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DiManno: DiManno-a-mano with flush royal
1 hour agoI know. It's happened to me often enough in Afghanistan, by Muslim men whose piety forbids it. So when security around the Duchess of Cornwall totally collapsed Friday at the Royal Winter Fair, and I found myself - part of ...Video: A Royal Visitnationalpost
Potter: Warfare in the heart of Texas
Mitch Potter21 minutes agoSoldiers hold a candlelight vigil at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 6, 2009 for the victims of the deadly rampage Nov. 5, 2009. The military base is home to more than 52000 soldiers.Details Emerge About Fort Hood Suspect's History New York TimesBetween the lies, a wall
East Berlin border guards stand atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in November 1989. On Monday, Germany marks the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the wall.Video: The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Since the FallU.S. News & World ReportNov 5, 2009World leaders hope for climate deal
Aljazeera.netby 25 to 40 per cent [GALLO/GETTY] At least 40 world leaders have said they will attend climate change talks in Denmark next month, but there are still fears that there will be few tangible results after preparatory meetings ended with scant progress.
On Health Care, Democrats Play Down Election Results
Adam Nagourney9 hours agoWASHINGTON - When Democrats lost races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia this week, officials in both parties suggested that the outcome could undermine President Obama's push for a health care bill, scaring off politically ...
Stop seeking compromise with Israel: Hamas leader
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions.A Stelmach victory may be Alberta Tories' loss
40 minutes agoIf Premier Ed Stelmach, facing a test of his party leadership this weekend, had hoped for something, finally, to knock from Alberta's front-pages and call-in shows the relentless cascade of flu vaccine debacles in his province, he got his wish on ...Ed rallies party with call to keep faith, him Calgary HeraldMoving out of Afghanistan: Sort, scrap and sell
OTTAWA - From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 3:02AM EST After they serve the last double-double in Kandahar in 2011, what's left of the world's most remote Tim Hortons ...No plans for Afghanistan after 2011, top general affirms Calgary HeraldBC judge given broad powers to probe collapse of salmon stock
Mark Hume6 hours agoA veteran Supreme Court of British Columbia justice with an interest in sustainable development and the environment has been given sweeping powers by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to investigate a catastrophic collapse of salmon stocks in the Fraser ...
Jobless rate hits 8.6% as modest gains evaporate
October's job numbers are bleak, a deflating reminder that economic recovery is a slow beast, indeed, and that jobs cut in a slowdown take some time to come back, if at all.
Air Canada sees gradual recovery
MONTREAL–Air Canada sees small signs of improvement but no revenue recovery for at least a year, its CEO said Friday on a conference call about its third-quarter results.Telus profit drops; lowers outlook for the year
From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 3:03AM EST Canada's second-largest phone company, Telus Corp.An explosion of smartphone choices Hamilton Spectator
More successor than sequel: hands on with Assassin's Creed 2
Ars goes hands on with the upcoming Assassin's Creed 2 and finds a game that appears to improve on almost all of the issues of its predecessor, leaving gamers with what could be one of the best titles of the year.Vancouver Aquarium invites Canadians to name its baby beluga
8 hours agoVANCOUVER, BC - The Vancouver Aquarium is offering Canadians a whale of an opportunity. The aquarium has announced it's holding a naming contest for a baby beluga that was born in July.Name the Baby Beluga Global BC$50-million lottery ticket bought in Manitoba
31 minutes agoTORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot prize in Friday's Lotto Max draw - and it was sold somewhere in Manitoba.COC boss scoops his own publicist
Opera premieres are revealed in Alexander Neef's blog musings. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 3:45PM EST Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 3:02AM EST The Canadian Opera Company isCanadian tenor Ben Heppner making up for missed show with free solo recital The Canadian Press
Shaw bounces back
John Coulbourn21 minutes agoDespite a shaky start to its summer season, with box-office receipts off by as much as 20%, the Shaw Festival completed the 2009 season with ticket sales down by only 6.5% over the previous year, posting revenues of $13.7 million.
James: We won the Pan Ams. Now we have to be spectacular
Royson James34 minutes agoS o, that's what it feels like to win, to shed the image of Loserville, to take on sporting challengers as a city and emerge victorious.
Blake hopes for best as Kessel's linemate
Rob Longley15 minutes agoRALEIGH, NC -- Jason Blake can't remember ever having played with a linemate who can skate as fast as Phil Kessel. Now the Leafs winger is hoping to get his own game up to speed.I'll pass on the torch (as if that were possible)
By Pete mcmartin, Vancouver sunnovember 6, 2009 9:00 PM I was a little put off, I have to admit. I had heard that the torch was going everywhere across Canada to knit this great country of ours into a giant all- embracing comforter of feel-goodedness,Hundreds run behind torchbearer in Kugluktuk as 2010 flame comes to town The Canadian PressTorch relay continues Times and TranscriptThe face of swine flu in BC
Randy Shore6 hours agoProvincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall at a news conference at the Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver May 1 to update the swine flu situation in BC Perry Kendall was enjoying a holiday inOfficial Endorses Workplace Clinics for Vaccine Distribution New York TimesAlberta bureaucrats must swear oath to take multiple H1N1 sick days
Richard Warnica34 minutes agoParents and their children under five years old line up for H1N1 vaccinations at a flu clinic in Edmonton on Nov. 5, 2009. EDMONTON - Alberta government employees will be asked to swear oathsH1N1 Roundup Winnipeg Free Press
Regrets over hospital board's vaccinations
Toronto - From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 3:02AM EST A high-profile doctor who encouraged board members at his Toronto hospital to get the H1N1 vaccine last week
Cournoyer suspect has dark past
Kidnapped a 7-year-old girl. Ahuntsic man charged after his DNA was found on Natasha Cournoyer By SUE MONTGOMERY, The GazetteNovember 7, 2009 4:04 AM In 2005, a Quebec Court Judge called Claude Larouche's behaviour extremely worrisome, then sentenced
Zelaya: US-brokered pact did not resolve crisis
6 hours agoTEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS -- Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a US-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.
Gordon Brown: I will not risk British lives if Afghans do not end corruption
15 hours agoThis article was published on guardian.co.uk at 15.09 GMT on Friday 6 November 2009. It was last modified at 18.11 GMT on Friday 6 November 2009.Brown Warns Afghan Leader on Corruption New York Times
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