt by Ottawa and corporations to cash in on First Nations natural resources.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Thousands continue to flee Indian cities
The exodus of people from India’s north-eastern states living in the southern city of Bangalore continues with more migrant workers fleeing.
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#7 — CNN | Wildfires roast western states
(CNN) – Blistering hot temperatures will blast the normally tepid Pacific Northwest again Thursday as dozens of wildfires burn across large sections of the western United States.
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#8 — Fox | NATO: 2 US troops killed in Afghan police attack
KABUL, Afghanistan – Another Afghan policeman turned his weapon on American allies on Friday in the country’s west, killing two U.S. service members in the latest of a disturbing string of attacks by Afghan security forces on the international troops training them.
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#9 — DM | The WikiLeaks siege fiasco
Britain was locked in a farcical diplomatic stand-off with Ecuador last night after the South American country granted asylum to WikiLeaks fugitive Julian Assange.
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The head of Norway’s police resigned Thursday after publication of a damning report on the handling of last year’s attacks by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, which left 77 dead.
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