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on skepticism over prospects for an economic recovery any time soon, and the Toronto Stock Exchange fell exceptionally hard as commodity stocks were down in line with resource prices]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/hWk6Fdqv_l8/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1763744.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1763742</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1765058</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:43 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Top coroner investigates after girl’s brain taken without consent]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario is trying to find out why the decision to retain a brain of a 10-year-old girl was not revealed to her parents until almost a year after the autopsy]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/cze9xkeI7W0/story.html</link><enclosure 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The free-agent forward has signed a two-year contract with the Ottawa Senators, the same day that the Montreal Canadiens confirmed they wouldn’t re-sign the flamboyant Russian. 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lawyer]]></title><description><![CDATA[The artistic accomplishments of Garth Drabinsky, as well as his health issues merit a light sentence despite his convictions for fraud, the lawyer for the co-founder of Livent Inc. argued Monday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/SsH4_EOBQ8A/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757115.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1763832</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1764337</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:01:40 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ontario invests $263M in Ubisoft game studio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario's provincial government plans to invest more than a quarter of a billion dollars in a new video game studio run by international publisher Ubisoft SA in Toronto's downtown core.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/0ipldKtbWnU/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1764357.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1764337</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1764203</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:28:03 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[No jail time for teen in Rugby manslaughter]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Ontario teen has been sentenced to one year probation and 100 hours of community service in the death of Manny Castillo, a 15-year-old rugby player]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Pv-98iH40rc/teen-gets-probation-community-service-in-rugby-manslaughter.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/07/06/teen-gets-probation-community-service-in-rugby-manslaughter.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid 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said.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/_UdK2pItZB0/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1763374.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1764048</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1763821</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:01:34 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ex-SecDef McNamara dead: legacy haunted by Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longest-serving Defense Secretary ever, spent much of his life apologizing for Vietnam — became a symbol of a failed policy that left more than 58,000 U.S. troops dead and the nation bogged down in a seemingly endless disaster]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Djt_gyluq1Y/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1763824.bin" 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this arid country, tackling the heat is sometimes half the battle]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Tzs8c4mc2pU/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1763377.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1762525</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1763964</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:44 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ready to give your soul for a loan?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latvian lender lets borrowers pledge their immortal souls as collateral]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/DAoTmUlOpIk/lender-lets-you-pledge-your-immortal-soul-as-collateral.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/07/06/lender-lets-you-pledge-your-immortal-soul-as-collateral.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid 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shaping']]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/wtTM-kw0lz8/crtc-live-blog-the-traffic-shaping-hearings.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1662813.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/07/06/crtc-live-blog-the-traffic-shaping-hearings.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1762493</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:59:44 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Software lets marketers eavesdrop on teens]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new software engine that crawls through blogs, forums and instant messages to eavesdrop on teen conversations online, is providing marketers, movie studios and even politicians with detailed, instant insight into the buzz about their products and competitors]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/2O82-siS01Y/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" 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who married were more than twice as likely to become obese than those who just kept dating]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/MxltaSCrBDw/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1605322.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1762207</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1761885</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:33:10 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[B.C. mayor pleads for bombing witness]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is “just a matter of time” before the pipeline bombings in B.C. end in death or injuries, the mayor of Dawson Creek warned]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Xn9ADVlv_rM/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1761794.bin" 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global financial crisis may have taken mergers among
Canadian banks off the table once and for all as the breakdown of
major financial institutions around the world has shown that bigger
is not necessarily better.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/T8R00kNO-_Q/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/102861.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1762541</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1761902</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:01:40 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Schreiber challenges extradition treaty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karlheinz Schreiber has issued the government a challenge: Produce a paper trail proving Canada has a valid extradition treaty with Germany or allow him to stay]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/WZBI5-YcEJc/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1761900.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1761902</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1761818</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:01:33 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Calls for whistle-blowing watchdog to step down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly two years since she was appointed, the head of a federal agency designed to protect whistleblowers is off to an underwhelming start, critics say]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/uuHarbGyWf8/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1761823.