CANADA
#1 — CNews | Canadian to receive Congressional medal
CFB PETAWAWA – Today’s soldiers could certainly learn a thing or two from this seasoned veteran of three wars who has seen his share of combat.
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#2 — Globe | Omar Khadr returned to Canada from U.S. Guantanamo Bay base
Canadian convicted terrorist Omar Khadr is back in Canada after a decade in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and a year after he was eligible for repatriation.
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#3 — LFP | Whaddya mean, you flocculate my water?
If you use London water, get ready for a coming splash with several options that would change how — and how much — you pay for water.
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#4 — NP | Rizzuto’s return: Police on edge ahead of notorious Montreal mob boss’s release
In prison in Colorado for three gangland murders, Vito Rizzuto, once Canada’s imperious Mafia overlord, has rebuffed repeated entreaties by law enforcement agencies: Some asking questions, some offering protection in return, all while bullets decimated Rizzuto’s family.
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#5 — WS | Claim drugs are smuggled through Port of Windsor has “no validity,” says Cree
There’s “absolutely no validity” to a Montreal-based report claiming the Mafia is taking advantage of “lax” security at the Port of Windsor to smuggle drugs into Canada, says port CEO David Cree.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Paolo Gabriele trial: Pope butler evidence thrown out
Vatican judges have refused to admit key evidence in the trial of the Pope’s former butler, charged with stealing sensitive documents.
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#7 — CNN | Syrian rebels claim knowledge of chemical weapons sites
(CNN) – A series of videos uploaded to YouTube by Syrian activists suggests rebels are beginning to focus on where Bashar al-Assad’s regime stores its chemical weapons.
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#8 — Fox |King calls for Rice resignation over Libya story, Kerry defends
A top Republican called Friday for U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice to resign over her “misleading” statements on the Libya terror attack — escalating a brewing battle between lawmakers and the administration over the changing narrative.
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Experts renovating Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory have reverted to a 300-year-old technique to beat rotting – after modern materials failed.
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#10 — Telegraph | Sat navs can ‘blind’ drivers to the road
Driving with a sat nav can make you blind to pedestrians because trying to hold an image of the screen in your mind makes you ignore what is in front of your eyes, according to a new study.
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