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Global Fight Against Terrorism No Longer a ‘Boundless War’ Obama Says
President Obama says the global fight against terrorism is no longer a ';boundless war,'; but a more precise conflict that will eventually come to an end. Anchor Marco Werman discusses what that means in the real world with Jessica Stern, an expert in American policy on ...
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Why I Spoke Out at Obamas Foreign Policy Speech
On topics from Guantánamo to drone strikes, I couldn’t let the president act as if he were some helpless official at the mercy of ...
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TD faring better than other Canadian banks in sluggish economy
ROB Insight is The Globe and Mail's exclusive feature led by a team of award-winning editors and writers who provide you with in-depth analysis on breaking business news and the issues that matter most. With additional commentary and coverage from Thomson-Reuters Breaking Views and The Financial Times, ROB Insight is a one-stop shop for time-pressed and global-minded Canadian business ...
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A legendary Canadian music producer shares his ‘bawling moments’
Last month I wrote an article on the possible future Canadian members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in the post-Rush-induction world. The piece was only half-serious, as all discussions on official hall-of-fame anythings should be.That being said, I was wrong for not mentioning Bob Ezrin, the Toronto-raised producer who this past Wednesday was awarded an honorary fellowship at the Royal ...
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Close encounters 13 amazing places to spot Canadian wildlife
, I've been wide-eyed at Canada's animal wonders since moving from Britain in the 1990s. Wildlife watching over there mostly involves hedgehogs and pigeons, so it's no surprise Brits fall so heavily for our menagerie of photogenic ...
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Wife defends Canadian trucker blamed for collision that brought down Washington bridge
In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a rescue boat approaches the scene where a pickup truck and travel trailer, seen at left, and a car fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (Francisco ...
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AP PHOTOS Storm survivor looks for silver lining
Sabrina Mitchell, age 19, hugs an old stuffed bunny recovered from the wreckage of her home which was destroyed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Friday, May 24, 2013. Mitchell and her family survived the tornado inside a neighbor's storm shelter. (AP Photo/Brennan ...
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Woman feared Iowa kidnapping suspects release
Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said ...
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Principal recounts storm hitting Okla. school
With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this ...
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Does New Drone Rulebook Show Obama Overstated Reform
Two of the most controversial aspects of the US covert drone campaign – CIA control of strikes in Pakistan, and the use of so-called signature strikes – look set to continue until at least 2014, papers released by the White House indicate.In the wake of President Obama’s Thursday speech on counter-terrorism policy, White House national security officials have released two key ...
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Mr. Obamas Leadership A Presidency of Scandals
A growing number of scandals from IRS targeting to the alleged Benghazi cover-up, added to President Obama's inability to work with GOP lawmakers and questions surrounding the future of America's national security, continue to call into question the leadership of the Obama Administration. Regent University professor Charles Dunn, author of the ...
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Obamas National Security Speech Gets Mixed Reviews
President Obama's speech on national security was met with mixed reaction Friday. Mr. Obama took the opportunity to make a new push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, a move many republicans disagree with. Senator Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., argued, "I have been one to advocate maintaining Guantanamo Bay and my reason is pretty simple, If we were to capture some of the ...
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Obama signals easing not end of drone strikes on Pakistan
President Barack Obama praised Pakistan’s sacrifices, although it was underlined by the subtle subtext of the state’s lack of will and capacity to meet the terrorism threat ...
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Music Review United States of Bass at Santos House Party
The bass, at least, was unstoppable. Intestine-jiggling stuff. Face-vibrating stuff. Consciousness-destabilizing ...
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Obama sets out to clarify position on two thorny security issues
2008 when then candidate obama was talking about why we don't just kill suspected terrorists without trying to capture them first and interrogate them and find out if they did what we think they did. it is obvious, his mind has changed a bit on this. he has evolved on this issue and i think part of that is natural when you come into the presidency. there is a reality that you can't ...
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How does history put Obama’s drone decisions in context
president obama doing his best to clarify the administration's drone policy during a major speech in washington this week. he is not the first president to have to explain a controversial decision. he certainly won't be the last. how does history put those choices in ...
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Former West Vancouver policewoman found murdered in her home on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera
The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring ...
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Veterans claims put pressure on Obama even as backlog dips
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Larry ...
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New childhood photos of murder suspect Dellen Millard reveal a stand-out attention-seeking kid
The public's image of Dellen Millard, the first man arrested and charged in the slaying of Hamilton father Tim Bosma, is formed by what is becoming the iconic photo of the high-profile case, that of him sporting a Mohawk haircut dyed bright ...
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Bank of America and Wells Fargo agreed to end mortgage abuses then didnt
The logo for Wells Fargo bank is pictured in downtown Los Angeles, California July 17, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that Bank of America Corp, Wells Fargo and Co and other banks violated the terms of a settlement designed to end mortgage servicing abuses. Schneiderman - who has said he ...
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Cave Paintings Found In Mexico 5000 Ancient Works Depict Humans Animals
The 4,926 paintings were found in Burgos , in the mountainous northeastern state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico, reports the BBC. The beautiful pictures, cataloged with the help of the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), were presented by researcher Martha Garca Snchez at the second meeting of Historic Archaeology, in Mexico City's National History ...
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Obama speaks at Naval Academy graduation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth." The commander in chief congratulated the 1,047 midshipmen graduating at the Navy-Marine Corps ...
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Republican rips Obama for meeting with illegal immigrants icing out officer union
A top Republican lawmaker blasted President Obama after he held an Oval Office meeting this week with illegal immigrants, despite having ignored recent requests for a sit-down from the union representing immigration officers. "The fact that the president and the vice president are hosting illegal immigrants in the White House while constricting citizen tours and refusing to meet with ...
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Obama to Navy Grads Sexual Abuse Threatens Greatest Military on Earth
President Barack Obama spoke to 841 men and 206 women at the Naval Academy commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., on Friday, telling them that sexual assault threatens the entire military and it should be ...
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Obamas new drone guidelines still leave critics with unanswered questions
FILE - In this May 23, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama talks about national security, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. The president left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself vast power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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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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