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1761818</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1761895</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:57:27 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Wimbledon win gives Federer record 15 grand slams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick in an epic Wimbledon final to win his sixth title. Federer has now won a record 15 grand slam titles]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/panCwWrN8KA/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1761925.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1761849</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1762232</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:01:44 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Obama heads to Moscow for ‘reset’ summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama left for Moscow on Sunday promising a far-reaching effort to “reset” U.S.-Russian relations that hit a post-Cold War low under the Bush administration]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/DWaiu9BIaqc/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1762233.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1762232</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1761884</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:20:17 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[British spy chief’s family life posted on Facebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wife of the new head of Britain’s spy agency posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Facebook, prompting astonishment and calls for an enquiry]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/_gCskComaJ4/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1761883.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1761884</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1762049</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:05:36 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Mexico ruling party concedes defeat in Congress]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mexicans voted on Sunday in mid-term elections for Congress where President Felipe Calderon’s party has lost ground]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Z7jwQb4wWcs/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1762043.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1762049</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1761919</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:27:23 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Injured Canadian soldier dies in Quebec hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Canadian soldier critically injured last month by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan died in hospital in Quebec Saturday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/ORyP23WzEMY/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1761971.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1761919</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1761814</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:01:32 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Disney worker dies in Florida monorail collision]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Walt Disney World employee died Sunday in a collision of monorail trains carrying tourists at the theme-park complex in central Florida, according to a spokeswoman]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/y7evz2a2bRk/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1761814</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1758377</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:32:49 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ottawa plans monument to communism's victims]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite the widespread support of diverse communities, immortalizing the more than 100 million victims of communism is not an easy sell]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/2zx7lxondWU/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1761781.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1758377</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1760596</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:01:36 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ottawa mayor could take stand at trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will the mayor take the stand? It’s a question that should be answered Monday morning when Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien’s high-profile trial on influence-peddling charges resumes in the nation’s capital]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/OtX59OC0p0c/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1760595.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1760596</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1758033</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:29:34 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[North Korea ignites tensions with new missile launches]]></title><description><![CDATA[North Korea fired six ballistic missiles on Saturday in an act of defiance towards the United States]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/UCskSVHM9Gs/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1758033</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757132</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:19:54 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Latest fallen soldier begins journey home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cpl. Nick Bulger, killed Friday in Afghanistan when his Canadian Forces vehicle hit a roadside bomb, was remembered Saturday as a motivator and committed soldier]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/b8iaeInaPCE/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757300.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1757132</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1760637</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:04:24 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ignatieff calls Tory attack ads on Bloc ‘unworthy’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has blasted the Conservative government for using attack ads that suggest the Bloc Quebecois is soft on pedophiles, saying such tactics are “unworthy” of Canadian politics]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/QsE97spmXO8/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1760637</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757943</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:37 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Summer School: A gruelling journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this weekly series, National Post writers go back to school to learn something odd, interesting or quirky, from how to be a butler to how to slaughter and dress a chicken. All in the name of education.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/iPmIqm6WyRk/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757948.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1757943</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1760531</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:01:31 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[McCain says resigning Palin will play leadership role]]></title><description><![CDATA[Republican Senator John McCain expressed support for his former presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, on Saturday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/r1CE20Dy7wg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757695.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1760531</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1760612</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:01:35 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Man shot dead after fleeing Ont. police checkpoint]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man was shot and killed in eastern Ontario after fleeing from police at a traffic checkpoint Friday night]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/E-tVCrKDVaM/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1760612</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1760352</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:01:30 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Serena captures third Wimbledon title]]></title><description><![CDATA[Serena Williams won her third Wimbledon singles title with a 7-6 6-2 win over elder sister Venus Williams in the final on Saturday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/k4JoX2Ja0A8/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1760358.