Florida primary 2012
BBC News
Fox News' exit poll analysis shows voters are noticing the negative turn in the campaign – 37% said Mr Romney ran the most unfair Florida campaign, while 34% believe that dubious honour went to Mr Gingrich. More from the BBC's Jonny Dymond at Romney …
Romney reaches for big win in Florida; Gingrich to press on as campaign grows …Washington Post
Romney Expects Big Boost From FloridaWall Street Journal
Republican Candidates Battle for Florida VotesVoice of America
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Officer breaks down as she recalls how missing women investigation affected …
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER — The first officer assigned to investigate the missing women case became choked with emotion and began crying when asked how the case affected her personal and professional life. "I think it affected me a great deal, it was very hard," …
Officer cries as she recalls Pickton investigationGlobe and Mail
Officer weeps while testifying at Pickton inquiryCBC.ca
The only officer in charge of Vancouver's missing women case weeps in testimonyWinnipeg Free Press
Montreal Gazette -CKNW News Talk 980
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RCMP chief backtracks on call for MPs, senators to 'route' requests through …
Globe and Mail
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson is backtracking on his call for MPs and senators to go through the department of Public Safety to hold a meeting with him, saying he will safeguard his independence from the rest of government “like a terrier.
Top Mountie denies being muzzled by new communications guidelinesToronto Star
NDP blasts RCMP boss over silence on federal plan to kill gun registryWinnipeg Free Press
NDP blasts RCMP boss over silence on gun registryCTV.ca
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Shafia son to appeal murder conviction
CBC.ca
Hamed Shafia's lawyer has applied to appeal his client's first-degree murder conviction and says the other two lawyers involved with the case will likely do the same for Tooba Yahya and Mohammad Shafia. “He is quite determined to pursue it and continue …
Hamed Shafia files notice to appeal 1st-degree murder convictionsWinnipeg Free Press
Shafia son files appeal, parents could followCTV.ca
Hamed Shafia appeals first-degree murder convictionNational Post
Vancouver Sun -Canada.com
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Syria forces retake Damascus suburbs
Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau and Khaled Yacoub Oweis | UNITED NATIONS/AMMAN (Reuters) – Arab and Western states urged the UN Security Council to act swiftly on a resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside as his government's forces …
Syria: West hopeful Russia will not stand in way of UN deal to remove Bashar …Telegraph.co.uk
Syrian troops push back rebels; UN showdown loomsUSA TODAY
In Syria, protesters are defiant despite setbacksWashington Post
Globe and Mail -Jerusalem Post -Fox News
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Tories won't commit to MP pension cuts
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — The federal Conservative government won't commit to scaling back lucrative pensions for MPs, as it searches for billions of dollars in cuts to federal programs and considers overhauling Old Age Security. Federal politicians of all stripes are …
Tories limit debate on pooled pension billCBC.ca
MPs attack OAS changes, but not their own platinum pensionsToronto Sun
Pooled pension plan debate cut short amid outcry over unrelated OAS reformsMedicine Hat News
Sault Star
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Metrolinx wants Toronto to make a transit decision
Toronto Sun
By Jonathan Jenkins ,Queen's Park Bureau Metrolinx chairman Rob Prichard at a January board meeting. He wrote a letter to Toronto officials urging them to hurry up and finalize rapid transit decisions. (MICHAEL PEAKE/Toronto Sun file) The continuing …
Province seeks clarity in transit squabbleCBC.ca
Metrolinx demands clarity on Eglinton transit plansGlobe and Mail
Transit City flap raises prickly question: What power does Toronto's mayor have?Toronto Star
National Post -CTV.ca -680 News
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Weather forecasters get it all wrong: western winter surprisingly dry and warm
Winnipeg Free Press
EDMONTON – The chief climatologist for Environment Canada admits he has egg on his face. Dave Phillips predicted last fall that Western Canada would have a colder than normal winter, but it's been the exact opposite. It's the second- or third-warmest …
Environment Canada winter forecast way offUPI.com
