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• Tomas Bears Down on Haiti

  Residents of Haiti's earthquake camps ignored warnings to leave their makeshift homes as Tropical Storm Tomas began its assault on the flood-prone nation.
  
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  Cuban Plane Crashes With 68 Aboard

  A Cuban airliner flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital crashed Thursday night with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners, state media reported.

• Bank Appeals Ruling in Terror Case

  Arab Bank launched a final effort to avoid disclosing its records in a terror finance case that could have repercussions for other international banks.
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  Pakistan Mosque Bombings Kill Dozens

  A teenage bomber struck a packed mosque during Friday prayers in the troubled northwest of Pakistan, killing at least 50 worshippers, and a second attack in the same region killed three.
  
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• China Raises Diplomatic Stakes Over Liu

  China issued an ultimatum to foreign governments over Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Chinese dissident who won the Nobel Peace Prize last month.
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  China Comments Suggest Policy Divide

  Conflicting comments from top Chinese officials on global economic issues suggested a lack of policy coordination that could make it more difficult for China to reach an agreement at the coming summit of the Group of 20 major economies.

• Iraqi Civilians Sue U.K. Over Abuse

  Lawyers for 222 Iraqi civilians are suing the U.K. government, claiming their clients were subjected to a regime of systematic abuse by British soldiers and interrogators.

• Georgia Arrests 13 Accused of Spying for Russia

  Georgia's government announced the arrests of 13 people, including four Russian citizens, who are accused of spying for Russia's armed forces.
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  Obama Faces Chillier Reception Abroad

  Obama steps back onto the world stage for two economic summits in Asia after an electoral rebuke. But his troubles will not ease overseas.
  
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  • Easing Tech Limits, Touting Deals
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  Rolls-Royce Blamed in Engine Failure

  Qantas said the design of Rolls-Royce engines could have caused a midair failure that forced an emergency landing of one of its A380s in Singapore. A second Qantas plane landed Friday after engine problems.
  
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  Romania Uncovers Holocaust Grave

  A Holocaust-era mass grave containing the bodies of an estimated 100 Jews killed by Romanian troops has been discovered in a forest.

• Plane Crashes Near Karachi; 21 Killed

  A small, private plane chartered to an international oil company crashed near the airport in Pakistan's largest city Friday after the pilot warned of engine trouble, killing all 21 people on board, officials said.
  
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  EU Seeks Tougher Online Rules

  The EU proposed new privacy rights for citizens sharing personal data with websites like Facebook and Google—threatening to heighten tensions between European regulators and tech companies.
  
  • Online-Privacy Measures Emerge
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  WikiLeaks Faces New Competition

  WikiLeaks, the document-leaking website that has come under intense pressure after publishing classified U.S. military documents, is facing a new challenge: competition.
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  Pakistan al Qaeda Aids Yemen Plots

  Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders are believed to be providing guidance from Pakistan to the Yemen-based group Washington says was behind last week's package-bomb attempt.
  
  • Video: Yeminis Reject U.S. and Al Qaeda

• Indian Security Clears Plane's Cargo

  A flight that landed in emergency conditions at Mumbai was searched for suspicious cargo, but security agencies later cleared the aircraft.
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  Cardinal Decries Berlusconi's Lifestyle

  A prominent Italian cardinal lashed out at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's lifestyle, bringing the country's Roman Catholic Church into the fray at a time of increasing political uncertainty in Italy.
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  Greek Police Destroy Suspicious Parcel

  Greek police said they intercepted and conducted a controlled detonation of a package addressed to the French embassy that they rightly suspected to be booby trapped, causing traffic tie-ups in Athens.

• Splinter Group Admits Turkey Bombing

  A splinter group of the Kurdish Workers' Party, or PKK, claimed responsibility for a weekend suicide bombing in central Istanbul that killed the bomber and wounded 32 others.

• Ivory Coast Vote Goes to Second Round

  President Laurent Gbagbo will face Ivory Coast's main opposition leader in what is likely to be a tense runoff later this month that could restore stability to the country after a decade of unrest.
  
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  Greek Local Elections Could Force Polls

  Greek voters go to the polls Sunday in fraught local elections widely seen as a referendum on the government's austerity program. Poor results could force the ruling Socialists to call new nationwide polls after a year in office.

Myanmar Opposition Tries Cooperation

An alternative opposition movement is arising in Myanmar, and it is making waves by circumventing democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi and advocating compromise with the military dictatorship.

