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Sep 23, 2011

CANADA News, Sep 23, 2011


Canada needs a more realistic public health approach to cannabis, study finds
Winnipeg Free Press
A new study says Canada needs a more realistic and open-minded public health approach to cannabis use. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Sean Kilpatrick TORONTO - Canada's existing public health approach to cannabis use is unrealistic and should be adjusted to ...
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Wambach scores both goals in 3-0 victory over Canada in friendly
Washington Post
The veteran on the US women's national team scored two goals in a 3-0 victory over Canada in a friendly at Jeld-Wen Field on Thursday night. ( no / Associated Press ) - A fan cheers during the first half of an international friendly soccer match ...
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Canada not a pirate haven after all, software group says
ITBusiness.ca
Despite characterizing piracy as a serious problem in Canada, the Business Software Alliance has released a report showing the situation here is good compared to other countries. The Business Software Alliance, anti-software piracy group has long ...
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Flaherty demands Europe find financial footing
Montreal Gazette
But as Canada delivered a dose of financial advice to European countries, opposition parties at home attacked the Harper government for ignoring obvious economic troubles on its own turf. Flaherty's calls for fiscal prudence came the same day he headed ...
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Canada at a Glance: AM
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
WINNIPEG, MB, Sept 22, 2011 (CNS Canada), Sep 22, 2011 (Commodity News Service Canada, Inc. via COMTEX) -- The following is a quick glimpse of the news making the headlines in Canada. MONTREAL - A Montreal-based consumer group has filed complaints with ...
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Writers' Union of Canada issues digital “Bill of Rights”
National Post (blog)
On Thursday, the Writers' Union of Canada released “A Writer's Bill of Rights for the Digital Age.” The 12-point document addresses concerns and challenges writers face due to the changing publishing landscape, as the industry transitions from a ...
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Crisis ties UK to Canada
National Post
Canada's Prime Minister was equally effusive in his praise for his fellow conservative. "I can safely say, that where it matters most, your thinking parallels that of our own government," Mr. Harper said in his introduction in the House of Commons. ...
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Family wrongly deported returns to Canada
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA— An Albanian family that was deported more than two years ago was set to return toCanada on Thursday after a federal court ruling allowed them back in the country. Supporters of the family and community members from Etobicoke, Ont., ...
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Keystone pipeline proposal pumps out more controversy
Montreal Gazette
By MIKE DE SOUZA, Postmedia News September 23, 2011 12:00 AM A major pipeline expansion project in the US drew new criticism Thursday over potential job losses in Canada, threats to endangered species, and an emerging lobbying controversy. ...
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Royal Bank Of Canada Stock Hits New 52-Week Low (RY)
TheStreet.com
By TheStreet Wire 09/22/11 - 10:01 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Royal Bank of Canada(NYSE:RY) hit a new 52-week low Thursday as it is currently trading at $44.46, below its previous 52-week low of $46 with 156662 shares traded as of 9:36 am ET. ...
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Canada joins anti-terrorism group
Regina Leader-Post
By Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News September 22, 2011 11:00 PM The Canadian government was expected to announce Thursday Canada's membership in a new international organization dedicated to fighting terrorism. The new group will become "a ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits lowest since July, 2010 on recession fear
Reuters
Financials tumbled 2.3 percent, led by Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO), down 2.6 percent at C$45.36. Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO) was down 2.4 percent at C$70.49. In the past two sessions the TSX has fallen more than 5 percent. ...
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Retail sales fall after three-month advance
Montreal Gazette
Canadian retail sales fell more than expected in July, with vehicle and autoparts dealers accounting for most of the decline, Statistics Canada said Thursday. The federal agency said sales were down 0.6 per cent to $37.5 billion in during the month, ...
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ hits weakest since Oct 2010 in global slump
Reuters
Canada's economy has generally been a bright spot amid global woes, helping to keep the currency above parity with the greenback for most of 2011. But analysts said it cannot outperform if its largest trading partner, the United States, ...
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Air Canada chief hails labour pact
Montreal Gazette
By FRANÇOIS SHALOM, The Gazette September 23, 2011 12:00 AM Air Canada's Calin Rovinescu says the best labour agreements are those negotiated directly by the two parties involved. AirCanada president Calin Rovinescu said Thursday he is "pleased and ...