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1760352</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757954</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:40 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA['Social fertility': Making baby wait]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women from Hong Kong, California and New York who want to have babies, just not right now, are paying thousands of dollars to have their eggs frozen at Montreal’s McGill Reproductive Centre. In St. Louis, Mo., newly single professionals in their mid-30s have elected to remove and freeze part or an entire ovary, to use when they need it]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/xGcySiYGm60/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757967.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1757954</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1760354</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:39:06 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[UN’s Ban rebukes Myanmar generals over Suu Kyi]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was denied a visit to Myanmar detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/zW3-s0RLhWw/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1760361.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1760354</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1758019</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:40 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Soprano criticizes health care system that nearly failed her]]></title><description><![CDATA[The delay in getting surgery that ultimately saved her life has transformed outspoken Canadian opera singer Measha Brueggergosman into an outspoken critic of the failings of Canadian health care]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/sFMol0m_WWg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1758023.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1758019</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757317</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:02:07 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Jackson memorial tickets available via lottery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizers of an elaborate Michael Jackson memorial said on Friday they would give away 17,500 tickets for Tuesday’s event for the late “King of Pop” but have to yet to set the program for the event]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/VLBGf1vACyg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757330.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1757317</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1758043</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:41 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Raptors reach agreement with Turkoglu]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Post has learned that Hedo Turkoglu, the biggest prize of the NBA free-agent market, will sign with the Toronto Raptors when contracts can be signed on July 8. The Raptors had been weighing the move for days, and it was even reported Friday by numerous outlets that Turkoglu had signed with the Portland Trail Blazers. But Turkoglu broke off negotiations with Portland late in the evening, and appears to be headed for Toronto]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/hR6RGVaLKNg/raptors-very-close-to-signing-hedo-turkoglu.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1758056.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/07/04/raptors-very-close-to-signing-hedo-turkoglu.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1758055</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:02:16 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[OAS chief says Honduras unwilling to restore Zelaya]]></title><description><![CDATA[An interim government set up after an army coup in Honduras is not willing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power, the head of the Organization of the American States said on Friday after talks with Honduran officials]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/O3d0iswGz_g/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1758060.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1758055</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1758017</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:39 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Air Canada stands firm on pet policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Air Canada is standing firm on its new policy to allow cats and small dogs to travel in passenger cabins, despite health concerns from people who suffer from pet allergies]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/a1M8VnOY-_Q/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1758017</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756772</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:32:26 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Job losses to continue into 2010]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday that he expects unemployment levels to continue to deteriorate, but remains optimistic about a 'modest' recovery]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/QhSyfZlWGoM/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757076.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1756772</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757835</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:07:38 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Toronto parks grow thick with trash, and the union smiles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Several sanitation workers, members of Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, sat in canvas folding chairs in the shade today by the hockey rink in Christie Pits park, eating sunflower seeds from a big bag and tossing the hulls on the grass]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/qlZBUekjZcc/toronto-on-strike-our-parks-grow-thick-with-trash-and-the-union-smiles.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/07/03/toronto-on-strike-our-parks-grow-thick-with-trash-and-the-union-smiles.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756119</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:45:57 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Marines in 'hell of a fight' in Afghanistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly 4,000 Marines launched the operation Thursday in parts of the southern province of Helmand, in a pivotal test of President Barack Obama’s aggressive new strategy against the Taliban]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/fJIdK4CKWPw/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1756120.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/afghanistan/story.html?id=1756119</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753388</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:01:57 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Moon: Lunar lunacy courtesy the cousin of HAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Film Review: Moon (3.5 stars): A singular, organized and original vision, the kind of movie that can be enjoyed as a kind of existential puzzler or as something deeper, a treatise of the self]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/oevQpOzaB9U/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1753387.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/movies/story.html?id=1753388</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756548</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:23 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Former GG LeBlanc a 'man of the people']]></title><description><![CDATA[Friends and colleagues of Romeo LeBlanc hailed him as an unsung hero and a champion of the Acadian people as he was laid to rest in his hometown Friday morning]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/53t5wg6eZ4w/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1756953.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1756548</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1757116</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:01:48 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Livent sentencing hearing to begin Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors are expected to ask that a significant prison term be imposed, at least by Canadian standards, against Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb when a sentencing hearing begins in a Toronto courtroom on Monday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/nEGbPyJow9Q/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757115.