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  Church Joins the Club Scene

  A crypt near St. Peter's Square has boasted tombs of cardinals for centuries. Today it is taking on a livelier vibe as a church-run nightclub.
  
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  The Meaning of Bonfire Night

  The most atavistic and hazardous of all English festivals will be marked by the snap and pop of distant fireworks struggling through the drizzle.

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  Drones Drive Taliban North

  A U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan is driving some insurgents from a key haven on the Afghan border into other tribal districts.
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  Death Toll From Volcano Climbs

  Mt. Merapi unleashed another deadly surge of blistering gases early Friday, torching houses in one village and triggering a chaotic midnight evacuation. The death toll rose to 122.
  
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  A Unit of Wal-Mart Is Probed in Japan

  Seiyu Ltd., a wholly owned unit of the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said Friday it is being investigated by Japanese financial regulators.
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  Afghans See Karzai, Iran Hands in Poll

  Afghanistan's election authorities are being pressured by President Hamid Karzai and by Iran to alter the preliminary results of September's parliamentary races, adding new controversy to a fraud-marred election, officials and candidates say.

• Vietnam to Sell Dollars

  Vietnam's central bank said it will sell U.S. dollars on the local market to help relieve pressure on the sliding Vietnamese dong but a state official ruled out further devaluation of its currency this year.

• Japan Probes Intelligence Leak

  Japanese police are investigating a potentially large leak of sensitive international antiterror materials such as names and addresses of informants from around the world.
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  Emergency Grounds Qantas A380s

  Qantas suspended flights of its six Airbus A380 superjumbo jets after a midair engine failure forced an emergency landing in Singapore.
  
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  Hermès Heirs Put Safety in Numbers

  The unity of the founding dynasty behind French fashion brand Hermès is being tested by Bernard Arnault -- who accumulated a 17% stake in Hermès International.
  
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• EU Rerates Rating Agencies, Again Credit rating agencies are just getting used to one new set of EU rules. Hold on... here comes another.

Greek Local Elections Could Force Fresh Polls

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Contract firefighters clash with riot police during a protest for permanent jobs outside Parliament in Athens on Thursday.

ATHENS—Greek voters go to the polls Sunday in fraught local elections widely seen as a referendum on the government's tough austerity program. Poor results could force the ruling Socialists to call new nationwide polls after only a year in office.

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News of Tonga

Tonga News : Politics
169 polling stations for Tonga's General Election
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: One hundred and sixty nine polling stations will be set up throughout Tonga on Election Day November 25, for registered voters to cast their votes and elect Tonga's new leaders under a new form of government.
04 Nov 2010, 13:31


Tonga News : Politics
42,067 registered voters for November 25 Election
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: With only three weeks left to the General Election on November 25, a total of 42,067 voters have registered to elect their new leaders in the polls under a new government system.
04 Nov 2010, 13:29


Tonga News : Royalty & Nobility
Group prepares to seek court declaration over 'Atalanga ownership
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: The Paati Langafonua Tu'uloa Inc. of Tonga is preparing to file legal proceedings in the Tongan courts to determine the King of Tonga's ownership of the 'Atalanga property, in Epsom, Auckland.
03 Nov 2010, 18:19


Tonga News : Law
Quashing of perjury charges raises questions
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: A former Attorney General of Tonga today said that the move to quash perjury charges against a Tongan law lord raised questions about the independence of the country's judiciary.
02 Nov 2010, 21:50


Tonga News : Police and Crime
22-year-old arrested for Neiafu shop robbery
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: A 22-year-old male suspected of robbing a Chinese shop in Neiafu, Vava'u, on October 22 was arrested by police in Tongatapu last week, Deputy Commander Taniela Faletau reported.
02 Nov 2010, 17:20


Tonga News : Royalty & Nobility
King warns Tu'uloa party not to interfere with 'Atalanga sale
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Tonga's King through his Auckland solicitors has warned a group challenging the king's ownership of 'Atalanga to back-off or face a substantial counter claim for damages.
02 Nov 2010, 12:17

Japanese concert in Nuku'alofa

 

THREE professional Japanese musicians showcased Japanese music using string instruments, koto and shamisen on Tuesday night in a free concert at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku'alofa.

6.0 undersea earthquake not felt by Tonga residents

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Tongan waters at 12:34 this afternoon but it was not felt by residents in the capital Nuku'alofa or in the outer islands of Vava'u and Ha'apai.

