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CANADA News, Sep 26, 2011


Canada's women fall to Brazil at Olympic qualifying tournament
Toronto Star
By Doug Smith Sports Reporter The FIBA Americas Olympic basketball qualification event was always going to come down to one game for Canada's national women's team. And now they have an idea of what that game might look like. Canada suffered a 56-39 ...
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Diesel vehicles coming to Canada in a big way
CTV.ca
Diesels account for just 2.9 per cent of all the passenger vehicles on the road inCanada. Gasoline? It fuels 92.7 per cent of what's being driven by Canadians. And for the record, gasoline-electric hybrids account for a paltry 0.3 per cent, ...
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Canada misses out on World Cup by one stroke
Vancouver Sun
Adam Hadwin of Canada hits a tee shot on the sixth hole during the final round of the Canadian Open at the Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club on July 24, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. CARACAS, Venezuela — Canadians Adam Hadwin and Roger Sloan finished one ...
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Harper touts Canada's economy on US TV
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in a US interview broadcast Sunday, said while he is worried about slowing economic growth, Canada remains a bright spot among industrialized nations. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said another ...
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Canada seeks crowd support in key match
Montreal Gazette
Canada's Adam Kleeberger passes during Rugby World Cup Group A match between Tonga andCanada on Sept. 14. It may be the other side of the world, but Canada is hoping to have home-field advantage against Japan at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. ...
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In an economic storm, few places to hide
Globe and Mail
Economists and policy makers say they still see modest growth, globally and inCanada, not a new slump. But most analysts agree that if the US and the rest of the world fall into recession because Europe is unable to prevent a banking meltdown, ...
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Globe and Mail
State Dept. hears from Kan., Texas residents on pipeline critics say would ...
Washington Post
State Department officials could get an earful from critics in two states Monday over the agency's report concluding there are unlikely to be any serious environmental problems with a proposed oil pipeline stretching from Canada to the Texas coast. ...
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Resolved Air Canada Strike Still Leaves Questions Unanswered
Arbitrage Magazine
After weeks of anxiety among airline officials and would-be travelers, Air Canada reached a tentative contract deal with the airline's 6800 flight attendants on Tuesday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) issued a strike notice September 16 ...
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Canada paid ransom to free diplomats: WikiLeaks
Vancouver Sun
A newly leaked US diplomatic cable accuses Canada of paying ransom to free hostages and thereby putting other countries' citizens at risk of abduction. The cable from the US embassy in Mali, written in February 2010 and recently released by WikiLeaks, ...
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Environmentalists bring American-style protest to Parliament Hill
CanadianBusiness.com
After the high-profile arrest of celebrities and about a thousand activists in Washington last month for their attempts to stop approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, Greenpeace and other groups hope to gain similar notoriety in Canada with a civil ...
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Dimon in attack on Canada's bank chief
Financial Times
By Tom Braithwaite in Washington Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase launched a tirade at Mark Carney, Bank of Canada governor, in a closed-door meeting in front of more than two dozen bankers and finance officials, underscoring mounting tensions between...
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Financial Times
Itchy feet a "harsh reality" - All Black Williams
Los Angeles Times
Williams, a member of the 2003 and 2007 World Cup squads, said the All Blacks had not begun to look ahead to any potential quarter-final opponents -- at this stage likely to be Argentina -- as they still had to play Canada in their final Pool A clash ...
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'It'll be pretty special'
Ottawa Citizen
"Hello, Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland." Hewitt could use that up until 1949 when Newfoundland, formerly a British colony, joined Canada. Today, from the broadcast booth that's named for him at Mile One Centre here, ...
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Carney Speech to the Institute of International Finance (Text)
Bloomberg
By Greg Quinn - Sun Sep 25 12:19:26 GMT 2011 Following is the text of Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney's speech in Washington to the Institute of International Finance. The document was released today in Ottawa. Several footnotes have been removed. ...