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1757116</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756199</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:34 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Iranian UK embassy staff may face trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iranian cleric  says detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/i4qljGnwO9o/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1756199</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756184</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:32 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Sunken car deaths an accident, says girls' mother]]></title><description><![CDATA[The parents of three teenage girls who died after their car plunged into the Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ont., are convinced they and their aunt died as the result of a terrible accident]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/cYkhvPH6pNo/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1749273.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1756184</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756572</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:21:51 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadians falling behind on their credit payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than half a million Canadians have fallen behind on their credit payments as economic conditions deteriorate, a survey has found. The average delinquency rate for Canada reached 1.52% in May, up 19% from a year earlier, data compiled by Equifax Canada Consulting Solutions show]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/eE-DltB23mo/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1756738.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1756572</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756718</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:27:10 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Even as cases rise, WHO sees swine flu tailing off]]></title><description><![CDATA[World Health Organisation still expects the swine flu pandemic to subside in the northern hemisphere over the summer, despite its persistence in the likes of the United States and Britain]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/0o_fFrDAjOc/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1756718</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753847</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:01:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[New triggers found for Alzheimer's]]></title><description><![CDATA[For decades, scientists have struggled to understand what causes Alzheimer’s disease, once even suspecting that exposure to aluminum pots and pans played a role. Much is still unknown.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/BPg-YdvVXiI/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1753847</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753894</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:29 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canada a 'genocidal state': former Arab Federation VP]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former vice-president of the Canadian Arab Federation is not backing down after posting 'F--- Canada Day' on Facebook]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/kqIgdavcd38/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757098.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1753894</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756280</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:42:49 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Two arrested in death of Canadian in Cyprus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Polish men were arrested Thursday in connection with the suspected strangulation of a 38-year-old Ukrainian-born Canadian who was found in a gorge by a passerby Wednesday, Cyprus police said]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/NIDgPxXGiyY/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1756280</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1754090</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:06:54 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[CSI Bronze Age: Cracking 3,000-year-old murders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthropologists and archeologists are applying modern crime-scene technology to crack 3,000-year-old murders]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/y6p_QDxlfbI/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1756153.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1754090</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1754091</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:14:07 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ritual killings plague Uganda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twelve-year-old Joseph Kasirye never made it to the village
well after leaving his home in Kayugi in southern Uganda.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/tYYiuFnLKr8/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1757070.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1754091</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1756175</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:21:26 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Italian PM: Stop spreading bad economic news]]></title><description><![CDATA[Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has a simple plan to stop the recession. The media should simply stop spreading bad economic news]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/zFIES0q3un0/the-berlusconi-solution-stop-spreading-bad-economic-news.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/07/03/the-berlusconi-solution-stop-spreading-bad-economic-news.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752178</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:17:21 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[U.S. loses equivalent of every job created in decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[All job growth since the final year of the dot-com bubble, its recovery from the bust, and the ensuing six years of consumer-driven boom is now gone, leading some economists to fear an outright decline in wages will be next. 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Toronto]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/5XYRDxT92y8/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1753857</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1754032</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:45:43 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Globe and Mail, union reach tentative deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Globe and Mail and its union reached a tentative deal just ahead of a midnight strike deadline on Thursday night.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/NhurEXqIRkg/globe-and-mail-talks-with-union-continue.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/07/03/globe-and-mail-talks-with-union-continue.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753010</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:14:02 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ignatieff's one-horse bandwagon]]></title><description><![CDATA[John 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Howe Institute-issued paper, released Thurday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/5ywN-woEdMA/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1753669.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1753221</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753846</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:01:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canada won’t send sex offender to Iran]]></title><description><![CDATA[A convicted sex offender from Iran will be allowed to stay in Canada because of fears he would be killed if deported to his homeland]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/hPbkEBHMVi8/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1753846</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753339</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:01:53 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Hundreds pay respects to former G-G LeBlanc]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects Thursday to former governor-general Romeo LeBlanc, who is lying in state here ahead of Friday’s state funeral]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/vrzMnGzwzck/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1753472.