$1.2 million handout for Ashika families

The Solicitor General 'Aminiasi Kefu (centre) and government ministers at the distribution to Ashika families who agreed not to file claims
THE Government of Tonga this morning, November 4 handed out about $1.2 million pa'anga to the next of kin of 14 victims who died in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika ferry in August last year. Each family received a cheque of $80,000 pa'anga.

'Otuanga'ofa starts sailing north next month

THE exact date when the MV 'Otuanga'ofa will start its service to Vava'u and Ha'apai is yet to be confirmed, but Vaka'uta Pola Vi, the CEO of the Friendly Island Shipping Agency FISH is adamant that the 'Otuanga'ofa will begin its commercial operation next month.

Princess Regent commissions new ferry MV 'Otuanga'ofa, Tonga

TONGA'S new inter-island ferry the MV 'Otuanga'ofa sailed around the Nuku'alofa harbour, following its commissioning by the Princess Regent HRH Princess Pilolevu Tuita on Thursday October 28 at the Queen Salote Wharf.

EPOXI Will Fly By Comet Harley 2, Thursday, November 4, 2010

Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are excited to announce that the EPOXI spacecraft will be conducting a close flyby of the Comet Harley 2 on November 4, 2010.

France tightens security measures after Bin Laden threats

PARIS, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- France has decided to tighten security measures after Bin Laden threatened to kill French people for its government's support of the war in Afghanistan and banning Muslim full-covered veils, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Wednesday

Flood death toll across Thailand rises to 122

BANGKOK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Thursday confirmed that 122 people lives were claimed by nationwide flooding in northern, northeastern, eastern, central and southern regions.

Iran arrests "UK-linked terrorists"

TEHRAN, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Intelligence Ministry said it has arrested four UK-linked terrorists in the western city of Marivan, who carried out five assassinations in the last two years, the local satellite Press TV reported on Thursday.

Australia's Qantas suspends A380 flights

A Qantas Airways 380 passenger plane flight QF32 is sprayed by rescue services after making an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
SYDNEY, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Qantas Airways suspended all of its A380 aircraft service after one of its A380 jumbo jets made a dramatic

Greek police detonate suspicious parcel addressed to French embassy

ATHENS, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) - Greek police detonated on Thursday a suspicious package addressed to the French embassy in Athens, and are examining four suspicious parcels newly found in a courier company in an Athens suburb, according to local media reports.

KOREA's Global Daily News, Nov 04, 2010

Korean fans enraged at Taiwanese talk show over Girls’ Generation A talk show of Super TV in Taiwan raged fans of the Korean group band, Girls’ Generation, for using their picture in an inappropriate way.

Flying saucer-like test bomber, weapon system 606A Following is the contract between the U.S. Air Force and AVRO Aircraft of Canada.

'A chance to show Korea’s potential'

Actress Han Hyo-joo, a goodwill ambassador of G20 Seoul Summit
With just a week remaining before the G20 Seoul Summit, the streets are refurbished, media outlets are all abuzz with news associated with the historic meeting and residents of the capital are being asked to smile to incoming guests.

'Hermione' Emma Watson finally shows her tears

Popularity gives ‘Hermione’ stress.
Earned her fame playing Hermione in the movie Harry Potter, top actress Emma Watson, 20, has shared her distress of being well-known.
In a recent interview with Vogue megazine, she revealed there was time her campus life was a little tough.
Currently a student at Brown University, she had wanted to enjoy her life as a normal student without getting too much attention from others.
However, she freaked out when a number of classmates asked for her autograph.

Police inspect mails, parcels for G20 summit

Workers undergo a security inspection at Coex, the main venue of the upcoming G20 Seoul Summit, before entering the multi-purpose facility in southern Seoul, Thursday. / Korea Times photo by Kim Ju-sung

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Gordon Campbell addresses issues one day after stunning resignation

Premier Gordon Campbell appeared calm and relaxed one day after his stunning decision to resign as the province's top political leader.

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Australia's Qantas grounds giant A380s after engine failure

Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380s on Thursday after one of the aircraft was forced to land in Singapore with engine trouble, one of the most serious incidents for the world's largest...

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Norway best place to live, Canada No. 8

Oil-rich Norway remains the best country in the world to live in, while Zimbabwe, afflicted by economic crisis and AIDS, is the least desirable, according to an annual UN rating released Thursday.