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Challenges the world over
The Chronicle Journal
Dr. Richard Heinzl, founder of Doctors Without Borders Canada, addressed a Thunder Bay audience on Thursday. (Sandi Krasowski) Go out and make a difference in the world, any way you can. That is the message Doctor Without Borders Canada founder Dr. ...
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Conservation Groups: Canada's Tar Sands Extraction Violates International ...
eNews Park Forest
Petition asks US Interior Dept. to investigate Canada's failure to protect threatened caribou and migratory birds eNews Park Forest is an independently owned and operated electronic publication and has no affiliation whatsoever with the governing ...
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Canada moving away from ally on climate change action: Report
Montreal Gazette
By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News September 22, 2011 Canada is drifting away from the climate change policies of one of its closest allies on the international stage because of an approach defined by "uncertainty and lack of commitment," says a new ...
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Defence minister under fire from Opposition over chopper ride
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
As such, Minister MacKay cut his personal trip Canada against the Taliban. Our search and rescue technicians did a fantastic job demonstrating their capabilities to Minister MacKay. lives, respond to 8000 incidents and assist 20000 people every year. ...
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Lawyers lobby to keep Bush out of Surrey
CTV.ca
Lawyers Against the War – which has members in countries around the world including Canada, Denmark and the United States – said Bush should be tried for crimes against prisoners in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and other offshore prisons. ...
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Removal of Second Person from the CBSA "Wanted" List for Serious Criminality
MarketWatch (press release)
Since this announcement, five individuals have been apprehended or located, and, as of today, two have been removed from Canada. Members of the public are reminded that they should not take action to apprehend the individuals listed on the CBSA Web ...
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Tiny Porter beats out Air Canada for Toronto slots
Reuters Canada
By Nicole Mordant (Reuters) - Short-haul carrier Porter Airlines has won another 16 takeoff and landing slots at Toronto's small downtown airport, beating out a rival application from Air Canada(ACb.TO: Quote), the country's biggest airline. ...
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Monsieur Lazhar is Canada's submission for foreign-film Oscar
National Post (blog)
By Katherine Monk The story of an Arab man trying to find acceptance as a substitute teacher in Quebec will be Canada's entry for Oscar consideration this year. Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar was officially named Canada's choice by the ...
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Canada, US must have similar policies on carbon, diplomat says
Vancouver Sun
By Sheila Pratt, Postmedia News September 22, 2011 EDMONTON — Finding a way to limit carbon emissions will be a major issue for Canada-US relations, and the two countries can't be too far apart in their policies, says US Ambassador David Jacobson. ...
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Don't borrow the helicopter
National Post
Two of Canada's top military officials have been drawing (figurative) fire this week over allegations that they inappropriately used official aircraft for personal purposes. First, Canada's top soldier, Chief of the Defence Staff General Walter ...
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Canada's most decorated war hero gets monument 81 years after his death
Winnipeg Free Press
(PAT HEWITT / THE CANADIAN PRESS) TORONTO - A bugler sounded "The Last Post" and two vintage planes and a CF-18 fighter flew overhead as a monument was dedicated to Canada's most decorated war hero Thursday. Hundreds of people gathered at a cemetery in ...
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Canada trips help keep skills sharp: Murdoch
StarPhoenix
He says he's made an annual curling trek to Canada every year since 1996, and there's a reason for that. "It's purely the depth of the fields," said Murdoch, who won the world men's curling title in both 2006 and 2009. "Everyone in Europe says when you ...
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Canada Pension Board, GGP Join for Two Malls
GlobeSt.com
LOUIS-General Growth Properties Inc. and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board agreed to partner to buy the 482000-square-foot Plaza Frontenac here, with GGP taking a 55% interest. The pension board has also agreed to take a 26% interest in GGP's ...
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American tax hunt haunting Victorians
Victoria Times Colonist
The woman said she files annual tax returns in Canada. She is in the process of gathering the required six years of financial records to submit to the IRS. Her accountant fees alone are expected to be about $1300. "I'm hoping for the best. ...
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Bunge expands Canadian canola capacity
Stock and Land
BUNGE North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, has announced plans to increase the capacity at a second of its four canola processing plants in Western Canada, the facility in Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta. ...
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Canada, Saudi Arabia clash over 'ethical' oil television ad
Platts
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said in a statement Thursday he will ask Saudi officials inCanada to explain their attempts to "stifle free speech" by threatening legal action against EthicalOil.org and broadcasters. The House of Commons foreign ...