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An Oil Ad Vexes the Saudis
New York Times
By IAN AUSTEN OTTAWA — Environmental concerns over Canada's oil sands have driven a debate over the process that has lasted for years. Now, some in Canada are trying to change the conversation. An image from a commercial produced by the Ethical Oil ...
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Canadian envoy preparing for her return to Libya
Toronto Star
Canada's ambassador to Libya, Sandra McCardell, left the country on Feb. 26. She will return to her post in Libya shortly. In one of her first interviews, McCardell spoke with the Star's Laura Stone. Here is an edited version of the transcript: Q: I ...
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National Film Board of Canada and ATEME Partner for Multi-Screen
MarketWatch (press release)
MONTREAL, Sep 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The National Film Board of Canada, Canada'stwelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor, and ATEME, a world leading provider of video compression solutions, have announced a ...
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Canada: First Nissan Leaf delivered
INAUTONEWS
Ricardo Borba of Ottawa was the first person in Canada to place an order and received his car last Friday. Ricardo Borba, a 44-year old Ottawa resident was handed the keys to his shiny new 2011 LEAF SL by the President of Nissan Canada, Allan Childs. ...
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Canada's asbestos industry strikes back at critics in high-stakes PR battle
Globe and Mail
Baljit Chadha is fighting back this week after Canada's asbestos sector has absorbed a public-relations pummelling, both here and abroad, in recent months. The public-relations battle comes at a critical time. The Quebec government is considering ...
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Globe and Mail
Democratic reform minister stands fast against pressure from Quebec, West
Montreal Gazette
Uppal, who was born in New Westminster, BC but moved with his family to Edmonton as a child, said long-promised and increasingly controversial legislation to give Canada's fast-growing provinces more seats will be tabled later this autumn. ...
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Political pollsters feel heat: Should've seen it coming?
Toronto Star
OTTAWA—For a half-century in Canada, pollsters have been turning the art of partisan politics into a science — of sorts. But at a time when all kinds of science appear vulnerable to skepticism and challenge — climate science, medical science, ...
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Intact Financial Corporation to sell AXA Canada's Life Insurance Business to ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
26, 2011 /CNW/ - Intact Financial Corporation (TSX: IFC) today announced that it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to sell AXA Canada's life insurance business ("AXA Life Insurance") to SSQ, Life Insurance Company Inc. with the ...
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Global Voices: Dadaab refugee's dreams lead her to Canada
Toronto Star
Her third trip was to Nairobi's airport, bound for a small technical school in Canada. Fatumo's childhood was contained in the world's largest refugee camp; a place we worry carries a stigma for harbouring victims who await handouts. ...
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US hunting dollars of citizens in Canada
Hamilton Spectator
TORONTO Dave, a bewildered American living in Canada, turns to an anonymous forum to ask whether — even though he has “nothing more to do with the United States of America other than my citizenship” — he should be filing taxes to Uncle Sam. ...
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Canada's cities must have the tools to thrive
Montreal Gazette
Canada's biggest cities hoped that they would be at the top of the list of Ottawa's priorities when Parliament resumed sitting last week. But they had to take a number, like any other interest group. The Conservative government launched its first ...
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Canada stands tall on world stage
Toronto Sun
Amid the sound of crashing global markets and the cacophony of United Nations' hypocrisy, Canadastood tall last week on this international stage. And it rose to the occasion on many fronts. With British Prime Minister David Cameron at his side, ...
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Conditional Canadians? Why it makes sense
Edmonton Sun
By Mindelle Jacobs ,Edmonton Sun I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but a Somalia-born man who raped and beat to a pulp a teen girl has won the lucky stay-in-Canada card. A reader wondered in a letter to the editor recently why Abdikarim Mohamed ...
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Canada edges past U.S. in economic freedom survey
Windsor Star
By Eric Lam, Financial Post September 26, 2011 12:00 AM When it comes to economic freedom,Canada has edged ahead of the land of the free, the Fraser Institute says in a report. Canadabumped the United States out of sixth place on the annual freedom ...