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N.S. couple gives away most of $11 million in lottery winnings

There's no towering mansion, fancy sports cars or exotic stamps on their passport, but a Nova Scotia couple burned through most of their $11 million in lottery winnings in less than four months.

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Alberta senior admits killing husband, incinerating body

An elderly Alberta woman accused of killing her husband and putting his body inside an incinerator on their property has entered surprise guilty pleas...
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Divorce insurance to cover damages when the vows break

Because the “for poorer” part of marriage vows often comes with a nasty split, couples have a new type of contract to consider: divorce insurance. A ...
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'Educational' DVDs don't expand baby vocabulary: Study

Toddlers exposed to DVDs and videos marketed as "educational" showed no greater improvement in their vocabularies than children not exposed to such programming...
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Epic sandwich is distinctly Québécois

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Blood type may affect IVF treatment

2010/11/04 10:25:00

Women with blood type O were at double the risk of having diminished ovarian reserve than women of other blood types. (0)

News | Canada

Canada drops to 8th in quality of life ranking

2010/11/04 13:24:00

Canada falls four spots in UN quality of life ranking, as developing nations make gains in health and education. (1)

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‘Spiral’ CT scans cut smoker deaths: study

2010/11/04 11:32:00

First trial of more than 53,000 current and former heavy smokers found the scans were better at spotting tumours than an...

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Memo to tenants: Snake missing in your building

2010/11/04 11:13:00

Website says metre-long pet snake missing in the St. James Town area building is not poisonous. (0)

Sports | Maple Leafs

Readers share their Maple Leafs pain in our haiku contest

2010/11/03 13:05:00

We're giving a pair of tickets to the the best haiku poem about the Maple Leafs. Entries so far leave us with the feeling we've been waiting a very long time for something. (297)
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Qantas passenger: “The scariest thing I’ve seen”

2010/11/04 07:12:00

Passengers on a Qantas jet say they heard a loud bang and saw pieces of one of the engines fall off soon after take-off for Sydney. (3)
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Megamind: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a riff

2010/11/04 11:55:00

The superhero parody Megamind is a comic pile-on that riffs on Superman and many other pop-cult attractions.

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Lotto winners’ generosity touches hearts at home and abroad

2010/11/04 12:43:00

The phone hasn't stopped ringing at Allen and Violet Large's Nova Scotia home over news the “plain, old country folks” gave away almost $11.2 million. (0)

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Toronto restaurants still waiting for G20 compensation

2010/11/04 12:07:00

Restaurant owners say federal compensation process is so bureaucratic that many have abandoned their requests. (0)

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As Indonesian volcano spews, worst may be yet to come

2010/11/04 09:35:00

Towering clouds of hot ash gushed from the mouth of Indonesia’s deadly volcano Thursday, forcing motorists in cities 30 kilometres away to use their...

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YouTube video points police in Mexico to mass grave

2010/11/04 08:27:00

A new feature in Mexico’s drug violence are videos like the one that has led police to 18 bodies believed to be a tourist group kidnapped in Acapulco a month ago.

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Campbell says he lacked support of public, not party

2010/11/04 13:15:00

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell says he feels he has the support of his party and his caucus but will step down because his plummeting popularity with voters is overshadowing the real issues facing the province.

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New eye implants for the blind restore some sight

2010/11/04 13:22:00

By embedding a transmitter in the bone behind the ear and a microchip directly behind the retina, scientists have restored sight to some.

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Ottawa school survey to ask students about sexual orientation

2010/11/04 10:32:00

A survey by the Ottawa-Carleton Public School Board will ask Grade 7 to 12 students about their sexual orientation.

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Defeated Bussin biggest spender on city council

2010/11/04 11:20:00

Defeated Councillor Sandra Bussin is council’s biggest office spender while mayor-elect Rob Ford is, always, the stingiest. (43)

Microsoft’s Kinect debuts today, and it's a game changer

Microsoft has a new and immersive gadget up its sleeve aimed at Xbox 360 players. The Star's Raju Mudhar reviews the new Kinect. Video by Randy Risling.

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With Thursday’s launch of Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral for the Xbox 360, the videogame motion controller wars are fully under way now that all three major console players are in the game. Like any arms

Montreal - Arson guts deli import plant in Montreal

It took firefighters a little more than two hours to put out the fire which was deliberately set. (CBC)
A fire has heavily damaged a deli import business in Montreal's Saint-Leonard district.
Berchicci Importing Ltd., which bills itself as the 'Italian Specialty Market' on its website, sells a wide selection of cheese, deli meats and sweets.

