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Former West Vancouver officer killed in Mexico
A retired West Vancouver police officer has been stabbed to death in Mexico, as two Metro Vancouver families issue pleas for help to find relatives missing in the popular holiday ...
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Watch A salute Obama forgot... and then remembered
President Barack Obama is not someone who will miss returning salutes, but then years in White House can make you forgetful. But being Obama, he knows how to make up. This abc news video shows President Obama boarding his aircraft and then realizing his mistake. He steps down and shakes hands with the Marine. Do you think, politicians in India would even bother to notice the existence of a ...
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Canada’s good name persists abroad
Canada is reducing its foreign budget in real terms and cutting staff in embassies abroad to save money. It humiliatingly lost an election for a spot on the Security Council, a seat easily won the next time around by Australia. Canada is a slam-dunk Fossil of the Year award candidate overseas. None of its major free-trade initiatives has yet borne ...
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Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region of Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said the bomber blew herself up in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. He did not give details about the injured children. Since 2000, at least two ...
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Canada revokes passport of doc accused in US medicare fraud
Dr. Jacques Roy is seen in a court room sketch in Dallas Texas Monday March 5, 2012. (CBSDFW.COM photo) MONTREAL - The Canadian government has quietly revoked the passport of a Quebec doctor accused of defrauding the U.S. Medicare system of $375 million - before he's even had a trial. QMI Agency has learned that Passport Canada rescinded the passport of Dr. Jacques Roy, the Quebec ...
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Obama Under Fire for Hosting Illegal Immigrants Snubbing 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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No Quick Fix for Downed Bridge on Holiday Weekend
Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards. Transportation experts are also working to find out whether the spectacular disintegration of the heavily ...
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Obamas new wordsmith believes in public service
When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And ...
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Kids Count report Americas children are advancing despite the economy
The widely-watched Kids Count annual survey on the state of America's children shows gains in health and education despite the poor economy. But advocates say raised poverty rates merit more attention from ...
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Progressive Democrats of America DNC Delegate Support Surges for Guaranteed Health Care Plank
Donna Smith (773) 617-4493 Tim Carpenter, National Director, PDA (413) 320-2015 Norman Solomon, Obama delegate and co-drafter ...
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ACLU Reminds Americas Toughest Sheriff That Hes Not Above The Law
ACLU Reminds "America's Toughest Sheriff" That He's Not Above The Law PHOENIX - August 7 - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion yesterday to hold Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio in contempt for disobeying a court order that would allow women prisoners in Maricopa County to obtain timely, safe, and legal abortions. In addition, today's motion asks ...
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Media Matters for America New Anti-Obama Books... Swift Boat Redux
New Anti-Obama BooksSwift Boat Redux? WASHINGTON - August 5 - The release this month of two books attacking Sen. Barack Obama -- both of which have links to the 2004 smear ...
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Consumer Federation of America Leaders Confront Flawed Auto Rule Analysis Poll
Dramatic Shift To Fuel Efficient Vehicles Began In 2005 New Auto Sales Analysis Reveals Market Reality Missed by Automakers & NHTSA Resulting Rule and Enviro Impact Analysis Flawed New Consumer Poll Shows Greater Demand for Fuel Economy than Available WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released an analysis of the impact of fuel economy on auto sales ...
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Canadian court rules to repatriate Chinese fugitive
A federal court in Ottawa ruled late Thursday to uphold Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing's deportation order, paving the way for his return to China after he stayed here for 12 years.The verdict, made after more than three hours of court hearings, putting an end to all legal proceedings related to the deportation case.According to the law, the deportation should be executed soon after the ...
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Kid upstages President Obama by planting big kiss
(Photo/Agencies) It was the kiss that stole the US president's limelight. Barack Obama surprised the kids of the Daughter of Zion Jr Academy in Delray Beach, Florida with a drop-in photo op after a campaign event at Delray Beach Tennis Centre on Tuesday, Yahoo News reported. The kids appeared excited, as one might imagine. All except for a boy in the back row, who seemed a little ...
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Obama Romney plunge in intense campaign as election enters last stretch
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney embarked on a swirl-wind campaign tour Tuesday following the conclusion of three presidential debates, as election enters its last stretch. The most intense campaigning will be done by Obama. He is scheduled to visit seven battleground states in two days, and two of them, Florida and Ohio, will be visited by the incumbent twice. ...
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Huffington Post The 4 Dumbest Things Obama And Romney Say About China
You might hear a lot about China at tonight's foreign-policy-themed presidential debate. We'd better hope that most of it is bogus posturing, because most of what the candidates usually say about China is dumb. Aside from al Qaeda there are few more reliable bogeymen in politics than China. They took our jerbs! Plus, they're foreigners. Also, Chinese-Americans are not yet a big ...
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Final Obama Romney presidential debate begins
The third and final debate of the US presidential campaign began on Monday, with Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney due to discuss foreign policy. The candidates shook hands on stage at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida before their last head-to-head, which pundits said may prove decisive, with opinion polls predicting an extremely close vote on November ...
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Record-high heat scorches parts of Canada strains power grids
by Mark BourrieA heat dome that has been hovering over parts of Canada several days are setting record highs across Eastern and Central Canada on Thursday, which could be the hottest day of the year.Environment Canada, the federal government agency that monitors weather, released a special weather statement for the region, warning residents that a "sultry tropical air mass" will make ...
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Obama viewed as winner of 2nd presidential debate
U.S. President Barack Obama was viewed by more Americans who watched the second presidential debate of this election cycle as the winner of his second face-off with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to a latest Gallup poll released on Friday. The poll found that more Americans believed Obama did a better job than Romney, by 51 percent to 38 percent. The rating showed a sharp reversal ...
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Obama daughters school evacuated
Michelle Obama with daughters (Photo/Agencies) The D.C. private school attended by the daughters of President Barack Obama says it briefly evacuated after it received a phone call that it considered suspicious. Sidwell Friends School, the Washington school attended by Sasha and Malia Obama, was evacuated after what the school described as "a suspicious phone call." D.C. police ...
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Obama nominates Rodriguez to head U.S. Africa Command
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated General David M. Rodriguez as the next commander of U.S. Africa Command, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced on Thursday. Panetta said Rodriguez, currently commander of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has served in "a variety of key leadership roles on the battle field." ...
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Mexico to exhume parents of killed drug cartel boss
Sina English Mexican authorities are set to exhume remains of the parents of drug cartel "Zetas" leader Heriberto Lazcano, killed in a shootout with police, for the purpose of DNA testing. The authorities were forced to resort to this since after his death Lazcano's body was stolen by unknown perpetrators. This leaves law enforcement bodies still unable to confirm that the ...
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China welcomes Canadian courts rule on Chinese fugitive
China on Friday welcomed the Canadian Federal Court's decision to uphold the deportation of Lai Changxing, one of China's most wanted fugitives.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the remark in a statement posted on the ministry's website.Ma said Lai is the prime suspect in a smuggling case in the city of Xiamen and has been sought by law enforcement for several ...
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Air Canada plane returns safely to Sydney after smoke in cabin
An Air Canada plane landed safely after being forced to return to Sydney Airport because of smoke in the cabin, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Thursday.The plane landed in Sydney shortly after 12.10 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, an ATSB spokesman said.It had left Sydney Airport at about 10.30 a.m. (local time) for Vancouver and Toronto."Air Canada reported smoke in ...
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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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