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Oct 14, 2011

CANADA News, Oct 14, 2011


CIBC slams Air Canada with a downgrade
Globe and Mail
CIBC World Markets Inc. analyst Kevin Chiang has abruptly changed course on his outlook for Air Canada AC.BT, today downgrading the stock and slicing his price target in half amid growing economic and labour uncertainties. His new price target of $1.75 ...
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Globe and Mail
Why Canada Needs a Trade Deal with the European Union: C. D. Howe Institute
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
TORONTO, Oct. 13, 2011 /CNW/ - Canada should set ambitious goals in trade talks with the European Union (EU), which resume next week, since it has much to gain from a comprehensive trade accord, according to a report released today by the CD Howe ...
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Air Canada Files Labor Complaint Against Attendants Union
BusinessWeek
By Heather Perlberg Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Air Canada filed a complaint accusing its flight attendants' union of unfair labor practices after a planned strike was blocked by the government. The Air Canada Component of the Canadian Union of Public ...
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This is no time to give up on the US, Mulroney says
Globe and Mail
Canada has a privileged relationship with the United States that shouldn't be squandered, even at a time when US world leadership is waning and new superpowers are emerging, Brian Mulroney says. “The resilience of America should never be discounted,” ...
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Globe and Mail
Canada downs Venezuela and South Korea in doubleheader
TSN
AGUADULCE, Panama - Canada swept a doubleheader Thursday at the Baseball World Cup, defeating Venezuela 7-0 and topping South Korea 4-0. Canada started strong with a five-run first inning against Venezuela, as Jimmy Van Ostrand got things rolling when ...
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Canada's Stephen Harper on the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
BusinessWeek
The fact that there are these kinds of pressures is all the more reason Canada should look at trade diversification and, particularly, the diversification of energy exports. Should we begin to be more scared of Canada as a world oil power? ...
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BusinessWeek
BC's Kitimat LNG terminal wins export licence
Globe and Mail
Kitimat LNG has been granted a licence to export liquefied natural gas from British Columbia, clearing the way for new trade with Asia that stands to significantly alterCanada's energy geography. The National Energy Board granted the 20-year licence...
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Globe and Mail
Armed man spotted driving by Air Canada exec's home
CTV.ca
A suspected gunman appeared at the home of Air Canada spokesman Duncan Dee Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Ottawa police spokesman Const. Marc Soucy speaks with CTV's Robert Fife about the incident at the home of Air Canada executive VP and CEO Duncan Dee ...
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Canada Minister Says Unions Aren't Cooperating In Austerity Push
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Organized labor in Canada has emerged as an obstacle in the Canadian government's bid to cut billions in program spending and return to budget balance, said the Canadian minister in charge of the country's federal public sector. ...
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REFILE-CANADA FX DEBT-C$ slide limited by euro zone optimism
Reuters
Canada is the top oil exporter to the United States and is a major producer of base metals and precious metals. The price of US crude oil, which up until Wednesday had risen 13 percent over the previous five sessions, fell $1.34 to settle at $84.23 a ...
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Canada Fin Min: G20 Must Raise "Sense Of Urgency" Among Eurozone
Wall Street Journal
The backstop sits at EUR440 billion and Canada has been among the most vocal proponents to increase that substantially. There are suggestions policymakers are looking at a variety of rejigged models for the EFSF, including turning the bailout fund into ...
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Canada Posts C$622 Million Trade Deficit In August, Beating Expectations
NASDAQ
OTTAWA -(Dow Jones)- Canada posted a C$622 million (US$611 million) trade deficit in August, Statistics Canada said Thursday. The result solidly beat expectations for a deficit of C$1.0 billion. Exports rose 0.5% to C$37.86 billion and imports were up ...
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CBC's MacLean stands by his man
Winnipeg Free Press
Paul Daly / the canadian press archives Ron MacLean (right) and Don Cherry of CBC�s �Hockey Night in Canada� ham it up during a broadcast. TORONTO -- Ron MacLean says Don Cherry is being treated unfairly over his season-opening Coach's Corner blast ...
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Protected by Canadian Cloud Security
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Canada has a unique opportunity to present itself to the world as a 'safe harbour' for Cloud data hosting, safe from risks such as the USA's Patriot Act – To establish a brand where data hosted here has a kitemark that states 'Protected By Canadian ...
