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Obama willing to go to Copenhagen for climate deal

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:32:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday that he'd be willing to attend an international climate summit in Copenhagen next month if it appears a deal is in the offing and his presence there...

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Arturo Gatti's widow fails in bid to secure $150,000 from late boxer's estate

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0000

MONTREAL — The widow of late boxing champion Arturo Gatti has been awarded $40,000 to cover legal fees and child-care costs, but her fight with his family over his sizable fortune looks set to go the...

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Fallen soldier brought home from Afghanistan

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:47:00 +0000

A plane carrying the body of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan arrived at CFB Trenton in Ontario Tuesday afternoon. Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, had been in Afghanistan less than a...

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Rescue under way after boat sinks off Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:00 +0000

SYDNEY — An urgent search and rescue mission was under way Monday for about two dozen people missing after their boat sank in open seas far off Australia. Merchant vessels that responded to a...

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Canwest says it must shift National Post to holding company, or shut it down

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:48:00 +0000

TORONTO — Canwest Global Communications will tell an Ontario court Friday that it will be forced to shut down the National Post, which has lost $62 million in the last four years, if the newspaper...

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Pakistan arrests 11 Iranians close to border

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:47:00 +0000

QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan arrested 11 Iranians on Monday after they shot at a vehicle carrying smugglers on the Pakistani side of the border, officials said. The incident came amid tensions over a...

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Former child soldiers move on in Sri Lanka

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:36:00 +0000

AMBEPUSSA, Sri Lanka — Vinojan's boyhood ended when Sri Lanka's civil war reignited. Fifteen at the time, he says he joined the separatist Tamil Tigers to save his older brother from forcible...

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CRTC to allow telecoms to throttle web traffic but with new rules

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:41:00 +0000

OTTAWA — The federal regulator will continue to allow Canada's big telecommunications firms to restrict traffic on their Internet networks, but under new and potentially strict rules. The decision...

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Karzai needed convincing twice on new election

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:38:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai needed high-level American arm-twisting over several tense days — and meals that included "gallons of tea" and endless platters of lamb — before he finally...

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Danielle Smith voted new leader of Alberta's Wildrose Alliance Party

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:44:00 +0000

EDMONTON — The face of conservative Alberta politics changed Saturday when Danielle Smith, a former business leader and journalist, was overwhelmingly voted the new leader of the surging Wildrose...

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UN: Record 1 billion go hungry

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:42:00 +0000

NAIROBI, Kenya — Parents in some of Africa's poorest countries are cutting back on school, clothes and basic medical care just to give their children a meal once a day, experts say. Still, it is not...

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China court sentences 6 to death in Xinjiang riots

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:01:00 +0000

BEIJING — A court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death Monday over riots between Muslim Uighurs and members of the Han Chinese majority that killed nearly 200 people in...

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Neighbours wonder if they could have helped Calgary mom, dead babies

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:41:00 +0000

CALGARY — Neighbours of a woman whose body was found in a house with three dead newborns are wondering if they could have done anything to help. Khalil Karbani, who heads the Taradale Community...

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NHL finds no tampering by Leafs for Sedins

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:29:00 +0000

TORONTO — A National Hockey League investigation into possible tampering by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Swedish standouts Henrik and Daniel Sedin found no violation of league rules and will impose no...

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Small firms more recession-proof: CIBC

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:15:00 +0000

Small businesses have outperformed their larger competitors during the recession, a new CIBC report suggests. According to government data, the number of small enterprises across the country...

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Jailed Honduran farmers on hunger strike for Zelaya

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:24:00 +0000

TEGUCIGALPA — Thirty-eight farmers imprisoned by the military-supported interim Honduran regime began a hunger strike Saturday demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Manuel Zelaya. The...

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Local power plant better idea

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:38:00 +0000

Swann said energy needs should be filled by more locally generated power, throwing his support behind Enmax's proposal to build a new power plant on the outskirts of Calgary. "It's cheaper and...

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Opposition joins call for Bill 50 talks

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:37:00 +0000

The Alberta Liberals are joining the list of people calling for public hearings on Bill 50. The proposed provincial legislation would eliminate the legal requirement for public hearings into new...

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US columnist William Safire dies

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:45:00 +0000

William Safire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for the New York Times, has died of cancer at the age of 79. Safire also worked as speechwriter and aide to President Richard Nixon...

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Charged officer suspended without pay

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Calgary police have taken the rare step of suspending an officer without pay after he was charged with internet luring. Police Chief Rick Hanson appeared before the Calgary Police Commission in a...

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Clinton, Arias: Zelaya could help end Honduras crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:29:00 +0000

NEW YORK — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said that ousted leader Manuel Zelaya's return to Honduras offers an opportunity to end the country's political...

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Spanish tenor Placido Domingo praises founder of Venezuela's famed youth orchestras

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:47:00 +0000

CARACAS, Venezuela - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo thrilled several hundred Venezuelans on Tuesday by showcasing his soaring voice during a free concert and heaping praise on the founder of the South...

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Tom Ford fashions a poignant gay drama

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:50:00 +0000

VENICE (Hollywood Reporter) – Designer Tom Ford makes a surprisingly successful leap from the fashion industry to the big screen with "A Single Man," a standout directing debut about a gay college...

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Cigarette may have caused deadly apartment fire

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:12:00 +0000

A lit cigarette or some kind of smoking material likely started an apartment fire in Calgary that left one woman dead, fire investigators have concluded. The fire was already out by the time...

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McGill neuroscientist wins $1M research prize

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:37:00 +0000

A world-renowned neuroscientist from Montreal is one of four recipients of a prestigious international award. McGill University Prof. Brenda Milner has won the International Balzan Prize for 2009....

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Daryl Lorette 1.0 Feed.I was hoping this would happen.Google has let me move all my feeds over at one time.A big time saver.

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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