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• MJ gets his own Cirque Du Soleil show - 'The Immortal World Tour'

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• Ottawa set to introduce bill against online sex ads

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• BHP says it will keep talking to Ottawa after PotashCorp takeover blocked

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• Arson guts deli import plant in Montreal

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  A fire has heavily damaged a deli import business in Montreal's Saint-Leonard district. Berchicci Importing Ltd., which bills itself as the 'Italian Specialty Market' on its website, sells a wide sel...

• Ottawa rejects Potash takeover by Australian mining giant

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  PotashCorp mill general superintendent Trevor Berg holds a handful of chicklet potash at a potash holding centre at the Cory mine facilities near Saskatoon, August 19, 2010. BHP Billiton is focusing o...

• Garbage collection cut on Montreal's eastern tip

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  People living at the eastern tip of the island of Montreal will have only one garbage collection per week beginning in January. The borough of Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles wants to encour...

• Et tu, Ontario? Cesar's pooch not welcome in province for Ottawa show

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• Ottawa rejects takeover by BHP Billiton

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  The federal government says BHP Billiton’s $38.6-billion U.S. bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. does not represent a net benefit to Canada.The decision was announced Wednesday afternoon in O...

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• Ottawa critic leaves estate to music society

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  A renowned Ottawa music critic has left most of his estate to the city's chamber music society. Jacob Siskind, who died in September at the age of 82, was a well-regarded critic who began his career ...

• Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson show set for Saskatoon

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Obama, Republicans prepare for joint assault on American workers

In back-to-back press conferences Wednesday, the day after sweeping Republican gains in the 2010 midterm election, victorious Republican Party leaders and Democratic President Barack Obama took their first tentative steps towards an open political partnership directed against the American working class. The man who will become speaker of house in January, Ohio Republican Congressman John Boehner, made an appearance on Capitol Hill, flanked by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi, chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

YEARS OF DECEIT: US OPENLY ACCEPTS BIN LADEN LONG DEAD

Conservative commentator, former Marine Colonel Bob Pappas has been saying for years that bin Laden died at Tora Bora and that Senator Kerry’s claim that bin Laden escaped with Bush help was a lie. Now we know that Pappas was correct. The embarrassment of having Secretary of State Clinton talk about bin Laden in Pakistan was horrific. He has been dead since December 13, 2001 and now, finally, everyone, Obama, McChrystal, Cheney, everyone who isn’t nuts is finally saying what they have known for years.

Gridlock is Good America the Clueless

The American people have spoken, but it’s impossible to decode their incoherent message. Drunk with their capture of the House of Representatives, the Republicans thunder that the verdict of ballot boxes from Maine to Hawai’i is clarion-clear: the ultimate evil in America is government, specifically government as led by President Barack Obama. But when exit pollsters questioned voters on their way to those same ballot boxes, as to who should take the blame for the country’s economic problems, 35 per cent said Wall Street, 30 per cent said Bush and 23 per cent Obama.

Colussus: the giant Gazan prison

Gaza "the giant open prison" are not the words of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president. Nor were they scripted by Hamas' Khaled Mishaal or Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas. They belong to David Cameron, the young and charismatic British prime minister. Since the imposition of the Gaza blockade nearly four years ago, no single European leader has voiced moral outrage over the sanctions with such alacrity, simplicity and forcefulness. His words have reverberated widely in Gaza as well as elsewhere in the Arab world.

A FEAR MONGER AND A WAR MONGER

Despite your claims and twisting of the truth, Mr. Murdoch, the threats faced today are not “part of an ongoing war against the Jews.” The threat is the fear mongering which supports your war mongering.

One Democratic State Is The Way Forward - Video Gilad Atzmon

"Building on the Madrid, Boston, and Haifa conferences, a select group of activists from a variety of backgrounds convened last weekend in Dallas, Texas in order to implement an international project - to pass a declaration which professes the need for creating a single democratic state in what is now occupied Palestine....

BBC News - James Cameron: 3D conversion best for classic films

By Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent,
BBC News James Cameron is working on two Avatar sequels
James Cameron has taken a swipe at studios who add 3D to films in post-production, saying that 3D retro-fitting should only be used for classic movies like Jaws or ET.
The Avatar director said it had been a ..