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1753339</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753396</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:19:21 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[David Frum: Save Republicans from Palin]]></title><description><![CDATA[The McCain campaign is over. If conservatives are to avoid catastrophe, they need to hear from those inside what exactly happened]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/---B8iiMY1A/david-frum-republicans-need-protection-from-palin.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1753358.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/02/david-frum-republicans-need-protection-from-palin.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753426</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:02:03 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Terror suspect appears in Toronto court]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Syrian terror suspect appeared in court Thursday for the first time since CSIS admitted that two confidential informants used in the case had credibility problems]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/VIzxqC26qUg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" 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Jul 2009 23:01:39 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Swine-flu parties not a good idea: experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leading health experts are throwing cold water on Internet-based discussions suggesting “swine-flu parties” as a way to build immunity in children]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/jhsst6dxnHM/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1753531.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1753549</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752363</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:47:49 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ford tops Canada sales for first time in 50 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the second time this year, General Motors Corp. has been knocked off its perch as the top-selling automaker in Canada]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/2yvzM7iMmHQ/story.html</link><enclosure 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soon as two or three months]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/_tuyKZwpkks/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1718827.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1752321</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1753278</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:59 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Obama's Moscow trip a chance to thaw relations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama, sizing up Vladimir Putin ahead of a meeting next week, said he sees a former Cold Warrior who has “one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new”]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/0-ejX5ahmZc/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1753272.bin" 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in June, the 9.5% unemployment rate the highest since 1983]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/lWCwIT4osH0/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1752309.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1752178</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752565</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:58:03 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Japan’s Amano elected as UN's new nuclear sheriff]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vows efforts to heal divisions undermining UN watchdog, Iran, North Korea among challenges confronting IAEA]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/QFHauKcm_nk/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1752963.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1752565</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid 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the team’s orientation camp in Calgary, from Aug. 24-27]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/ffBa_AEUYco/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1752490.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1752383</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752742</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:38 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[AU readies rejection of ICC warrant for Sudan’s Bashir]]></title><description><![CDATA[African Union will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court over its indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, according to a draft of an AU resolution]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/rn6oUf-rgnQ/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1752947.bin" 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certain packaged beef products,  related to an E. coli O157:H7 contamination at a U.S. meat-packing company]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/-y__yrYlcSI/president-s-choice-beef-recalled-on-e-coli-worries.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/07/02/president-s-choice-beef-recalled-on-e-coli-worries.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1752299</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:58 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canada to reinstate visa requirement for Czech visitors]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Canadian government is preparing to slam the door early next week on Roma migrants from the Czech Republic, the Czech media is reporting]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/wfKvHIhr7BI/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1752298.bin" 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pay]]></title><description><![CDATA['It’s like reverse Robin Hood. Why should people with modest pensions be having to pay very onerous taxes to top up these rich pensions for ... public servants?']]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/gmtz14oo6ZQ/megan-s-wage-story-goes-here.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1752087.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/07/01/megan-s-wage-story-goes-here.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1750014</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:01:33 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Obama defends ‘Canada-style’ medicare]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama blasts opponents for citing faults in Canada’s medicare system as a tactic to 'scare' Americans away from embracing his plan to create a publicly run health insurance program]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/oaXcTOCsDfA/story.html</link><enclosure 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Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto to re-evaluate dump site list after Canada Day]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/6o9dCTjcvAI/city-to-look-at-list-of-dumps-after-canada-day.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/06/30/city-to-look-at-list-of-dumps-after-canada-day.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1748004</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:01:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Secret jury checks performed in T.O. trial, court reveals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jurors in a murder trial in Toronto earlier this year were subjected to background checks without their knowledge, it was revealed in Ontario Superior Court on Tuesday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/l79trzrCAx0/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1748004</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid 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were just 15 when they were bound to him in spiritual marriages, says an affidavit filed Tuesday in his polygamy case]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/AaU6R2vmXF0/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1746770.