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Ex-Bradford on Avon mayor rides home after charity trek
Wiltshire Times
By Craig Jones » Former mayor Isabel Martin-dale is back in Bradford on Avon after cycling acrossCanada on a bike designed and built in the town. She got back last Friday afternoon, after spending just over three months on her cycling tour. ...
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Canada vulnerable to global downturn, Harper warns | News ...
By Mark Kennedy OTTAWA — The Canadian economy's export-driven base is “very vulnerable” to the global economic slowdown, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In an interview broadcast Sunday on U.S. business TV network CNBC, ...
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Opportunity knocks for Canada in Libya | Canada | News | London ...
While French and British businesses head to Libya to seek money-making opportunities, Canada'sambassador to Libya says it's still far from business as usual in the North African country.
London Free Press
Christ Church hosts Primate of Anglican Church of Canada ...
The head of the Anglican Church of Canada was in Chatham Sunday to be part of the 150th anniversary service for Christ Church. Archbishop Fred...
Chatham Daily News
Follow China's Richest Man to Canada's Tar Sands | Peak Oil News ...
By admin
Sinopec of China spent $4.65 billion to buy ConocoPhillips' 9% stake in Syncrude Canada Ltd., the world's biggest oil sands producer. A few months ago, CNOOC spent $2.1 billion to buy the OPTICanada, whose main asset was a 35% ...
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Will Canada protect Trans Rights? - Legal News Directory
By admin
Trans rights: coming to a Jurisdiction near you A newly proposed law, Bill-276 (read text here), aims to protect trans rights. It died in the house this past.
Legal News Directory
University of Calgary students represent Canada at ... - Beacon News
By Kharl Prado
An interdisciplinary group of University of Calgary students is in Washington, D.C. to representCanada in this year's U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition.
Beacon News
Moving Planet Across Canada | Green News | Sustainability News ...
By Richard Matthews
Nearly every province in Canada got involved in Moving Planet. Canadians participated in more than 100 events including a Dene drum circle in Yellowknife, a bike ride in PEI and a massive bicycle march through downtown Vancouver.
Green News | Sustainability News...
Data on voluntary census to be released soon | Canada | News ...
Statistics Canada is expected to reveal preliminary response rates for the new voluntary long-form census this week.
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Secret truth behind Canada's baby market - Ethics & Health Law News
By Sabina Bhate
Secret truth behind Canada's baby market. The National Post- 16 September, 2011. Author: Adrian Humphreys. “Recent cases of unforeseen consequences and the increasing discomfort in some quarters about the ...
Ethics & Health Law News
Applying for a YMV outside of Canada : UK Visas and Immigration
By sftmchn
Aplogies first if this issue has already been addressed. I am a Canadian citizen residing in the Netherlands for the last 4 years. I am considering moving to London on a YMV and when I was back home visiting Canada during the summer I was ...
CanuckAbroad - News
FIBA Americas C'ship Women – Brazil, Canada win big | FIBA.COM
By rss-editor@fiba.com
NEIVA (FIBA Americas Championship) - Brazil, Canada, Cuba and hosts Colombia were convincing winners on the opening day of the FIBA Americas Championship for Women. The side that finishes top of.
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Letter from the Editor: 'Oh Canada' - Food Safety News
By dflynn@foodsafetynews.com (Dan Flynn)
We should, of course, but it would require paying attention to more than the celebrities and the eastern elites who pick the bubble gum that passes as our national news agenda. This means what happens in Canada generally stays there. ...
Food Safety News
B.C. Liquor Store Customers and Staff Make a Difference - Opinion ...
By Opinion 250 - News for Northern and Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada
Opinion250.com is News, Weather and Opinions for Prince George, B.C. and Northern and Central Interior of British Columbia, including Quesnel, Fort St. John, Terrace, Houston, Vanderhoof- Fresh Thinking for the 250 area of BC. ... Earlier this year, over $298000 was collected for the CanadianRed Cross through BC Liquor Stores to assist Japan following the earthquake/tsunami. * In addition, BC Liquor Stores recently participated in Canadian Red Cross relief efforts for Haiti ...