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Canada News Centre - Government of Canada and The W. Garfield ...
Government of Canada and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Help Students Become Ecosystem Investigators.
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RaceTimeRadio.com – Your Network Choice for Canadian Auto ...
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RaceTimeRadio.com – Your Network Choice for Canadian Auto Racing News. September 22, 2011 thefinallap Leave a comment Go to comments. This week Joe from RaceTimeRadio contacted me to see if we could let each of our audiences ...
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One of Canada's 'most wanted' arrives in Guyana : Kaieteur News
By KNews
One of Canada's 'most wanted' arrives in Guyana. September 23, 2011 | By KNews | Filed UnderNews. “All people with a history of violence are of interest to the police”- Crime Chief Persaud. A Guyanese man who was considered one of ...
Kaieteur News
2 Pinoys named Asian Heroes in Canada | U.S. News Las Vegas
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By Marieton Pacheco, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau and U.S. News Agency / Asian. A Filipino entrepreneur and a Filipino-Canadian nurse were among the 6 awardees of the 2nd Asian Heroes award in Canada. Felicisimo Gorospe ...
U.S. News Las Vegas
British PM praises Canada on economy, Libya | Canada | News ...
Canada is positioned to help lead the way as the global economy teeters on the brink, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday.
London Free Press
Pakistan News Watch - Cameron in Canada for security, economic ...
OTTAWA: British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Ottawa on Thursday and called for a united front and swift action with Canada to tackle the debt crisis which is sapping confidence in the global economy.
Pakistan News Watch
Canada's most decorated war hero gets memorial | Ontario | News ...
Canada's most decorated war hero now will never be forgotten.
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How CTV and a law firm just undermined Canadian ... - Beacon News
By Beacon News
In her 2010 essay on the recent decline of press freedom, Washington Post​ columnist Anne Applebaum chronicled how the media and business world responded to the Soviet Union and its client states during the Cold War​. She then ...
Beacon News
Canada's Governor General to visit Victoria
... teams in WHL. Follow TC sports on Twitter for news local games, scores, athletes ..... Canada'a Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon will make their first official visit to B.C. next week, arriving first in Victoria. The three-day ...
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Canada-U.S. border initiative would have allowed U.S. police to ...
By Council-of-Canadians
According to news reports this week, Public Safety Canada and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are close to finalizing an agreement that would create a legal framework for cross-designated law enforcement teams to operate on a ...
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Enviornmental Science News - » Fulbright Canada Blog » Blog ...
By Google Alerts - environmental science
All proposals are evaluated by a committee composed of the Fulbright Canada CEO, two program officers, and one Fulbright alumnus with experience in the field of environmental science. The deadline for applications is November 15, 2011. ...
Enviornmental Science News
Niagara Falls says thanks to Canada Day volunteers | Bullet News ...
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The Falls Manor Resort & Restaurant in Niagara Falls hosted and sponsored a inner to thank all theCanada Day volunteers. Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati dropped in to say hello and give thanks to all the volunteers and also thank the Falls ...
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Oil Unions: Cut Keystone Pipeline | Canada | News | Winnipeg Sun
Alberta's oil industry union bosses want the Keystone XL Pipeline axed.
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Slaw Site News – 2011-09-22 — Slaw
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Site news for those who read Slaw only via RSS or email. 1. Comment Watch: In the last ... Canada(Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) 2011 FC 814 [Prisons]; Alberta Teachers' Association v. Information and Privacy ...
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Canada: Go Shark Fin-Free! PLEASE SIGN ...
By Simone D.
Shark populations around the globe are plummeting at an alarming rate, largely due to the fin trade. Today, you can help make a difference by supporting legislation to ban the possession, sale and consumption of shark fins in all Canadian ...
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Canada boycotts, U.S. walks out of Ahmadinejad speech at UN
The United States led a mass walkout of the UN General Assembly on Thursday when Iran's President Mahmoud.
Calgary Herald - News
RaceTimeRadio.com ? Your Network Choice for Canadian Auto ...
Your Network Choice for Canadian Auto Racing News. Posted on September 23, 2011 by. This week Joe from RaceTimeRadio contacted me to see if we could let each of our audiences know about each other. Seeing as The Final Lap radio ...
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Natynczyk defends Challenger use - Canada - CBC News
Canada's chief of defence staff said he respects taxpayers' money when he travels and will reimburse the government for flights if advised to by the Prime ...
