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New York cheers in 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:30:00 +0000

NEW YORK — An estimated million people, monitored by a high-tech police force, crammed into New York's Times Square to watch the traditional ball drop at the start of 2011. The party was one of...

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MI6 chief says torture poses 'dilemmas' for UK

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:26:00 +0000

LONDON — The head of Britain's foreign spy service admitted Thursday his organisation faced "dilemmas" to avoid using intelligence obtained through torture but insisted his agents never mistreated...

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Zlio.com

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:52:00 +0000

“Zlio” - have you heard of this useful little e-Hobby that’s currently working wonders on the internet? It’s a weird name for a cool service which I’ve started to use, which allows you to create your...

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'Proud' Prince Charles hails troops on Afghan visit

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:40:00 +0000

NAD ALI, Afghanistan — Prince Charles paid tribute to his country's forces in Afghanistan during a surprise visit Thursday to the front line of a war that has claimed hundreds of British...

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Sri Lanka's presidential loser faces court martial

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:41:00 +0000

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka is to be court-martialled, officials said Tuesday, a day after he was hauled away from his office by armed...

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What the US knew about Al-Qaeda plot

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:57:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — US spy agencies in recent months picked up clues pointing to an Al-Qaeda attack out of Yemen and were moving to disrupt it, but a crucial piece of information fell through the...

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Hawaii drama as ambulance called for Obama friend

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:56:00 +0000

KAILUA, Hawaii — US President Barack Obama dramatically broke off a round of golf and rushed back to his rented vacation home followed by an ambulance with lights flashing. Fears that something...

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New Afghan Cabinet list draws ire from legislators

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:54:00 +0000

KABUL — Afghan legislators complained Saturday that several members of President Hamid Karzai's proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords — opposition that threatens to slow the...

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RCMP locate men lost on freezing highway

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:01:00 +0000

RCMP scrambled in the dark and extreme cold near Regina early Sunday to locate two men in a stranded truck. Just before 2 a.m. CT, police said they got a cellphone call saying two 19-year-olds...

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Google releases Chrome browser for Macintosh computers

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:45:00 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Tuesday released a version of its Chrome Web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines. "We took a hefty dose of...

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German official: Afghan attack 'inappropriate'

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:51:00 +0000

BERLIN — Germany's defense minister told parliament on Thursday that he has reassessed a German commander's decision to call an NATO airstrike in Afghanistan that killed scores of civilians and...

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Abbas says Israeli settlement freeze not enough

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:41:00 +0000

CARACAS, Venezuela — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed an Israeli plan to halt new construction of West Bank settlements as insufficient on Friday, saying it won't be enough to restart peace...

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US and China to reduce emissions, but not enough

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:36:00 +0000

AMSTERDAM — Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts...

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Romanians head to the polls to elect new president

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:51:00 +0000

BUCHAREST — Romanians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president for a five-year term, amid a serious recession and an ongoing political crisis prompted by the fall of the government in...

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Last chance prep talks wrap up ahead of Copenhagen

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:09:00 +0000

COPENHAGEN — Environment ministers from 44 key countries on Tuesday wrapped up closed-door talks aimed at laying the groundwork for a political agreement at next month's UN conference on global...

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Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:47:00 +0000

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (11,407.68 up 46.92 points): Uranium One (TSX:UUU). Miner....

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Catholic Church needs more Internet savvy: bishop

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:51:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church should leave its "ghetto" and recognise the importance and reach of the Internet, a French bishop said Thursday. "The Internet is increasingly an integral...

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Plaskett wins 4 N.S. music awards

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0000

Dartmouth rocker Joel Plaskett turned Three into four Sunday at the Music Nova Scotia Awards in Yarmouth. Plaskett and his hit release Three won in four categories: Rock Artist, Album of the Year,...

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Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:32:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more...

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Charles lauds Canadian military families

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:48:00 +0000

Prince Charles said Thursday the pride that Canadians have for members of their military has deeply moved him and his wife Camilla. Charles presented new colours to two regiments at a military...

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Canadians grow more concerned about H1N1, more plan to get shot: poll

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:52:00 +0000

TORONTO — Canadians are becoming less and less ambivalent about the prospect of the H1N1 vaccine, and a majority of people say they either plan to roll up their sleeve to get the swine-flu shot or...

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Obama love-in has little impact on how Canadians view Americans, poll finds

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:50:00 +0000

TORONTO — What a difference a president makes. Well not that much actually, according to a new poll on Canadian attitudes toward Americans. The survey to be released Monday suggests Canadians view...

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Israel nabs serial attacker of Arabs, leftist Jews

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:44:00 +0000

JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities have arrested a Jewish-American extremist suspected of carrying out a series of high-profile hate crimes, security officials said Sunday. Police and Shin Bet security...

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Top health official warns H1N1 vaccine flow will slow next 2 weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:34:00 +0000

TORONTO — Delivery of H1N1 vaccine to the provinces will slow a bit over the next couple of weeks because the manufacturer was asked to make special batches of the product for pregnant women,...

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Fire on reserve destroys home

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:47:00 +0000

A home on the Long Plain First Nation in south-central Manitoba was engulfed and destroyed by fire Monday night. The blaze has been deemed suspicious and is under investigation by the Office of the...

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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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