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1748307</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1747869</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:01:51 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Jewish group urges review of 'corrosive' online postings]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Canadian Jewish Congress is urging Ontario’s Attorney General to review the Internet postings of a Toronto-area man to decide whether they qualify as hate 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month]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/4GELQ9-eVek/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1570146.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1746753</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1747710</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:29:49 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Gasoline prices fall across Canada for second week]]></title><description><![CDATA[MJ Ervin & Associates, a Calgary based energy-industry consultancy, said the average pump price was $1.018 a litre, down 1.1 cents from a week earlier]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/a_7-zRmsrdg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1747886.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1747710</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid 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cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iraq regained full control if its towns and cities on Tuesday as U.S. troops pulled back, six years after the invasion to topple Saddam Hussein]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/iCPRqIHSQTw/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1746828.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1746825</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744766</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:02:25 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Italian gas train derails and explodes, killing at least 14]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes, officials said on Tuesday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/OhZdZ5RgEtc/story.html</link><enclosure 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two children they had together, an exclusive report on the website TMZ.com claims]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/lfYlxbjTtJE/report-claims-michael-jackson-is-not-the-biological-father-of-his-children.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/06/30/report-claims-michael-jackson-is-not-the-biological-father-of-his-children.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1745219</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:53:11 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Tim Hortons brings double-doubles to Big Apple]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a 25-year battle to make inroads in the biggest fast-food market in the world, Tim Hortons Inc. is set to open up a new U. S. front in August when it takes its double-doubles into the heart of New York City's coffee wars]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/w3i87ngevV0/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1746698.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1745219</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1745191</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:16 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Plastic-bag fee fails to catch on]]></title><description><![CDATA[A month after Toronto enacted a bylaw that forces businesses to charge customers 5¢ per pastic bag, other Canadian cities seem disinclined to follow suit, yet the measure continues to generate controversy]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/FA-l57vvh2I/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1746722.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1745191</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744140</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:10:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Jackson’s mother wins temporary control of estate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine won temporary guardianship of the late singer’s children and control of his estate as a legal battle over his kids, money and belongings began to take shape]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/1ov6W3v6tP8/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1744844.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1744140</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1747109</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:01:37 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Notorious file sharing site Pirate Bay sold for $9M]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stockholm-based Global Gaming Factory X AB has announced it intends to purchase the world's most notorious file sharing Website, The Pirate Bay, for 60 million Swedish Kronor ($9-million) in a cash and stock takeover.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/cQABYVkksUg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1747119.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1747109</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1745315</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:25 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Pakistani forces prepare pivotal Taliban battle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pakistan is bracing for a violent summer as the army prepares
to launch a pivotal battle against the Taliban in the rugged tribal
areas of North and South Waziristan.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/hkmi-xVQdMQ/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1746739.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1745315</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744682</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:18:08 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Who, what, when, where, why and YouTube]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google Inc.’s online video sharing site YouTube launched a new initiative Monday dubbed The YouTube Reporters’ Center, a video channel dedicated to helping citizen journalists all over the world hone their skills and become better reporters]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/pYHKer8Ef7k/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1744685.bin" 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suspended plans to build a new two-unit nuclear power plant at its Darlington, Ont., site]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/9e2tJRhiM10/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1747904.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1744666</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744950</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:16:08 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Diplomatic pressure mounts on Honduras]]></title><description><![CDATA[Honduras came under pressure Monday to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya as many Latin American leaders agreed to withdraw envoys, Washington called his overthrow illegal and street protests turned violent]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/pD1ZFtGu3cI/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1744951.bin" 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up its effort in Afghanistan beyond the capital, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon is expected to tell the organization’s Security Council on Tuesday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/CYe27Kdv0hc/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1745006.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1745007</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744837</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:09:51 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Toronto on strike: City cancels its Canada Day parties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto on strike: City cancels its Canada Day parties]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/00Ku7obh_q0/toronto-on-strike-city-cancels-its-canada-day-parties.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/06/29/toronto-on-strike-city-cancels-its-canada-day-parties.