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- Canada calls for help to protect Afghan districts
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- The top Canadian soldier in Afghanistan conceded yesterday that two-thirds of the Zhari and Panjwai districts just outside Kandahar city are under the control of the Taliban and said more ground forces are needed to bring
- Top soldier calls for increase in forces
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan says despite hitting the Taliban hard this fighting season, more security forces will be needed before the embattled regions of Kandahar province can be won. 'Do we have enough soldiers and
- United States & Canada - August 27
United States & Canada - August 27 by Staff Click on the headline (link) for the full text. Many more articles are available through the page Staff, Toledo Blade A former FirstEnergy Corp. engineer was found guilty Tuesday afternoon by a U.S. District
- West Africa: Governments Turn Against Media, Nigerian Killed
International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House (Toronto) Paul Abayomi Ogundeji, an editorial board member of the Lagos-based daily 'ThisDay', was shot dead on 17 August 2008 in a Lagos suburb while driving home. Nigerian police say
- Afghan Commander calls for help to protect key districts
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan The top Canadian soldier in Afghanistan conceded Wednesday that two-thirds of the Zhari and Panjwai districts just outside Kandahar city are under the control of the Taliban and said more ground forces are needed to bring
- New IPTV Set-Top Boxes Shipping In China
Canadian mobile search and text input company Zi Corporation (ZICA) says UTStarcom (UTSI) has begun shipping IPTV set-top-boxes in China featuring predictive text input solution eZiText in English and Chinese. Milos Djokovic, president and CEO of Zi
- Chinese TV viewers lost, fussy in wake of Olympics
China building airport on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Shaanxi discovers 20 billion tons in salt reserves M5.1 earthquake hits Taiwan Cute face of 'beautiful mistake At least 116 people infected in mumps outbreak in western Canada In the three days since the
- AFF Preview: Opener Blindness puts spotlight on Brazil
HALIFAX -- Taking a page out of Cannes, the 28th Atlantic Film Festival, running Sept. 11-20, has chosen as its opening gala Fernando Meirelles' adaptation of the José Saramago novel Blindness, a Canada/Brazil/Japan copro that will highlight this year's
- Scotiabank buys one-third of Chinese fund management company
By The Canadian Press TORONTO - Scotiabank (TSX: BNS.TO) says it will pay US$15 million for 33 per cent of a new mutual fund company in China that will be formed with the Bank of Beijing. The new joint venture, to be called Bank of Beijing Scotiabank
- More troops needed in Afghanistan: commander
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan gave a presentation to reporters here Wednesday in which he talked confidently about assaults by coalition forces on insurgent strongholds but warned that attacks by the Taliban will continue.
- Inspectors ignored more rigorous U.S. measures
TORONTO AND OTTAWA - Canadian meat inspectors failed to learn crucial lessons from a deadly listeria outbreak a decade ago, experts on the bacterium suggested yesterday as the food-safety crisis spread further with three more deaths, including that of a
- Bianca Bempong is Miss Ghana Canada 2008
year old, first Year Nursing Student at Ryerson University in Toronto, Miss Bianca Bempong, beat twelve other beautiful girls to annex 2008 Miss Ghana Canada beauty Pageant. The five judges had no other choice than to give the title to Miss Bianca who
- Alberta reporter abducted in Somalia still missing
The hunt continued Wednesday for a Canadian journalist kidnapped in Somalia on Saturday along with an Australian photographer, their Somali fixer and a driver. 'Right now we are still in the dark,' Leonard Vincent, head of the Africa desk for Reporters
- Election signs grow stronger in Canada
The prime minister plans to meet with an opposition leader to discuss whether there is any common ground for continuing the current session of Parliament.
- More troops needed, Canadian general says
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan says time and manpower are the key to improving security in the outlying areas of Kandahar province. Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson says while security in Kandahar City has improved, just one third of
- Scotiabank Mexico loans to be guaranteed by EDC
Mr. Alberta Cefis reports SCOTIABANK MEXICO SIGNS EXCLUSIVE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT WITH EDC FOR MEXICAN MARKET Export Development Canada (EDC) and (Scotiabank) in Mexico have decided that EDC will guarantee Scotiabank Mexico loans in Mexico to either
- Indigenous People: US and Canada Guilty of Racism
The international community now fully recognises the native peoples? right to protect their lands and live distinct lifestyles. Yet, most of the world?s 370 million indigenous peoples continue to face abuse and injustices at the hands of state
- SOMALIA: Canadians Lead Hunt For Pirates
Latest News Most Read Most Commented Hot Topics Canadians Lead Hunt For Pirates August 27, 2008: The clan fighting in Mogadishu continues, with neither side willing to give up trying to maintain control of the largest, and most lucrative, city in
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Reuters - The United States, Europe and Japan
planned joint intervention to rescue the dollar when it was
plunging in March at the time U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns
collapsed, the Nikkei business newspaper reported.
Canada's prime minister moved to firm up control of disputed Arctic waters Wednesday by announcing stricter registration requirements for ships sailing in the Northwest Passage.
AP - Republicans are putting John McCain's campaign priorities above some of their pet issues, including drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.
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