American Ballet Theatre performs in Cuba

The US and Cuba are searching for common ground through culture
The American Ballet Theatre has staged its first performance in Cuba for 50 years, in a mark of cultural diplomacy between the two countries.
The dancers staged a tribute to 89-year-old Cuban ballet star Alicia Alonso, the company's lead dancer in the 1940s and 50s.
They stopped visiting Cuba when relations soured between the two countries after the 1959 revolution.
The communist country has welcomed a number of US

Conductor Rudolf Barshai dies aged 86

Rudolf Barshai studied at the Moscow Conservatory
Russian-born conductor Rudolf Barshai, who was a contemporary of composers Shostakovich and Prokofiev, has died at his home in Switzerland aged 86.
He had been in ill health for some time but continued to work until the final days of his life, his agent said.
Barshai studied composition with Dmitri Shostakovich and later recorded a complete cycle of his symphonies.
He left his homeland in 1975 after Shostakovich's death and went on to conduct in London, Paris and Berlin.

BBC apologises over Band Aid money reports

The BBC has apologised over reports claiming millions of pounds raised by Band Aid was used to buy arms.

In March, World Service's Assignment said cash raised by charities to help Ethiopia had been diverted by rebels.
The BBC has admitted that Assignment gave the impression that Band Aid and Live Aid money had been diverted despite

Probe sweeps past 'space peanut'

By Jonathan Amos,Science correspondent, BBC News
The first pictures to show good detail of the nucleus were taken by the medium resolution camera
Nasa's Deep Impact probe has flown by Comet Hartley 2.
The first pictures revealed a roughly 1.5km-long, peanut-shaped object with jets of gas streaming from its surface.

Electric current to the brain 'boosts maths ability'

Applying a tiny electrical current to the brain could make you better at learning maths, according to Oxford University scientists.

They found that targeting a part of the brain called the parietal lobe improved the ability of volunteers to solve numerical problems.

FTSE hits two-year high on US Fed move

US markets closed higher after the Fed's announcement

The FTSE 100 has hit a two-year high as global stock markets react positively to the decision by the Federal Reserve to pump $600bn (£373bn) into the US economy to try to boost its recovery.

The FTSE gained 109 points, or 1.9%, to 5,858, while leading indexes in the US, France and Germany rose .

Fiddler on the Roof composer Jerry Bock dies

Jerry Bock (right), pictured with songwriting partner Sheldon Harnick in 2004, was 81
Jerry Bock, who composed the scores for some of Broadway's most successful musicals including Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!, has died.Composed with lyricist Sheldon Harnick, Fiorello! earned three Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize after opening in 1959.

  [TEVYE]
"Dear God, you made many, many poor people.
I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor.
But it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,
Right in the middle of the town.
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.
There would be one long staircase just going up,
And one even longer coming down,
And one more leading nowhere, just for show.

I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear.
(Insert)Squawking just as noisily as they can. (End Insert)
With each loud "cheep" "swaqwk" "honk" "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

I see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double-chin.
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Screaming at the servants, day and night.

The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Solomon the Wise.
"If you please, Reb Tevye..."
"Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
Posing problems that would cross a rabbi's eyes!

And it won't make one bit of difference if i answer right or wrong.
When you're rich, they think you really know!

If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack
To sit in the synagogue and pray.
And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.
And I'd discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.

If I were a rich man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

Lord who mad the lion and the lamb,
You decreed I should be what I am.
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan?
If I were a wealthy man.

Burma hit by massive net attack ahead of election

Huge amounts of traffic easily overwhelmed Burma's links to the net

An ongoing computer attack has knocked Burma off the internet, just days ahead of its first election in 20 years. The attack started in late October but has grown in the last few days to overwhelm the nation's link to the net, said security firm Arbor Networks.

A perfect day in Toronto

Detail of sculptures outside the Hockey Hall of Fame (Corey Wise/LPI).

Facing off against New York State, far across the slate-grey waters of Lake Ontario, Toronto walks the line between American cultural osmosis and staunch Canadian independence. Masters of this balancing act, Torontonians shift between both worlds with verve,

Yemen parcel bomb 'was 17 minutes from exploding'

One of the two parcel bombs intercepted last week after being sent from Yemen was defused 17 minutes before it was due to explode, France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux has said.

Mr Hortefeux was speaking to France-2 television but did not reveal his source for the information.
The two bombs were being sent via air freight to the US but intercepted in Dubai ...

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