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Canada paid ransom to free diplomats: WikiLeaks
A newly leaked U.S. diplomatic cable accuses Canada of paying ransom to free hostages and thereby putting.
Ottawa Citizen - News
Stream Canada vs Japan Live Rugby World Cup 2011 | WPscoop
By liverugby
Live Canada vs Japan Rugby World Cup 2011 Stream Online Need Canada vs Japan Live Stream? Watch Stream Canada vs Japan Live Rugby World Cup 2011 Schedule Vs: Canada vs Japan Match: Rugby World Cup 2011, Pool A ...
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Ont. wind farm health risks downplayed: documents - Canada - CBC ...
Ontario's Ministry of the Environment is logging hundreds of health complaints over the province's 900 wind turbines but has downplayed the problem, according ...
www.cbc.ca.14feb-youth.com/news/.../wind-turbines.html
Canada regulator tightens mobile, Internet rules - Yahoo! News
Read 'Canada regulator tightens mobile, Internet rules' on Yahoo! News. ( Reuters) - Canadiancompanies that own both television content and the means to ...
news.yahoo.com/canada-regulator-tightens-mobile-internet-rul...
Falling NASA satellite to pass over Canada - One News Page ...
Falling NASA satellite to pass over Canada: Satellite expected to come crashing down between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. EDT... Technology on One News Page on ...
www.onenewspage.com/.../Falling-NASA-satellite-to-pass-ove...
Canada News: NDP Would Do Best Under Mulcair, Poll Finds
The federal New Democrats would get the best election results with Montreal MP Thomas Mulcair at the helm, a new survey suggests. The Angus Reid Public ...
www.huffingtonpost.ca/.../canada-news-ndp-would-do-_n_97...
NDP's ... - Canada News, Commentary, Analysis, Blogs | The Mark
Canada News from the 1000 Canadians whose decisions become news.
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Tax-News.com | Global Tax News | Canada News - Business ...
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington. Thursday, September 22, 2011. Canada is not a tax haven, the country's Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty, has said, ...
www.tax-news.com/jurisdictions/Canada_CAN.html

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OCEANIA News, Sep 26, 2011


NOCSI suspended
Solomon Star
The National Olympic Committee of the Solomon Islands (NOCSI) has been suspended for theOceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC). This was confirmed by an email from the ONOC Executive Director Dennis Miller cited by the Star Sports on Friday. ...
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Focus on fine food and wine
The West Australian
Oceania Cruises has announced that the newest addition to its fleet, the Marina, will be heading to Australia in 2013 and will include visits to Tahiti and the South Pacific. The Marina was officially launched in February in Miami after its maiden ...
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The West Australian
MidEast, Africa hoteliers downbeat on H2, says survey
ArabianBusiness.com
While hoteliers in Oceania were most upbeat about H1 performance, counterparts in Europe, the Americas and Asia also reported a positive score on the sentiment index. However, the survey showed a negative score for the Middle East and Africa for both ...
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ArabianBusiness.com
PTF to ensure Lebanon honours Davis Cup commitment
Times of India
PTI | Sep 26, 2011, 10.57AM IST LAHORE: A high-powered delegation of the Pakistan Tennis Federation will travel to Beirut next month to ensure that Lebanon does not back out of its commitment to play their Asia-Oceania group Davis Cup tie in Lahore in ...
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Plans to set up a performing theatre
Fiji Times
THE absence of a proper performing arts theatre has prompted Pasifika Voices and the University of the South Pacific's Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies (OCACPS) to explore options to set up such a venue. The head of Performing Arts ...
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The Best Cruise Ship for Your Demographic
CruiseMates Cruise Guide
More vivacious retirees flock to Oceania, Azamara and Windstar cruises. These lines offer port intensive itineraries as well as creature comforts and gourmet food. Somewhat larger and catering to the ocean liner set of world travelers are Cunard Line, ...