Winter Forecast A Big Whoops For Environment CanadaHuffington Post Canada

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Mexican authorities defend arrest in beating amid claims of forced confession
Toronto Star
The Canadian Press MAZATLAN, MEXICO—Mexican authorities are standing by their arrest in the beating of a Canadian tourist after the man accused cast some doubt on his confession. Martin Gastelum of the state attorney's office says investigators have no …
Accused in Mexico beating forced to sign confessionCTV.ca
Your best wishes for Sheila NabbCBC.ca
Editorial: Mexico must allay concerns that accused in Nabb case is not a fall guyCalgary Herald
National Post -Vancouver Sun -Toronto Sun
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Yukon family, boarder found dead in home
CBC.ca
There will be no autopsies conducted on five people who died in a Whitehorse home over the weekend, but the coroner will measure oxygen levels in the blood of the victims. One of the potential causes investigators are looking into is carbon monoxide …
5 found dead in Whitehorse homeToronto Sun
'Profound loss' after 5 found dead in Whitehorse homeCTV.ca
Five bodies discovered in Whitehorse homeVancouver Sun
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Andrew Coyne: Stephen Harper's long overdue talk about Canada's pension crisis
National Post
At last, the hidden agenda, and not a moment too soon. Vague, indirect and overseas as it was, Stephen Harper's Davos speech was perilously close to a vision statement, of a kind the prime minister has seldom made until now, and will henceforth have to …
Opposition promises to fight billions in expected federal government cutsVancouver Sun
Opposition wants to know why Stephen Harper failed to mention retirement …Toronto Star
Pension fireworks light up ParliamentLondon Free Press
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Gingrich's Day 1 agenda: Repeal health care, eliminate new financial rules and …
Washington Post
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — To hear Newt Gingrich tell it, the dramatic conservative change he promises will begin even before he is sworn in as president in 2013. “My goal would be by the end of that first day, about the time that President Obama arrives …
Romney ridicules Gingrich on eve of Florida vote |Reuters
As Florida Race Heats Up, Gringrich's Daughter Speaks About the Latino VoteFox News
Gingrich Looks Past Florida Vowing Long Fight Against RomneyBusinessWeek
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Cape Breton man killed in stabbing at Alberta hotel
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Kenzie Beaton, 21, of Mabou, Inverness County, was stabbed to death this past weekend at the Tonquin Inn in Jasper, Alta. A young Cape Breton man was stabbed to death in an early morning incident at a hotel in Jasper, Alta., this weekend.
Edmonton man charged with second degree murderCTV.ca
Nova Scotia man killed in Jasper, Alta., fightCBC.ca
Mabou man killed in hotel stabbingCape Breton Post
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McKesson Buys Canadian Pharmacy Marketing Group Assets for $918 Million
Bloomberg
McKesson Corp. (MCK), the biggest US drug distributor, said it agreed to spend about $918 million for the marketing and franchising businesses of more than 1000 Canadian independent pharmacies. McKesson will buy Drug Trading Co. and Medicine Shoppe …
McKesson Buys Canadian Pharmacy Marketing Group for $918 MillionBusinessWeek
McKesson and Target announce big moves in Canada's drug store industryCanadianBusiness.com
McKesson 3Q Net Up 94% As Revenue Rises, Fewer ChargesWall Street Journal
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Assad and his family 'will die like Gadhafi'
Montreal Gazette
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, his British wife Asma and their family will meet a bloody end "like Gadhafi" as his regime falls from power, a leading member of the opposition movement has warned. Haitham Maleh, a member of the executive …
Syria's Assad will go, says US, as UN vote nearsBBC News
Syrian troops retake control of suburbs outside DamascusLos Angeles Times
Syrian troops battle rebel forces in DamascusABC Online
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France's Sarkozy: Greece Can't Be Placed In Trusteeship To Implement Austerity
Wall Street Journal
By Gabriele Parussini BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)–French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday only Greece's government will be in a position to implement the country's austerity plans, rejecting talk that the debt-laden country requires greater oversight.