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744932</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:01:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Father in custody case used racial slurs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The father of two Winnipeg children involved in a high-profile custody case told court on Monday that he used racial slurs and told his daughter the swastika was a symbol of “love and peace”]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/7cexwtWwEKs/story.html</link><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1744932</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744188</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:01:39 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Iran claims recount confirms Ahmadinejad victory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iran’s Guardian Council confirmed on Monday the results of a disputed June 12 election which was won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state broadcaster IRIB reported]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/6LL_E8Zcolg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1731489.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1744188</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743767</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:17:08 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court tosses controversial Sotomayor ruling]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court gave President Barack Obama’s high-court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, an embarrassing legal slap on Monday by overturning a controversial ruling she made that denied a group of mostly white firefighters promotions based on their race]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Oyr_6Zt3CoI/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1743804.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1743767</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1744642</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:37:08 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[YouTube offers journalism tips from the industry's best]]></title><description><![CDATA[YouTube Reporters' Center offers journalism tips from the industry's best]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/NtX-opLEkcM/youtube-reporters-center-offers-journalism-tips-from-the-industry-s-best.aspx</link><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/06/29/youtube-reporters-center-offers-journalism-tips-from-the-industry-s-best.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid 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to death by beheading]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/lPMXdBjQaOc/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1274299.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1743930</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743737</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:34:02 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ontario puts nuclear reactor program on hold]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario said on Monday it will suspend a program to build a new nuclear power plant at it Darlington nuclear facility]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/pEcBmlxzYVY/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1743748.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1743737</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743770</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:01:59 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canadian tourism industry in tailspin]]></title><description><![CDATA[The global recession has sent Canada’s tourism industry into its longest tailspin since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/8HgT3Ld2Em8/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1743777.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1743732</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743811</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:27:07 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Plastic bag use has dropped 70%, grocer says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Toronto’s 5-cent fee on plastic bags, created in a bid to cut their use, is working -- and well beyond Toronto's borders]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Y2mVMzKu4Y8/plastic-bag-use-has-dropped-70-grocer-says.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1743836.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/06/29/plastic-bag-use-has-dropped-70-grocer-says.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743779</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:01:51 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[‘Bishop of Bountiful’ asks court to drop polygamy charge]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lawyer for accused polygamist Winston Blackmore is in B.C. Supreme Court Monday, arguing that the charge against him should be dismissed because of an abuse of process]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/5RJH0uhLrZk/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1702757.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1743779</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743609</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:44:33 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Police chief killed in south Afghan clash: officials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian soldiers detained a number of people involved in a violent confrontation that left the Kandahar police chief and several other officers dead Monday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/d-KztzGI6Po/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1737631.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1743609</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743613</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:01:36 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Vancouver probes claims Olympic Village full of mould]]></title><description><![CDATA[A city councillor in Vancouver says he wants the developer of the Olympic Village to investigate allegations the embattled development may become plagued by mould]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/fV_zFGhhTiE/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1743616.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1743613</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1742217</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:11:52 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[BET Awards pay tribute to Jackson]]></title><description><![CDATA['We’re going to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us, and we shared him with everybody else,' Jamie Foxx said Sunday]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/S4xYbKDx0zg/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1743551.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/michael-jackson/story.html?id=1742217</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1743617</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:07:54 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Iran frees some U.K. embassy staff after EU protests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iran accused the United States of trying to destabilise it and sparked a new row with Britain on Sunday, underscoring the hardline leadership’s efforts to blame post-election unrest on foreign powers]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/aQ7_8p9Pk6c/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1742004.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1743617</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1741689</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:50:47 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Charles and Camilla to visit in November]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are set to visit Canada in November]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/7pAmS6WXxys/charles-and-camilla-plan-november-visit-to-canada.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1741686.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/06/28/charles-and-camilla-plan-november-visit-to-canada.