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Sweden's big immigration idea: the 'Canada model'
Globe and Mail
Policy circles in Stockholm have been dominated with talk of adopting “the Canadamodel.” That, in fact, is the title of a widely discussed new Swedish book titled Kanadamodellen – “The Canada Model,” which urges Sweden's governments to start making ...
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Globe and Mail
Groundbreaking for the new Shriners Hospitals for Children®- Canada!
PR Newswire (press release)
Imagine what Montreal will become in the coming years: The CHUM and the MUHC will welcome their first patients, The CHU Sainte-Justine and the Jewish General Hospital will expand and the new Shriners Hospitals for Children- Canada will be completed! ...
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City's country music brand is here to stay
BCLocalNews
Merritt's murals of country stars in addition to the new Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and Mountainfest make the “Country Music Capital of Canada” brand a good fit for Merritt, says Mayor Susan Roline. In July, 66.6 per cent of Merritt residents ...
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Hosting Company Chooses HP to Deliver Private Clouds to Customers
MarketWatch (press release)
Hosting companies such as Server Cloud Canada face major challenges to support their customers' thriving businesses. Rising infrastructure costs, demanding application needs and overall capacity constraints weigh heavily on these companies. ...
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Vancouver's Chinatown officially declared a National Historic Site of Canada
Global BC
Environment Minister Peter Kent and the minister responsible for Parks Canada, Jason Kenney were joined in Chinatown today by Wai Young, MP Vancouver South to make the declaration. "Today's designation of Vancouver's Chinatown recognizes the ...
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Maxwell: Learn to discern LED bulb quality
yourhome.ca
Back in 2007, in an attempt to do the right thing environmentally, various branches of government inCanada announced a phase-out of incandescent light bulbs that's set to take effect this January. The idea is that, since such a small part of the ...
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Even untrained bystanders should perform CPR in cardiac arrest cases, doctors say
Globe and Mail
Canada's emergency-room physicians say bystanders are morally obligated to perform chest compressions on people whose hearts have stopped – even when those bystanders are untrained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Representatives of the Canadian ...
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Globe and Mail
Has the NDP missed its flight on Air Canada labour unrest?
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Fresh off an election triumph, invigorated by a record 103-seat win, the New Democratic Party entered the House of Commons as Canada's official Opposition for the first time in June and immediately went to bat for its traditional base. ...
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Canada edges closer to investor deal with China
Globe and Mail
“China wants to see more Canadian investment, certainly we want to see more Chinese investment in Canada. Having a clear set of rules under which those investments take place serves both parties.” A foreign investment protection agreement has been ...
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Globe and Mail
CANADA STOCKS-TSX drops as China data sparks global pullback
Reuters Africa
Royal Bank of Canada slid 2.07 percent to C$47.82, while Manulife Financial sank 3.04 percent to C$12.46. "We seemed to be off somewhat because of the negative reaction to JP Morgan bank earnings south of the border," said Gavin Graham, president of ...
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Women Behind Bars: Canada's only female dangerous offender
Calgary Herald
By Laura Stone, Calgary Herald October 13, 2011 11:05 PM Canada's only female dangerous offender, Renee Acoby, 32, in the secure unit at the Edmonton Institution for Women. EDMONTON — The most dangerous woman in Canada emerges from a prison ...
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Canada's top court weighs hate speech vs. free speech
DigitalJournal.com
Ottawa - The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing a critical case that weighs the protections of free speech against protection from hate mongering. The outcome of this trial will have lasting implications for how provinces define both concepts in future...
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Canada growth outlook slashed but no recession
Montreal Gazette
By Claire Sibonney, Reuters October 13, 2011 A woman blows a fan decorated with the Canadian flag during the Canada Day Parade in downtown Montreal on Friday, July 1, 2011. TORONTO –Canada's growth outlook has darkened on fears about the spiralling ...
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Martin Short named judge on Canada's Got Talent
Montreal Gazette
Now, you can add celebrity judge to Martin Short's resume, as the Canadian entertainer joins the inaugural season of Citytv's Canada's Got Talent. Just after the news was announced Thursday, we sat down with the humble icon to chat about his new ...