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**Canada News** The hotels.com Biannual Hotel Price Index ...
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OCEANIA News, Aug 23, 2011


Oceania Regatta inaugural Sydney sailing
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
Sydney will welcome Oceania Cruises' Regatta, for her inaugural Australian sailings in February and March 2012. Passengers will have the chance to experience ports in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific as part of the 'Coral Seas and ...
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Relegated India get bye for Asia/Oceania competition
Times of India
PTI | Sep 22, 2011, 08.42PM IST NEW DELHI: India have got a bye in the first round of next year's Asia/Oceania Group I competition in the Davis Cup tournament. The draw for the 2012 season was made in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday. ...
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Black Sticks men in Olympics
Stuff.co.nz
OLYMPICS: The Black Sticks men's hockey team automatically qualified for the London Olympics after the withdrawal of Fiji from the Oceania Cup in Hobart next month. The Black Sticks men's hockey team automatically qualified for the London Olympics ...
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Over 400 Greeks Take Part in Oceania Pan-Hellenic Sports Games
Greek Reporter
This yearʼs Games in Darwin -organized by the Greek Orthodox Community of Northern Australia and local Hellenic Associations, with the generous support of the Northern Territory Government, local businesses and SAE Oceania- are expected to be greater ...
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Find Them All: looking for animals - Universal iOS game for children
iPad News Tracker
Paris, France – Entirely spoken, available in French, English and Spanish, the game comprises levels, each of which depicts a different environment (Farm, Africa, Oceania, etc.). The very youngest will learn quickly to identify the animals (name, call, ...
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Silver Peak backs open WAN optimisation technology to solve bandwidth problems
CFO World
By Wayne Neich, Regional Director Oceania, Silver Peak Systems The growing adoption of virtualisation, cloud services, and distributed applications represents a common theme and a common challenge: each relies on the wide area network (WAN). ...
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NOCSI Called to Resolve Theft Issues
Solomon Times Online
The National Olympic Solomon Islands (NOCSI) is facing possible suspension from the OceaniaNational Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee should the outstanding theft of NOCSI office items at Multi-purpose Hall remain unsolved. ...
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Samsung picks Singapore to lead innovation charge
Channel News Asia
Gregory Lee, CEO and President (Southeast Asia and Oceania) at Samsung, said: "It doesn't mean that it is immune to the global slowdown. But as we're enjoying excellent growth in the region, and we feel like we've established good organisations and ...
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Galway gets set for Culture Night
Galway News
The action is set in a dystopian world redolent of Orwell's Oceania, the cold war communist states, or Nazi Germany; yet is still recognisably Ireland. Those who do not 'fit in' with the regime's ideals are 'disappeared'. However, as long as there are ...
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Two more Officials off to Olympics makes five
Badminton Oceania
Two Oceania line judges were officially invited to officiate at the 2012 London Olympics yesterday. Gail Davison (Australia) and Greg Pitcher (New Zealand). They both now join Referee, Jane Wheatley (Australia) and Umpires Richard Bramley (NZ) and ...
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Badminton Oceania
Out of Africa onward to Wallacea
Discover Magazine (blog)
However, only a sparse sampling of populations from Southeast Asia and Oceaniawere analyzed. Here, we quantify Denisova admixture in 33 additional populations from Asia and Oceania. Aboriginal Australians, Near Oceanians, Polynesians, Fijians, ...
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Malone's rise continues as Aussies shine
The Canberra Times
The three-match Oceania series will be completed with matches today at 5pm and tomorrow at 7pm at the AIS, with the series winner securing a spot at the 2012 under-17 world championships in Lithuania. In last night's women's match, Australia defeated ...
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More than 5000 Cruise Ship passengers visit Almeria Port
Euro Weekly News
The Adonia, with 710 passengers was in the city on Tuesday and the Oceania, with 2000, arrived on Wednesday. Port Authorities report that many of these ships remain in the port for at least 10 hours, allowing passengers to carry out trips to Mojacar, ...
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Naza rolls out 150000th vehicle
The Sun Daily
Today, the cars produced at NAM are on the streets of Bangkok and Jakarta and soon we will export them to countries in Africa and Oceania." SM Nasarudin said NAM has produced 18 models at the plant since its commencement — the Ria, Citra, Sorento,...