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1742170</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:06:43 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[In pictures: Pride in Toronto]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 29th annual Pride Parade was expected to attract up to one million spectators Sunday, and it attracted some political celebrities]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/U4IcVZ5b_UQ/pride-parade-in-pictures.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1742153.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/06/28/pride-parade-in-pictures.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1741867</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:36:20 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ignatieff showed 'huge strength' in avoiding election: Liberal national director]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff showed “huge strength” by resisting pressure to trigger a summer election, says the Liberal’s national director]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/v4SiwzjuKjo/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" 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than other manufacturers, according to the Conference Board of Canada]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/RcbfZ119szc/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1736848.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1736818</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1742205</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:02:04 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Hudak takes helm of Ontario PCs]]></title><description><![CDATA[After his third-ballot victory on Saturday, the newly anointed leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative party is taking little time in preparing for his shift to power.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/73kRw-ZB1KY/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1740483.bin" 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leftist President Manuel Zelaya in Central America’s first military coup since the Cold War]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/6JoTcnB2I4U/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1741731.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1741925</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1742003</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:05:30 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Iran spars with U.S. and Britain over election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iran's hardline leadership on Sunday continued efforts to blame post-election unrest on foreign powers]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/05zr_Qg1W5c/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1742004.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1742003</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1741776</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:01:42 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Canada is an ‘Arctic superpower’: Cannon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downplaying Russia’s recent “jockeying” for position in the emerging polar oil rush, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has declared Canada an “Arctic superpower”]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/rlh9Y_Z6ZNk/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1741775.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1741776</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1741762</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:01:39 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ottawa closing door to U.S. war deserters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jason Kenney’s most memorable assault on U.S. war deserters seeking refuge in Canada occurred soon after he became immigration minister in October 2008]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/RHEw3Dq0N7s/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1741760.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1741762</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1740384</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:25:17 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Ontario Tories elect Hudak]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party took a right turn Saturday, electing Tim Hudak, a man who has promised a return to middle-class values, as its new leader]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/8U1OKQw-JJ4/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1740483.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1740384</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1735783</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:44:01 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Abdelrazik returns home after six year exile]]></title><description><![CDATA[After six years in exile, torture at the hands of Sudanese authorities, several twarted attempts to return to Canada, and over a year stranded at the Canadian Embassy in Khartoom, Abousfian Abdelrazik is finally home]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/blg6FCC9ZeI/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1740537.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1735783</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1741599</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:37:05 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Stinson: What the Minority Gov't Era means for Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott Stinson: Canada seems uncomfortable with minority governments. Or, at least, our parliamentarians are. The electorate is another matter]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/_WBYagtcEP4/scott-stinson-semi-permanent-confusion-on-parliament-hill.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1741597.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/28/scott-stinson-semi-permanent-confusion-on-parliament-hill.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1740538</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:52:15 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Pope preaches a new gospel for Wall Street]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pope is expected to point out the failings of capitalism and lament the world's roiling markets]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/oYHi4cdQtao/a-new-gospel-for-wall-street.aspx</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1740539.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/holy-post/archive/2009/06/27/a-new-gospel-for-wall-street.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1740234</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:14:11 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Mousavi rejects partial Iran vote recount]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi rejected authorities’ proposals for a partial recount of votes]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/FVKF8JVQAp4/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1740236.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1740234</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1741601</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:01:37 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Iraq lessons learned, U.S. Marines head to Afghanistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[After five years coping with the most dangerous province in Iraq, the U.S. Marines have been given their next assignment: the most dangerous province in Afghanistan]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/oS6kGccjgR8/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1741602.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1741601</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">1739758</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:25 GMT</pubDate><title><![CDATA[Prognosis for profit: Private medicine gains ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[After eight months of gruelling treatment for colon cancer,
it was the last news that Howard Steinberg wanted to hear. Tests
indicated that there were two golf ball-sized tumours in his liver:
the malignancy had spread, and now he would need another round of
chemotherapy or potentially dangerous liver surgery.]]></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/GFHv9yFsn9I/story.html</link><enclosure type="image/jpeg" url="http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/1740088.bin" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=1739758</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
