Assad forces try to bomb Homs into submission |
Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Angus MacSwan | AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs on Wednesday, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than …
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Victims face Graham James at sentencing hearing
CBC.ca
Former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy says it felt weird seeing his former junior coach and sexual abuser Graham James after 14 years. James and Kennedy passed each other in the hall outside a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday morning. Kennedy looked directly at …
Graham James, former hockey coach, to be sentenced for sexually assaulting playersToronto Star
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Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens'
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A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 48 people and left hundreds injured, police say. The train slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station in the west of the city.
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Buenos Aires train crash kills 49 people, injures hundredsNational Post
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METALS-Copper rises on Greece bailout deal relief
Reuters
* EU seals 130 billion euro financing deal with Greece * Collahuasi copper mine halts operations after death * China copper imports fall almost 18 pct in January By Susan Thomas and Harpreet Bhal LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Copper prices rose on Tuesday …
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Feds shouldn't 'politicize' efforts by Chinese firms to acquire Canadian …
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — China's state-owned companies are motivated by profit, not national interest, so the Harper government shouldn't "politicize" efforts by those firms to acquire Canadian assets, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives argued Tuesday.
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Rob Ford's transit moves chastised by Dalton McGuinty
Toronto Star
Robert Benzie and Paul Moloney Staff Reporters As the city councillors on the TTC board prepare to decide the fate of TTC chief general manager Gary Webster, Premier Dalton McGuinty says he is increasingly exasperated with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's …
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Fords mum on Webster fate: 'It's a personnel matter'Toronto Sun
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Hacker group Anonymous threatens Vic Toews
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Public Safety Minister Vic Toews speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The hacker group Anonymous is demanding Public Safety Minister Vic …
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Oil hits 8-month high on Iran, China moves
Reuters
* Iran halts supply to Britain and France * China policy easing, Greek bailout hopes support * Brent in euro terms the highest since July 2008 (Update prices) By Ikuko Kurahone LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Brent crude rose on Monday, briefly hitting an …
UN arrives in Iran for nuclear talks as Tehran cuts oil to UK, FranceNational Post
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Veterans ombudsman blasts Ottawa over denied disability claims
Globe and Mail
The federal government has been harshly criticized for failing to properly explain why some soldiers have been denied disability coverage in a report released Monday by the nation's ombudsman for veterans. The report, which reviewed letters from …
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