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White House: Obama weighs 4 options in Afghanistan

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:43:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is considering four options for realigning U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday, while military officials said the choices involve several ways...

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Crowds gather for Dalai Lama visit

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:41:00 +0000

Thousands of devout Buddhists poured into a remote Indian mountain town, arriving in packed trucks or on foot after trekking for miles along narrow paths for a rare chance to glimpse the Dalai...

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Kabul's British Cemetery honours war dead

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:33:00 +0000

KABUL — Wreaths of red paper poppies -- the symbol of remembrance -- lie against the high southern wall of the British Cemetery in Kabul, a layer of fine dust covering their curled-up leaves in the...

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Charles, Camilla begin Canadian tour Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla begin an 11-day royal tour of Canada on Monday. The visit, their first as a married couple, includes stops in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. They are...

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Motorola's shares surge with unexpected profit

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:44:00 +0000

NEW YORK — The turnaround effort long sought at Motorola Inc. finally could be on track. The maker of communications equipment reported an unexpected quarterly profit Thursday as losses in its mobile...

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Homeless, rooming house residents at risk for early death: study

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:23:00 +0000

TORONTO - Canadians living in homeless shelters and rooming houses have a much shorter life expectancy than the general population - and poverty is not the only factor contributing to their premature...

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Vancouver bridge reopens after climate rally

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:52:00 +0000

Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge reopened Saturday afternoon after its three northbound lanes were closed to vehicle traffic for a climate change demonstration. More than 1,000 people turned out for...

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Gates says all eyes on Afghan runoff election

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:56:00 +0000

SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that NATO officials will be closely watching how Afghanistan prepares for upcoming runoff presidential elections to prevent...

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Whishaw unaware of Keats love story

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:16:00 +0000

Ben Whishaw has admitted he wasn't familiar with the story of John Keats before playing the poet in Bright Star. The actor confessed at the movie's premiere at the London Film Festival that he was...

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Canada's newest premier former community activist, number-cruncher

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:48:00 +0000

WINNIPEG — As Manitobta premier for the last decade, Gary Doer straddled demands for increased social change with business tax cuts. The province's next premier isn't expected to diverge from that...

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Shriver apologizes for breaking cell phone law

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:45:00 +0000

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California first lady Maria Shriver says she's sorry for breaking a state law that requires drivers to use hands-free devices while talking on cell phones. The celebrity Web site...

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Clinton in Belfast seeks power-sharing progress

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:02:00 +0000

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the rival leaders of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government Monday to keep making their awkward coalition work...

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Western premiers slam Senate over crime bill

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:43:00 +0000

The premiers of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia are upset with the Senate, expressing frustration Friday that a national crime bill has stalled. Manitoba Premier Gary Doer said much the...

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Egypt cuts ties with Louvre

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:02:00 +0000

Egypt has severed ties with the Louvre museum in a dispute over antiquities in the Paris museum's collection it says were stolen. "We made the decision to end any co-operation with the Louvre until...

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Report: NKorea nearly restores nuclear facilities

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:41:00 +0000

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is in the final stage of restoring its nuclear facilities, a news report said Tuesday, as leader Kim Jong Il expressed a conditional willingness to end Pyongyang's...

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Harvest 72% done, but rain a worry in Sask.

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:08:00 +0000

After a slow start, Saskatchewan's 2009 harvest has caught up with the five-year average, with 72 per cent of the crop in the bin, the government says. However, concerns are being raised about the...

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Nickelodeon comes to Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:47:00 +0000

Nickelodeon in Canada will be bringing shows such as Fanboy and Chum Chum and The Troop to Canada for the first time, beginning Nov. 2. Corus Entertainment, which already owns YTV and Treehouse in...

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Puppies born in police cruiser

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:49:00 +0000

Eight puppies were born in the back of a Winnipeg police car while the officers were responding to a call on Thursday. The officers were on regular patrol when they noticed a couple of dogs...

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Novel sparks row on Diana 'affair'

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:22:00 +0000

A former French president has caused a literary storm by writing a fictional romance between a thinly disguised Diana, Princess of Wales, and himself. Valery Giscard d'Estaing is the statesman...

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Christie's to offer Rembrandt estimated at $41 million

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:02:00 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – Christie's will offer for sale what it calls a Rembrandt "masterpiece" in December, and expects to fetch up to 25 million pounds ($41 million) in what would be an auction record...

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B.C. lags in infrastructure spending, cities charge

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:08:00 +0000

Premier Gordon Campbell says that despite appearances, B.C. is determined to use every federal dollar available to upgrade roads and bridges. Campbell was responding Tuesday to the Union of B.C....

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Elton John says wants to adopt Ukrainian baby

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:26:00 +0000

DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – British singer Elton John, visiting Ukraine with his AIDS charity foundation, said on Saturday he wanted to adopt a 14-month-old boy from an orphanage in the east of the...

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Viterra cleared to buy Australian grain business

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:11:00 +0000

Viterra announced late Wednesday that a federal court in Australia has approved the company's proposed purchase of ABB Grain Ltd. The approval was the final major hurdle needed for the transaction....

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Obama must send more troops to Afghanistan: US senator

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:08:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — The United States has a new Afghan war strategy that will "turn the tide" against the Taliban, but requires more troops to join the eight-year-old conflict, a US senator said...

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Thousands protest against Greek right-wing government

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:22:00 +0000

THESSALONIKI , Greece — More than 10,000 people protested against the conservative government in northern Greece Saturday as a group of youths clashed with police and threw petrol bombs at two...

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NY deal reached over Monroe's last nude photos - Yahoo! News
NY deal reached over Monroe's last nude photos

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Patrick Swayze in hospital, The Beast will have to wait
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Heather Allin elected president of ACTRA Toronto