Sarkozy Transaction Tax May Drive Investors From French StocksBusinessWeek
Merkel Returns the Favor to Sarkozy in Plan to Support CampaignBloomberg
Sarkozy: 'lost president' or the man with the courage to kick-start growth?Irish Times
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Honour killings bear important distinctions: expert
CTV.ca
Mohammad Shafia, front, Tooba Yahya, centre and Hamed Shafia arrive at the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston, Ont., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2011. Graham Hughes/THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Three important factors separate so-called honour killings from …
Shafia will retain control over fortune despite convictionHamilton Spectator
Shafias' hypocrisy needs to be talked aboutToronto Sun
Honour killings 'barbaric': justice ministerMontreal Gazette
London Free Press -Canada.com -CANOE
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Mexican charged in vicious beating of Calgary tourist denied bail
Vancouver Sun
CALGARY – A Mexican man charged with attempted murder in the beating of Calgary woman in a five-star Mazatlan resort has been denied bail. Jose Ramon Acosta Quintero told Mexico reporters this weekend he was drunk and high on cocaine when Sheila Nabb …
Jose Ramon Quintero due in court after admitting to brutally beating Sheila …National Post
Mexican suspect in Nabb beating denied bailCBC.ca
No bail for Mexican beating suspectSun News Network
CTV.ca -CANOE -Montreal Gazette
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Sarkozy announces French financial transaction tax
BBC News
The 0.1% levy will be introduced in August regardless of whether other European countries follow suit. The tax is part of a package of measures set out by the president to promote growth and create jobs. Mr Sarkozy faces a presidential election in …
Sarkozy details measures for growth, jobsReuters
In pre-election gamble, Sarkozy unveils French tax hike to help jump-start job …Washington Post
Struggling Sarkozy unveils financial transactions taxSydney Morning Herald
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Hardline stance on Syria to inform UN resolution
Globe and Mail
The battle over Syria's future shifts to New York this week as the United Nations Security Council is to debate a new resolution calling for an end to the violence in that country and a move toward full democracy. A proposal from the Arab League that …
Army fights for Damascus suburbsFinancial Times
Syria army moves to wrest Damascus suburbs from rebelsBBC News
Assad's forces regain Damascus suburbs: activistsReuters
ABC Online -The Independent -New York Times
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Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich trade barbs in Florida
Washington Post
LADY LAKE, Fla. — They may call this the Sunshine State, but the political climate going into Tuesday's presidential primary was looking plenty stormy Sunday, as the top Republican contenders stepped up their personal attacks on each other.
Polls Show Romney Leading Gingrich in Crucial Florida Primary ShowdownVoice of America
Female Support Slips for GingrichWall Street Journal
Romney all set to sweep Florida: PollsTimes of India
The Australian -Los Angeles Times -New York Times (blog)
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The Shafia trial: The players
Montreal Gazette
THE VICTIMS Zainab Shafia Age at the time of death: 19 Two months before her death, the Shafias' eldest daughter left home and sought refuge at a women's shelter. After a few weeks, her mother convinced her to return home.
Shafia trial timeline: From 'where to commit murder' Google search to convictionsNational Post
Shafia family all found guilty of first-degree murder in 'honour killings'Globe and Mail
Justice minister condemns 'honour killings'Toronto Sun
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Owner of massive emerald accused of fraud in Hamilton
Hamilton Spectator
KELOWNA, BC Despite a week of hoopla, an 11.5- kilogram emerald went unsold without a single bid at auction in Kelowna on Saturday, after its co-owner was put behind bars. Regan Reaney was arrested on unrelated charges Friday, a day before the gem he …
No bids for giant emerald in BCCBC.ca
Man who tried to sell 'world's largest emerald' accused of fraudGlobe and Mail
'World's largest emerald' owner, Regan Reaney, arrested on Ontario fraud chargesNational Post
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Whistler highway crash kills 54-year-old limousine driver from Vancouver
The Province
By SEAN SULLIVAN, The Province January 29, 2012 3:44 PM A limousine driver killed in a fiery crash on the Sea to Sky Highway Saturday night has been identified as Shafiqur Rahman, 54, of Vancouver. Rahman died after his limousine collided with a …
Impaired driving suspected in fatal BC crashCBC.ca
Calgary man under investigation for impaired driving in fatal BC crashCalgary Herald
One man dead, one injured in a crash on Sea to Sky HighwayVictoria Times Colonist
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NDP leadership candidates highlight differences in Halifax debate
Toronto Star
Joanna Smith Ottawa Bureau HALIFAX—New Democrats vying to be federal leader ramped up the tension during an all-candidates debate on Sunday, working harder than last time to highlight the differences between them to a sometimes bizarre degree.