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The Sun Daily
Fibria Celulose Stock Hits New 52-Week Low (FBR)
TheStreet.com
Fibria Celulose SA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of pulp and paper products in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and Africa. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.8, ...
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Major League ambition for young baseball player
TVNZ
Australian national coach Jon Deeble spotted Bishop while wearing his other hat as the Pacific Rim scout for the Red Sox as the teenager was mucking around with friends watching the Oceaniaunder-16 baseball championships in Auckland. ...
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Aboriginal genome rewrites human dispersal story
Cosmos
She continued: "The study also adds to the story of human arrivals in Asia, important to the whole region of Oceania." Van Holst Pellekaan also commended the authors for engaging with representatives from the community in question to publish this ...
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Diocese limits Communion under both kinds, laments excessive extraordinary ...
Catholic Culture
“From 1975 on, the United States, United Kingdom and Oceania were given experimental privileges for the distribution of Holy Communion under both kinds. These privileges expired in 2005 and were not renewed by the Holy See. The new norms issued in June ...
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Aborigines have Siberian ancestor, finger bone study shows
NEWS.com.au
Denisovans migrated to South-East Asia and Oceania in the first wave. Later migrants have relatives in East Asia, who are now the present population of South-East Asia. Max Planck Institute professor Mark Stoneking, a senior author of the paper, ...
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Cycling safety enforced by champion medallist
Warren Advocate
Her career medal haul so far includes 40 state, 15 Australian, seven world, two Commonwealth Games as well as Oceania medals. After that Megan suffered a nightmare of injuries and illness including a twice-broken wrist and glandular fever. ...
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Man who stole $12000 from club sentenced
Southland Times
Oceania Mataiti, 23, was convicted and discharged for breaching community work on July 8. Billie Shantelle Stevens-Webb, 21, had a sentence of community work cancelled and two months community detention imposed for breaching community work on January ...
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Papuni primed for world champs
The Press
He will have to win the New Zealand light-heavyweight championship at the national championships two weeks after he returns home. That will qualify him for the Oceaniachampionships next year which he will have to win to get to London. Reece Papuni.
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Zimbabwe: Kimberley Process Shifts Goalposts On the Country Visit
AllAfrica.com
The KP plans to reconstitute its delegation to include three experts from participating countries in Africa, one expert from a participant in Asia and Oceania, one expert from a participant in Europe and the Americas, one observer representing the ...
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WORLDS 2013 – Macau, Copenhagen and Guangzhou
Badzine
The host of the Sudirman Cup in 2013 will also be decided on that same date of December 9th in Queestown, New Zealand. Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne are the two bidders for this competition, which could make it a historical first stop in Oceania.
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Caribbean Games delegates arrive
Gold Coast Bulletin News
So far the city has hosted delegates from Europe, Oceania and Africa. The Gold Coast will find out on November 11 if they have won against Hambantota in Sri Lanka the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Next week a handful of executives on the ...
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Gold Coast Bulletin News
World Cup is entertaining, but predictable
Stuff.co.nz
... volleyball, handball, even waterpolo, etc., has. therefore, money is not invested in rugby like it is here and that's why teams don't improve. it is a minority activity outside of oceania (exclusive of england and perhaps france). so to conclude, ...
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Uncertainty creeps into global steel sector
Commodities Now Online
Most regions are still seeing positive year-on-year growth rates with the exception of Africa andOceania. Political turmoil in North Africa has fed through to reduced steel production since the start of the second quarter. ...
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10:14 Upswing around the world - the Italian plastics and rubber processing ...
Packaging Europe
A comparable decline appears in sales to the African continent, as also towards the marginal region of Australia/Oceania. Looking now at the ranking of individual destination countries, in the top places we find, first of all, Germany (with an ...
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Spain to face Kazakhstan, Argentina get Germany in Davis Cup 2012 Draw
TheSportsCampus.com
India had a lacklustre outing against Japan in the World Group playoff where they lost 4-1 in Tokyo, and have received a first round bye in the Asia/Oceania Group I. They will now await the winner of the contest between New Zealand and Uzbekistan in ...
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Health-The Diabetes Watch
Mareeg
The number could be 370 in Oceania and least rapidly in East Asia. Globally, the type 2 diabetes epidemic has been growing in lockstep with rising obesity levels. are the direct causes of type 2 (as opposed to type 1) diabetes. ...
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