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cbm Canada-Celebrating World Sight Day
MarketWatch (press release)
For only $33," says Ed Epp, Executive Director of cbm Canada. Over the past 12 years, the number of blind people in our world has decreased from 50 million to 39 million, according to the World Health Organization. cbm Canada (formerly known as ...
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Public Storage Workers in Ontario, Canada, Join Union
Inside Self-Storage
Fifty-eight workers for self-storage chain Public Storage in Ontario, Canada, have banded together to join the province's United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union. The Ontario Labour Relations Board unofficially approved the action at an Oct. 12 ...
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Tax-News.com: Canada, Morocco Talk Free Trade — Clearing and ...
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by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington. 13 October 2011. Canada and Morocco have begun the first round of negotiations toward a first time free trade agreement (FTA). The talks are due to last until October 14, and are being held in ...
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Canada News Centre - Statement by Minister Baird on Situation in ...
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement in response to the announced prisoner amnesty and the release of a number of political prisoners, in Burma.
Canada News Centre - National News
Canada supports royal succession rule change : Breaking News ...
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Breaking News | Canadian News | Breaking News Canada. Breaking ... Canada supports updating royal succession rules so that a daughter of Prince William can take the throne one day, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper says. ...
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Paper Dynamite Online: Quebec Poll Is Good News For Canada
By Peter Wrightwater
Quebec Poll Is Good News For Canada. A new poll of Quebecers has some welcome findings. Among them is this: 80 per cent believe the repatriation of the Constitution in 1982 was a good thing and 88 per cent think the federal Charter of ...
Paper Dynamite Online
Canada approves Apache natural gas export licence | News ...
The National Energy Board gave the go-ahead Thursday for the country's first exports of liquefied natural gas, approving a licence sought by KM LNG, a group, led by Apache Corp, planning an LNG project on the Pacific Coast.
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Last Wild Horses of Canada Symbolize a First Nation's Battle ...
By Cal Mendelsohn
For at least 200 years wild horses have been part of the frontier mystique and the character of Chilcotin country. Recently these animals have emerged as a symbol of strength and pride for the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation—and also as a source of ...
Care2 News Network
More on Turn by Turn Navigation US + Canada | wpcentral ...
Today, Turn by Turn Navigation released their GPS navigation app with offline maps, Turn by Turn Navigation US + Canada. The application itself doesn't seem to have changed (here's our original take on Turn by Turn) asides from giving you ...
WPCentral.com
Government of Canada moves to ease passenger movement at Billy ...
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Flaherty says no to new bank taxes | Canada | News | Ottawa Sun
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he has some sympathy for the so-called.
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Ballot Access News » Blog Archive » Ontario, Canada Legislative ...
By Richard Winger
Ontario, Canada Legislative Assembly Election Results. October 13th, 2011. At the October 7 Ontario Legislative Assembly election, the share of the popular vote for each party is: Liberal 37.5%, Progressive Conservative 35.3%, New ...
Ballot Access News
XE.com - CANADA STOCKS-TSX sags on weak China data, soft ...
2011-10-13 15:17 (UTC). By Ashleigh Patterson. TORONTO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell. sharply on Thursday morning after disappointing trade data from. China and weak U.S. earnings soured recently upbeat investor ...
XE Forex News
Arrest Bush! Canadians call for presidential scalp — RT
By RT
Will George Bush be arrested if he steps foot in Canada? The latest call from human rights groups to prosecute the former US President for allowing torture under his watch prove Bush is unable to shake the consequences of his much ...
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Backlash over free spa treatment for rioters | Canada | News ...
A Vancouver spa is being pounded on social media sites for an edgy promotion offering a spa day in exchange for riot confessions.
London Free Press
RBC Royal Bank of Canada sponsors charity walk | ieyenews
By IEye News
RBC Royal Bank of Canada is sponsoring fundraising walk/runs across the Caribbean to benefit the RBC/RBTT Children's Cancer Fund. In Grand Cayman, the walk will start at 6:30 a.m. and the run will follow at 6:45 a.m. from the RBC Royal ...
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Thomas Mulcair joins NDP leadership race | Canada | News ...
Feisty Montrealer and NDP deputy leader Thomas Mulcair is going after the keys to Stornoway -- the Ottawa residence of the leader of the official Opposition.
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Enviornmental Science News - » Pratt Institute … – Environmental ...