Federal NDP leader hopefuls take aim at HarperCBC.ca
Family the focus of NDP leadership debate in HalifaxMontreal Gazette
Cullen on defence during federal NDP leadership debateCTV.ca
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37-year old man dies; police say possibly related to drugs
660 News
"At this point in time, we can't confirm it to be ecstasy related. Our initial investigations reveals that there were numerous types of drugs at the residence." Two other people, a man and a woman who were also in the home at the time and were taken to …
1 dead, 2 taken to hospital in unrelated drug overdosesCBC.ca
Ecstasy overdoses linked to two weekend deathsThe Province
Ecstasy dose sends two women to hospitalCTV.ca
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Changes to immigration system will help Canada bring in tradespeople: Kenney
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says changes are coming to Canada's immigration system to make it more flexible in an effort to combat labour shortages. Kenney told CTV's Question Period that the government is planning to …

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Shafia murder trial: no verdict yet
Montreal Gazette
KINGSTON, Ont. — One of Tooba Mohammad Yahya's sisters and her husband fully endorse the notion of honour-killing. The startling revelation is contained in a Saturday story in Montreal's La Presse, written by columnist Michele Ouimet, who interviewed …
The trial that gripped a nation: WarmingtonToronto Sun
Shafia murder trial jury begins deliberationsCBC.ca
Jurors mulling fate of accused in Shafia murder trialCTV.ca
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Costa Concordia death toll hits 17
Sydney Morning Herald
Divers recover a woman's body from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, bringing the known death toll to 17. Divers have recovered the body of a woman while searching the wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, the 17th victim to be found.
Woman's body found in Costa Concordia brings toll to 17Mirror.co.uk
Woman's body found in wrecked Italy cruise shipCNN International
Costa Concordia: Fuel pumping delay as toll rises to 17BBC News
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Arab League Suspends Syria Mission
Wall Street Journal
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Arab League suspends Syria mission – Nabil el-ArabiBBC News
Arab League Suspends Syrian Mission as Conflict IntensifiesBusinessWeek
Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence ragesReuters Africa
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U.S. agency launches investigation into death of Nova Scotia skier
Winnipeg Free Press
AUGUSTA, Maine – A US agency has launched an investigation into the emergency care a Nova Scotia man received before he died of injures sustained at a ski resort in Maine. Jay Bradshaw, director of Maine Emergency Medical Services — which overees …
Maine to launch formal probe after death of Nova Scotia manTheChronicleHerald.ca
NS man's death in Maine under investigationCBC.ca
State probes Sugarloaf skier death responseCanadianBusiness.com
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Mexico beating suspect confesses
Toronto Sun
By Katie Schneider ,Calgary Sun The Mazatlan man charged with attempted murder of Calgarian Sheila Nabb confessed and apologized to her family during a press conference Saturday. Jose Ramon Acosta Quintero, 28, sat before media Saturday morning and in …
Sheila Nabb's Mexican attacker confesses660 News
Mexican man admits beating Canadian tourist while intoxicatedGlobe and Mail
Mexican man admits to beating Canadian touristCTV.ca
CBC.ca -Montreal Gazette
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Hells Angel found dead in Que. detention cell
Edmonton Journal
MONTREAL — A member of the Hells Angels on trial for the murder of two Montreal-area men in 2010 has been found dead inside his cell at a Riviere des Prairies detention centre, in an apparent suicide. A police source told the Montreal Gazette Jeffrey …
Alleged biker hitman dies in cellTheChronicleHerald.ca
Lynds found dead in jail cellTruro Daily News
Biker found dead in Montreal prisonCANOE

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Hamilton police charge man in two murders, three attempted murders from 2011
Winnipeg Free Press
HAMILTON – Two murders and a string of stabbings in Hamilton last year have been linked to a single suspect, though police wouldn't reveal Saturday what led them to make the connection. Police said new information received in the past few days led them …
Hamilton man charged with 2 murders, 3 attempted murdersToronto Star
Hamilton police charge man with 2 murdersCBC.ca
Hamilton man charged with two vicious murders and three random stabbingsHamilton Spectator
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Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos
Montreal Gazette
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – White House hopeful Mitt Romney widened his lead over rival Newt Gingrich to 11 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Saturday, up from 8 points a day earlier, as he cemented his …
Mitt Romney casts Newt Gingrich as a failed leaderLos Angeles Times
The Calculations That Led Romney to the WarpathNew York Times
GOP candidates run into ad trouble, resort to name-calling in final Florida …Fox News
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Inquest into Toronto man's death in Grenada begins
CTV.ca
AP ST. GEORGES, Grenada — A preliminary inquest into the death of a Toronto man in Grenada and the five police officers accused of beating him has begun. Grenadan public prosecution director Christopher Nelson said 16 witnesses are expected to testify …
