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Victim sues over cemetery rape
Woman attacked in Toronto cemetery TORONTO - It was a summer afternoon, her work was done and so she drove to Pine Hills Cemetery as she often did, to visit her mother's grave and to tend to her plot. It was supposed to be an interlude of calm and reflection for the 61-year-old woman. Instead, it would turn into a horrific nightmare that would shock Toronto and leave her scarred to this ...
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Children seized from Mennonite community after two adults accused of assault with straps cattle prods
WINNIPEG -- Children have been removed from an orthodox Mennonite community in southern Manitoba, where more adults have been charged with assaulting youngsters using items such as cattle prods and leather straps. Manitoba Family Services would not say Wednesday how many kids had been taken into care, or reveal any other details about the case. "Child protection professionals are working ...
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How Barack Obama can avoid having to remember George Osbornes name | Michael Moran
Different areas of the brain are, scientists assure us, devoted to different tasks. It's my belief that enhancement of one cerebral department occurs at the expense of its immediate neighbours. So, for example, the preternatural ability that footballers have to anticipate the motion of a ball in flight is attained by the overdevelopment of the appropriate brain structure at the expense of ...
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Mexico – GDP demand components confirm the soft patch in 1Q13
The breakdown of 1Q GDP growth in Mexico confirmed the weakness of foreign demand but also the moderation of domestic demand. Today, we expect April retail sales to show that there has been no reverse in the deceleration trend in consumption. Also today we will be looking at unemployment figures in Brazil, expected to show that the labor market is losing some steam. In addition, we expect GDP ...
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Fed fallout Gold dealt ‘killer blow’ Canadian dollar tumbles
Stocks are slumping, the Canadian dollar is down sharply, and gold is suffering from a "killer blow" as the market rout sparked by Ben Bernanke continues this morning. Also troubling investors is a fresh reading on manufacturing in China.As The Globe and Mail's Kevin Carmichael and Brian Milner report, this all began yesterday afternoon after the chairman of the Federal Reserve ...
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World from Berlin Obama Visit Highlights Genuine Trans-Atlantic Dissonance
US President Barack Obama managed to achieve his primary goal during his one-day visit to Berlin on Wednesday: charming his hosts. But German commentators argue he was unable to bridge a growing gap between the two ...
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Neymar Brazil Knock Out Mexico
Neymar made the difference for Brazil again on Wednesday, scoring in the ninth minute and assisting on a goal by Jo to give the hosts a 2-0 win over Mexico at Fortaleza and secure a spot in the semifinals of the Confederations ...
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Obama what have you done for Africa lately
Analysts are divided over whether Barack Obama has been overlooking a golden goose in his ancestral continent or shrewdly dodging a white ...
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Obama may get a hot reception
But it is not yet clear whether Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will meet Obama and his wife, Michelle, as a friend, as previously - or will also use the occasion to ensure the Obamas hear his opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and the US’s support of ...
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Search for Oklahoma valedictorian missing in Ecuador
August Reiger, 18, has been missing since Sunday, according to his father, Chris Reiger. The family was hiking on a mountain in Banos, Ecuador, when August walked ahead of the group and then mysteriously vanished. ...
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Critics seek to pump brakes on NYs Taxi of Tomorrow
New York City's iconic taxicab could become a thing of yesterday as the controversial "Taxi of Tomorrow" inches closer to reality -- and the rugged streets of Gotham. The Nissan NV200 utility van represents the city's first wholesale redesign of its cab fleet since days of the Checker cab and features a host of amenities, including increased legroom, sliding doors with entry ...
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Obama’s speech fails to sway France
Paris - France is not ready to reduce its nuclear arsenal for now, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday, a day after United States President Barack Obama offered to cut deployed weapons as part of a global push to lower ...
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Obama schedule for thursday June 20
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 19, 2013. Obama is in Berlin on his first official state visit to Germany and spoke at the historic site where fifty years earlier U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David ...
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32 Facts That Show How Men Are Being Systematically Emasculated In America Today
Economic Collapse June 20, 2013 What is wrong with men in America? Why isn’t our country producing lots of strong, independent, hard working men of character like it once did? Well, many believe that it starts at a very young age. When compared with girls, boys in the United States get lower grades, they are much more likely to get into trouble at school and they are much more likely to ...
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New Law Protesters Face 10 Years In Prison for Wearing Masks in Canada
Prison Planet.com June 20, 2013 A new Canadian bill turned law continues the international fight against protesters and the resistance movement by making it a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison to wear a mask or any form of identity concealment during non-authorized gatherings. The law indicates that wearing a mask or concealing ones identity during any unlawful assembly, as ...
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Brazil RiotCheerfulness and football are no longer enough for Brazilians Latin America News
Brazil’s football players cheer on their semi-finals at the Confederations Cup, but the protesters outside the stadium in Fortaleza can not get impressed.The protests overshadow the long sports festival – and provide the player with a ...
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Name game Obama gets his titles mixed up
US president Barack Obama repeatedly called George Osborne "Jeffrey" at a summit of world leaders, apparently confusing the Chancellor with a soul ...
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Trial of Whitey Bulger to return to 19 murders
THE trial of James "Whitey" Bulger turns back to evidence of the 19 murders the alleged mob boss is accused of committing or ordering while he ran the ruthless Winter Hill crime gang in the 1970s and ...
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Potential Zimmerman jurors quizzed on guns biases- Meet the potential jurors in Zimmerman trial- Special Coverage ZIMMERMAN TRIAL
Attorneys in George Zimmerman's murder trial quizzed a group of 40 potential jurors asked to return for a second round of questioning about whether they had fired guns, made judgments based on how people dressed or had been members of neighborhood watch groups. Wednesday's jury selection proceedings began with Florida Judge Debra Nelson reading the charge against George Zimmerman to ...
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France to maintain nuclear arsenal after Obama call
PARIS (Reuters) - France is not ready to reduce its nuclear arsenal for now, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama offered to cut deployed weapons as part of a global push to lower stockpiles. Speaking in Berlin, Obama urged Russia to help build on the "New START" treaty that requires both countries to cut stockpiles of deployed ...
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Press Digest-canada-june 20
June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:11am EDT June 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * The watchdog agency that sounded the alarm on Canada's metadata surveillance program has also raised red flags about how that intelligence is exchanged with ...
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Press Digest-canada-june 20
June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:11am EDT June 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * The watchdog agency that sounded the alarm on Canada's metadata surveillance program has also raised red flags about how that intelligence is exchanged with ...
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Press Digest-canada-june 20
June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:11am EDT June 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * The watchdog agency that sounded the alarm on Canada's metadata surveillance program has also raised red flags about how that intelligence is exchanged with ...
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Press Digest-canada-june 20
June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:11am EDT June 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * The watchdog agency that sounded the alarm on Canada's metadata surveillance program has also raised red flags about how that intelligence is exchanged with ...
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Secret tax-haven files lift veil on $32M Ontario fraud
List of tax-haven names released to public The leaked files show the inner workings of how he lured dozens of investors with the promise of heady returns from offshore ventures, and provide a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of investing offshore. Among those taken in were a navy veteran, a doctor, property developers, a farmer, nurses, a filmmaker and retirees. "He promised amazing ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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