By ESAC Intern
Environmental Studies Association of Canada. Pratt is an internationally recognized school of architecture, art, design, information science, writing, and critical and visual studies. Its strong programs in architecture, film, video, photography, ...
Enviornmental Science News
Canada outshines U.S. with stunning jobs growth - Yahoo! News
Read 'Canada outshines U.S. with stunning jobs growth' on Yahoo! News. OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada created six times as many jobs as expected in ...
news.yahoo.com/canada-adds-61-000-jobs-sept-jobless-rate-1...
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Canada news is one of the hottest talks in all over the world. This news's are lead by some of the best news websites which are constantly updating the latest ...
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Michigan Senate votes on bridge to Canada : News : miNBCnews.com
They'll vote on creating an authority to oversee the proposed new international trade crossing next Wednesday.
www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=672032

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ASIA Sports, Athletics News, Oct 14, 2011

India will do well to follow China model: Yoong
Times of India
India is taking its first hesitant steps into the world of Formula One, still unaware whether the sportwill be embraced by new fans. It may be time to seek out vital insights from the sport's first foray into Southeast Asia - the Malaysian Grand Prix ...
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ASIA News, Oct 14, 2011

Canada Approves Plan For British Columbia LNG Shipments To Asia
Fox Business
(APA), Encana Inc. (ECA) and EOG Resources Inc. (EOG), received the license from Canada's National Energy Board to export from a deepwater port in Kitimat, BC The license is a step forward for the project, initially estimated to cost C$5.6 billion, ...
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AFRICA News, Oct 14, 2011


The 10 Percenter
New York Times (blog)
Gates's slant on African-American history has been influenced by the research he did for his most recent book and television series, “Black in Latin America.” In a move sure to raise eyebrows, he opens this latest volume with Juan Garrido, ...
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New York Times (blog)
Aid workers seized near Somalia
BBC News
The two women were seized from the Dadaab refugee camp, which houses hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing famine in the Horn of Africa. Their Kenyan driver was wounded and is now in hospital, MSF say. In recent weeks, two other foreign women - one ...
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BBC News
South Africa hardens its stance on rhino trophy hunts
Globe and Mail
Rhino poaching has soared dramatically in South Africa in recent years. In 2007, only 13 rhinos were killed by poachers, but the number has increased exponentially every year since then. And poaching is also on the rise in the rest of Africa. ...
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Globe and Mail
Nuclear power will cost the country dearly
Mail & Guardian Online
The German government has decided to phase out nuclear energy and in a recent referendum inItaly, 95% of Italians voted against the use of nuclear. By contrast, South Africa plans to launch a tender for 9 600MW of new nuclear energy, requiring an ...
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South Africa: Lawmakers praise IEC
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
One after the other, MPs said that the IEC had made them "proud" as an entity tasked with handling the country's elections, the latest being the successful 2011 municipal elections. Apart from its good work, the organisation was also congratulated for ...
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Crunch time for RIM
Toronto Star
This latest outage is hardly the first to affect BlackBerry users — they've been happening every few months in recent years. Things are different this time. The outage started on Monday when a failed piece of equipment at RIM's centralized network ...
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FTSE 100 hopeful Polymetal will have to dig deep for UK listing
Telegraph.co.uk
Polymetal, the latest foreign resource company to aim for the ranks of the FTSE 100, has not set itself an easy task. By Emma Rowley Putting aside the challenge of a London listing against the backdrop of current market volatility, the degree of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Object Lessons in the Value of Helping the World's Poorest Farmers
Huffington Post
In recent years, the international community has taken positive steps toward reversing its decades-long neglect of agricultural development. In 2003, African leaders pledged to contribute 10% of their GDP to agriculture. ...
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UCCSA Broadhurst Choir to host dinner
Mmegi Online
The United Congregational Council of Southern Africa (UCCSA) Broadhurst Choir is to host its fifth annual dinner and concert at the Maharaja Conference Centre in Gaborone on Saturday. The UCCSA Broadhurst Choir will also launch their latest DVD at the ...
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Conn. man convicted in deadly '07 home invasion
Bangor Daily News
BlackBerrys in EuropeAsiaLatin America and Africa had been without email or chat messages since Monday. In the US and Canada, the outage was shorter, starting Wednesday. But many, perhaps most, of the world's 70 million BlackBerry users were ...