Inquest into Grenada beating death beginsCBC.ca

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What the #!%*? Stephen Harper rethinks retirement funding
National Post
In this occasional feature, the National Post tells you everything you need to know about a complicated issue. Today, Adrian Humphreys looks at what the government may be doing with your pensions: Related John Ivison: Harper's pension-reform speech at …
Stephen Harper says `major' changes coming to Canada's pension systemMontreal Gazette
Pension changes won't kick-in without fair notice: PMOCTV.ca
Stephen Harper needs to spell out his plans for changing pensionsToronto Star
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US judge sentences 'Barefoot Bandit' to 6 1/2 years to be served concurrent …
Washington Post
SEATTLE — After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore — the infamous “Barefoot Bandit” — says he's lucky to be alive. Harris-Moore spoke publicly in court Friday for the first time …
'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced after two-year crime spreeSydney Morning Herald
'Barefoot Bandit' gets 6-1/2 years for federal chargesReuters
'Barefoot Bandit' Courtroom Drama Ends With 6-1/2 Year SentenceABC News

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Republican establishment gangs up on Newt Gingrich
Toronto Star
By Mitch Potter Washington Bureau Related Complete US election coverage Republicans to debate again in Florida as Obama makes campaign-like stops out west Who is Newt Gingrich's biggest donor and what does he want? WASHINGTON—It has no name yet, …
Fading Gingrich attacks Romney in adReuters
Mitt Romney outspends Newt Gingrich on ads ahead of Florida primaryThe Guardian
Tax Rule Opens Rich Vein for DebateWall Street Journal
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UN Security Council discusses crisis in Syria, reviews Arab-European draft …
Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council began closed-door negotiations Friday on a new Arab-European draft resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, but Russia's envoy said he could not back the current language as it stands.
Russia ready to engage on UN Syria draft resolutionReuters
Violence flares across Syria amid Assad effort to clamp downLos Angeles Times
Deaths rise in Syria as UN Security Council holds talksCNN
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Ford allies in Scarborough support his Eglinton LRT plan
Toronto Sun
By Don Peat ,City Hall Bureau Chief Councillor Mike Del Grande said he supports the mayor's plan to bury the Eglinton LRT. (Toronto Sun files) Scarborough councillors in Mayor Rob Ford's inner circle came out Friday in support of maintaining the plan …
Mayor Rob Ford misrepresenting rail research, says environmental think-tankToronto Star
'I'm building subways': Rob FordNational Post
City councillors seek own changes to transit planGlobe and Mail
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RCMP apologize for not catching Pickton sooner
CTV.ca
VANCOUVER — RCMP in British Columbia have issued an apology while admitting the department could have done more to stop Robert Pickton's murderous spree in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. It comes decades after women — many of them drug addicted …
RCMP apologize to victims of Robert Pickton for not doing moreMontreal Gazette
Pickton Apology, Shafia Trial & Where's Winter?CBC.ca
RCMP apologizes for not doing enough to solve missing women case soonerVancouver Sun
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Infant loses battle after fire
Winnipeg Free Press
Hoorya Sadiq, the four-month-old baby daughter who had survived a house fire that killed her mother, grandmother and two sisters Tuesday night, died shortly after she was taken off life support at Children's Hospital today. She passed away peacefully …
Baby in Winnipeg house fire dies, agency reportsCBC.ca
Fire that killed family deemed accidentalToronto Sun
Hopes dim for infant who survived fatal house fire in WinnipegVancouver Sun
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Shafia jury to start first full day of deliberations
Winnipeg Free Press
KINGSTON, Ont. – A jury in eastern Ontario starts its first full day of deliberations Saturday to decide the fate of three people accused of killing four family members over honour. The jury in the Shafia family murder trial in Kingston was sent to …
Shafia trial: Tragic car accident or homicide made to look like a crash?Vancouver Sun
What the Shafia jury did not hearCBC.ca
The Shafia case timelineMontreal Gazette
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NDP leadership hopefuls Mulcair and Saganash have given no money to their …
Ottawa Citizen
By GLEN MCGREGOR, The Ottawa Citizen January 27, 2012 7:08 PM NDP leadership candidate Thomas Mulcair speaks at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. OTTAWA — Financial reports filed with Elections Canada show no sign …
Canadians still unfamiliar with NDP leadership contenders, poll showsGlobe and Mail
Leadership hopeful Mulcair unapologetic about dual citizenshipLaval News
Stop the presses: new poll shows many Canadians don't know who's running for …Straight.com
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Police to release video in shotgun murder of Malvern barber
Toronto Star
Curtis Rush Police Reporter Toronto police are expected to release surveillance video Friday morning that shows the killer in the moments before and after he shot a much-loved barber in a crowded mall during the lunch hour on Tuesday. Det.