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Daily Tennis News Briefs 25Sep11
Bob Larson Tennis News
The Davis Cup is returning to Pakistan after a six year absence connected with security concerns for visiting teams after the Lebanon has agreed to play next February's Asia/Oceania Group Two fixture. French Open champion Li Na is expected to contest ...
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The Pacific plays its part in highlighting danger of fossil fuel use
Radio New Zealand International
Moving Planet Oceania Co-ordinator, Aaron Packard, says he has seen photos of activities which included cycle rides, tree plantings and walk-a-thons and they highlight the powerful statement the day made. Mr Packard sasy the next focus is the UN ...
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Radio New Zealand International
Live chat replay: Rob Morrison
The Dominion Post
The Phoenix can't qualify because NZ is part of the 'Oceania' from a FIFA perspective. As far as I'm aware, it's the NZF that would have to join the Asian Confederation for the Nix to be able to qualify. Will Ricki have the full salary cap to spend on ...
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China Airlines
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
Officially ranked as a SKYTRAX 4 Star airline, and with a network servicing 98 destinations in 29 countries across Asia, Oceania, Europe or North America, China Airlines is the perfect choice for leisure or business travel. From the 28th September 2011 ...
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Torckler short by just half a wheel
Hawke's Bay Today
"You can't dwell on that," he said, preparing for a track camp in Invercargill on October 12 before competing in the Tour of Southland and the Oceania Championship there, too, in November and December. The bolter in the Masters 35-plus B grade field of ...
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Women's soccer on the rise
Fiji Times
I'm pretty confident our women's side will qualify from Oceania to the World Cup before the men's side." Fiji women's soccer team manager Susan Wise, while accepting the challenge laid by Ibrahim, said with the support of Fiji FA anything was possible. ...
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Japan take Asian sevens title
Voxy
The APWS is an innovative tournament that combines eight women's teams from the Asian Rugby Football Union and the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions. Rugby sevens is growing in popularity around the world following its inclusion in the 2016 Olympics. ...
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South Korea jinx hounds Smart Gilas Pilipinas
Inquirer.net
Africa will be represented by Angola and Nigeria while Oceania will have New Zealand. Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Lithuania and Macedonia are bidding to host the final qualifying event for London. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Manny V. Pangilinan gave a ...
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Toorak cricketer gets Aussie volleyball call
Stonnington Leader
But since the 2005 Asia-Oceania championships in Cambodia, standing disabled volleyball in Australia has been nonexistent. Coburn says the Malaysian Masters tournament could be the first of many international disabled beach volleyball tournaments. ...
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Top Panasonic official to attend Eco Convention in SL
Daily Mirror
Japanese giant in Consumer Electronics, Panasonic Corporation's Managing Executive Officer of the Corporate Management Division for Asia and Oceania, Yorihisa Shiokawa, is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka to attend the Panasonic Eco Convention, ...
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Post Office: better value long haul
Easyvoyage
We also see that Jumeirah in Dubai is cheaper than Sharm el Sheikh and that the Far East andOceania are the most expensive destinations with Auckland, Darwin and Kowloon taking the last there spots of 28 destinations tested. Sarah Munro, head of Post ...
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AFRICA News, Sep 26, 2011

Britons accused of trying to join Somali militants
Telegraph.co.uk
In Somalia, they have been joining up with al-Shabaab, a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda in East Africa and there are concerns that they could return to Britain to launch attacks. The latest arrests involved three men who were detained for ...
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ASIA News, Sep 26, 2011

Asian shares tumble as Europe fears deepen
Montreal Gazette
Asia's markets got off to a poor start as investors were left unimpressed by a commitment at the weekend from G20 finance chiefs to take strong, co-ordinated action to avoid another global financial crisis. HONG KONGAsian markets tumbled Monday and ...
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