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Western Energy Firms Increase their Investment in Kenya
OilPrice.com
In its latest report, “A Dash for Gas and Oil in East Africa,” Citi Group noted, "We have seen an acceleration in industry activity recently with multiple seismic programs being acquired, more intensive drilling campaigns planned over the next 12 ...
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Birth of bling: world's first art studio found in South Africa
The Conversation
Recent work in southern Africa, published today in Science, is helping archaeologists clarify the early history of painting and its use in creating symbols. The latest discovery comes from Blombos Cave, a large cavern located on the southern African ...
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Carleton Place native planning latest book launch at Moore House Oct. 21
EMC Almonte/Carleton Place
The conflict took place in what is now South Africa. Sometimes called "the Second Boer War", it was fought from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 between the British Empire and Dutch settlers of two independent Boer (the Dutch and Afrikaans' word for ...
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Africa: Serious Games for a Better World
AllAfrica.com
The company's latest project is GetH2O; it's a serious computer game that aims to both inform and educate. It's set in a slum neighbourhood; the player can choose between corruption and making the community a better place to live. ...
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Cain Surges to Lead in US Republican Presidential Race
Voice of America
October 13, 2011 Cain Surges to Lead in US Republican Presidential Race Jim Malone | WashingtonGeorgia businessman Herman Cain is the surprise leader in the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, according to the latest poll. ...
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Mahindra sets sight on global footprint
Reuters India
Full Article Get the latest news on the go. Visit Reuters India on your mobile device. Full Coverage Migrants survive in meagre living spaces in Mumbai. Slideshow Anand Mahindra, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, ...
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If camera traps don't prove existence of Bigfoot or Yeti nothing will
Mongabay.com
There have been new primates discovered in recent decades, including new monkey species from Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. But these are small monkeys, not apes, usually living in still under-explored regions such as the Amazon....
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Mongabay.com
BlackBerry's not working finds happier users experiencing real life
HULIQ
“BlackBerry users across the world were exasperated Wednesday as an outage of email, messaging and Internet services on the phones spread to the US and Canada and stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa,” reported CBS ...
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HULIQ
A Kenyan Smallholder Speaks Up For Farmers Around the World
AgWeb (blog)
One of our best opportunities lies in helping African farmers grow more by gaining access to the same technologies that US farmers enjoy. Gilbert is a true leader in this field. He played a significant role in Kenya's recent debate over biotechnology, ...
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AgWeb (blog)
History counts for nothing
ESPNScrum.com
Taking centre stage is the latest tussle between All Blacks captain Richie McCaw and his opposite number David Pocock. These two players, along with South Africa'sHeinrich Brussow, have set the bar for openside flankers in recent years and this ...
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Supreme Court on Strip Searches
New Republic
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court confronted the latest frontier in the battle over strip searches: Does the Constitution allow prison officials to conduct a strip search of everyone arrested for a minor offense, no matter how trivial? ...
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Frills before basics in Lagos
Khaleej Times
In the newspapers, the articles seem to say one thing, and the ads another. Among the recentheadlines: “Bad Roads Sink Residents in Depression.'' “How Africans Underdevelop Africa.'' “Living in Squalor, Decay and Despair. ...
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Australia buys into indigenous land management
eco-business.com
Photo: TNC, Ted Wood Northern Australia has become the latest region to benefit from a growing international movement to put land stewardship back in the hands of indigenous and rural communities. International NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and its ...
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Plot Thickens in SC*Homosexuality Dogs ABC in Africa*Sydney Says"No" to Covenant
Virtue Online
The last public Christian church in Afghanistan was razed in March 2010, according to the State Department's latest International Religious Freedom Report. The report, which was released last month and covers the period of July 1, 2010 through December ...
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Dow Theory Letters Richard Russell: to tell you the Truth, I'm Scared
Beacon Equity Research
In his latest edition of the longest-running financial newsletter ever penned by a single author, that author, Richard Russell, announced to his readers what his gut tells him is around the corner as 2011 moves closer to a close. ...
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The rise and rise of the Rastafari
Mail & Guardian Online
Rasta mothers in headscarves tend to young children, while catching up on the latest gossip over shared flasks of tea and sandwiches. Dreadlocks swish through the air like momentary peacock tails as young and old cut loose to the beats and bass. ...
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