Cops stumped on motive in salon executionCANOE
New witnesses emerge in Malvern barber shootingCTV.ca
Barber's slaying a 'cool, cold-blooded crime'Toronto Sun
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Protesters overreacted to Abbott, says senior Labor figure
Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous leaders have condemned the behaviour of Aboriginal protesters after the Prime Minister was dragged away from the group by her security detail. A senior Labor figure has come to Tony Abbott's defence over comments the Opposition Leader made …
Aboriginal leaders condemn actions of protestersABC Online
Julia Gillard can make 'title claim' for missing shoe, say activistsHerald Sun
Bodyguard saves Australian PM from rowdy protestersTimes of India
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Rattled Republican brains trust moves to trip up Gingrich
Montreal Gazette
WASHINGTON — Among big-name Republicans, the panic has begun to set in about Newt Gingrich. And the knives are coming out as a result. The former US House Speaker was hit Thursday with a wave of acid commentary from household GOP names ranging from …
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich slug it out in FloridaBBC News
Gingrich Easily Leads Romney in Poll of GOPWall Street Journal
Which Newt Gingrich will show up for the final Florida GOP debate?Los Angeles Times
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Showing off the time capsule
Toronto Star
Jane Marshall, executive vice president with Loblaws Properties, and Sheldon Levy, president of Ryerson University, show off the copper-box time capsule that was buried beneath Maple Leaf Gardens before its opening. Fire in the sky: The Northe.
Time capsule unearthed at Maple Leaf GardensinsideTORONTO.com
Maple Leaf Gardens time capsule offers peek at 1931CBC.ca
Cracking open the Maple Leaf Gardens time capsuleToronto Sun
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Review Ottawa man's case, Bahrain urged
CBC.ca
Canada is "extremely disappointed" with reports that a Canadian was tortured while in a Bahrain prison and has asked the Bahraini government to review his case, a cabinet minister says. Naser al-Raas, 29, was the only one of 13 defendants convicted on …
'I saw death': Canadian in Bahrain says he's hiding to escape his torturersVancouver Sun
Canadian in hiding after being charged, sentenced for 'hatred' against …National Post
Kuwaiti-Canadian facing prison in Bahrain over demonstrationCanada.com
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'I relive it every night,' plane crash survivor says
Toronto Sun
Brian Shead, the lone survivor of a plane crash in northern Ontario, and his wife Tracy speak at a news conference in Winnipeg Thursday January 26, 2012. (BRIAN DONOGH/QMI AGENCY) The only person who made it out of a deadly plane crash in northwestern …
Man who survived plane crash speaks outCTV.ca
'I am determined not to take life for granted': Sole survivor of North Spirit …National Post (blog)

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Iran nuclear stance rings alarm bells at Davos
Financial Times
By Gideon Rachman in Davos One of the first sessions to be booked out at the World Economic Forum was “What if Iran Develops a Nuclear Weapon?” The risk of conflict over Iran's nuclear programme is debated every year at Davos, but the assembled experts …
Don't Let Iran Benefit From EU Financial Crisis: John R. BoltonBloomberg
Iran devalues in bid to stop rial slideReuters
US to Iran: reply to EU letter about talksAFP
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Death toll rises to 4 in Rio building collapse
CNN International
By Shasta Darlington, CNN Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) — Four people died and 22 remained missing after the collapse of three buildings in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro, Mayor Eduardo Paes said Thursday, according to CNN affiliate TV Record.
Five dead in Rio de Janeiro building collapseBBC News
Brazil buildings collapse; at least 4 dead, 18 missingLos Angeles Times
6 bodies found after Rio de Janeiro buildings collapseUSA TODAY
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'Major' changes coming to Canada's pension system, Harper tells Davos
National Post (blog)
By Mark Kennedy DAVOS, Switzerland — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has signalled his government will bring forward “major transformations” to the country in the coming months — in areas such as the retirement pension system, immigration, …
Harper blasts western countries for complacencyToronto Sun
Opposition fire back against Harper 'threats' to pension systemGlobe and Mail
Janet Bagnall: Canada's stance on abortion funding ignores realityMontreal Gazette
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Davos Elite Must Put Some Substance in Their High-Altitude Schmooze: View
Bloomberg
If billionaires, bankers and politicians extract one insight from the World Economic Forum, let it be this: Western civilization is on the verge of a catastrophic failure to balance its short-term and long-term interests. Market turmoil in Europe has …
Davos 2012: Setting the gloom level to 11BBC News
Occupy Davos? Leaders greeted by doubts about capitalismCBC.ca
Davos man weighs future of capitalismReuters
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Tourism industry concerned over impact of Sheila Nabb beating in Mexico
National Post
The family of a Calgary woman beaten and left lying in a pool of blood in a Mazatlan hotel over the weekend has countered allegations the Mexican government is investigating a possible domestic violence aspect to the case.
Maher: Crack a cerveza and calm down — Mexico's safer than you thinkVancouver Sun
Calgary woman viciously beaten in Mexico emerges from comaMontreal Gazette
Video shows beating of Canadian woman: Mexican officialCTV.ca
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Taxes, deficit loom as key issues in 2012 race
Los Angeles Times
By Michael A. Memoli President Obama on Tuesday signaled that he's eager for an election-year debate on taxes. And that's just fine with some Republicans. Included in the president's State of the Union address was his call for a new "Buffett Rule" that …
Obama goes to Arizona after campaign-style speech in IowaCNN
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TV audience drops for Obama's State of Union speechReuters
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US Forces Rescue Two Hostages From Somali Pirates
New York Times
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Around 2 am Wednesday, elders in the Somali village of Galkayo said they began hearing an unusual sound: the whirl of helicopters. It was the beginning of a daring and risky mission by dozens of members of the Navy Seals to rescue two …
US commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raidReuters
How the secret Navy SEAL raid unfolded: Obama saw window to save hostagesNational Post
Educators recall American aid worker rescued in Somalia as devout and drivenWashington Post
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Goldring set to plead "not guilty" after refusing a breathalyzer
iNews880.com
Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring, 67, says he had only one beer the night he was pulled over for suspected drunk driving. He will plead not guilty as the proceedings continue. Golding, now sitting as an Independent Conservative read a prepared statement …
MP Goldring to plead not guilty to refusing to give breath sampleCTV.ca
Tory MP to plead 'not guilty' after refusing roadside breath testGlobe and Mail
'One beer' prior to charge, says Edmonton MP Peter GoldringVancouver Sun
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Attawapiskat chief wants share of revenues from nearby diamond mine
Toronto Star
Bruce Campion-Smith Ottawa Bureau chief OTTAWA—Chief Theresa Spence says she has the answer to turning around her troubled aboriginal community of Attawapiskat — getting a share of the resource revenues flowing from a nearby diamond mine.
Attawapiskat chief wants 'plan for investment'CBC.ca
Fate of Attawapiskat's money manager up in the airToronto Sun
Attawapiskat chief says lives may be lost if government action isn't taken soon680 News
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Canada wants Syria ousted from UN committee
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Canada is working with key allies behind closed doors to have Syria expelled from a UN committee charged with investigating human rights abuses. While seen as a positive development, a Syrian opposition leader in Canada says there is growing …
Irate Syria extends Arab watchSydney Morning Herald
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Shafia son 'stupid,' but no murderer: lawyer
CTV.ca
Hamed Mohammed Shafia is escorted into the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston, Ontario on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS) A young man accused of killing his three sisters and the first of his father's two wives may have …
Shafia trial evidence points to 'murder,' Crown saysCBC.ca
Shafia murder theory 'preposterous': DefenceToronto Sun
Shafia trial: 'Honour killing' theory is preposterous, defence arguesMontreal Gazette
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Dust levels high weeks before explosion at BC mill: WorkSafe BC
Winnipeg Free Press
VANCOUVER – A WorkSafe BC report written just weeks before a devastating fire levelled a sawmill in northern BC says dust levels in the facility's basement were more than twice the acceptable level. High dust levels in places like sawmills can pose …
Burns Lake sawmill workers want answers about deadly explosion's causeVancouver Sun
BC sawmill destroyed by blast cited for unsafe levels of sawdustGlobe and Mail
Angry Babine Forest Products employees erupt during a public meetingBurns Lake District News
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First Nations get broad promises on Indian Act, development
CBC.ca
The government is taking a small step toward First Nations governance, promising to remove barriers to self-determination and introduce new mechanisms to update the Indian Act. But while they also agreed on developing economic opportunities for First …
First Nations chiefs skeptical after summit with Stephen HarperToronto Star
Harper, Atleo leave summit still at odds over fate of Indian ActVancouver Sun
Harper says Tories won't scrap Indian ActToronto Sun
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Marine will serve no time in confinement for leading squad that killed Iraqi …
Washington Post
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine sergeant who led a squad that killed 24 unarmed Iraqis avoided serving any time Tuesday for his role in one of the darkest chapters of the Iraq war, winning leniency through a plea deal that carried no real punishment …
US marine sergeant spared jail for his role in Iraqi Haditha massacreTelegraph.co.uk
Marine to serve no jail time in Iraqi killingsThe Associated Press
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Gingrich complains about lack of audience participation in Monday night's …
Washington Post
TAMPA, Fla. — Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Tuesday he doesn't want to continue debating his Republican rivals if the audience isn't allowed to participate. His campaign said later that he would participate in upcoming debates, …
Romney, Gingrich groups spend $10 million more in FloridaReuters
Romney paid only 14% in tax, records showMontreal Gazette
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Apple doubles iPhone sales in holiday quarter, sailing past analyst estimates
Washington Post
NEW YORK — After uncharacteristically tepid sales in the July-to-September quarter, Apple came back with a vengeance in the last three months of 2011, vastly exceeding analyst estimates and setting new records. Apple Inc. on Tuesday said it sold 37 …
Millions Upon Millions Sold: Apple's Blowout Quarter Puts Android Partners to …Wired News
Apple's Biggest Quarter Ever: 37M iPhones, 15M iPads, $46B in RevenueReuters
Apple's revenue surges, blows past estimatesMontreal Gazette
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In State of the Union, Obama to warn economic unfairness threatens middle class
Washington Post
President Obama will warn the nation Tuesday evening that the decades-old promise of a secure and rising middle class is threatened by economic unfairness as he delivers an election-year State of the Union message that is likely to resonate in the …
State of the Union: Obama Makes Case for Economic 'Fairness,' Second TermABC News
Obama to focus on tax inequality in State of the UnionReuters
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Former VPD detective Kim Rossmo testifies bosses nixed serial killer warning
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER – A former Vancouver police officer testified today at the Missing Women inquiry about the "classic mistakes" made in serial killer investigations. "One of the classical mistakes is not involving all the agencies that need to be involved, …
Pickton inquiry hears serial killer concerns dismissedCBC.ca
Serial killer warning blocked by cop's 'temper tantrum,' missing women inquiry …Montreal Gazette
Cops made 'common' error of denying serial killer theoryCTV.ca
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Ontario man 'won't go back' after Mexico attack
CBC.ca
An Ontario man says he was viciously attacked last spring near the same five-star resort in Mexico where a Calgary woman was badly beaten over the weekend. Sheila Nabb, 37, was found with extensive facial injuries in the elevator of the Hotel Riu …
Canadians flocking to Mexico despite deadly drug warNational Post
Calgary woman emerges from coma after Mexico attackCTV.ca
Canadian woman out of coma after severe beating in MexicoGlobe and Mail
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Syria rebukes Arab League
Financial Times
Syria has dismissed an Arab League plan for a government of national unity and scorned Gulf nations for walking out of a peace mission in protest at the behaviour of president Bashar al-Assad's regime. Walid al-Mouallem, the Syrian foreign minister, …
Syria Gives Monitors More Time as Gulf Arabs Turn to UNWall Street Journal
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Arab League's Syria mission extended by a monthCNN International
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Shafia trial: 'There was simply no time for a murder,' defence lawyer argues
National Post
By Rob Tripp Mohammad Shafia, an Afghan immigrant who brought his 10-member family to Montreal in 2007, had no motive to kill four of them and he did not have time to murder them on the morning they were found dead, jurors at his murder trial were told …
Shafia deaths an accident, defence insistsToronto Sun
Crown 'missed the boat,' Shafia lawyer saysCTV.ca
Lawyer says there are too many unknowns to convict Mohammad Shafia680 News
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'Pragmatic, operational-type guy' takes over reins at RIM
Globe and Mail
Over the past year, Thorsten Heins has attempted to bring order to a chaotic creative process at Canada's most iconic technology company. Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T had no shortage of vision, with plenty of innovative technology on the shelves.
Suggestions for RIM's new CEO as he settles inToronto Star
The unknown insider with RIM in his handsNational Post
Profile: New RIM CEO dashes hopes for quick turnaroundReuters
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Grief for likely victims follows mill explosion
Winnipeg Free Press
Related Items Articles Time and place separated fates of BC sawmill blast victims and survivors BURNS LAKE, BC — Family members of two mill workers struggled Sunday against concluding their loved ones were likely killed in an explosion and fire that …
Body recovered from Burns Lake mill debrisGlobe and Mail
BC coroner says remains of sawmill worker found on edge of fire wreckageToronto Star
One body found after search of destroyed Burns Lake millVancouver Sun
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Intelligence staff relocated in wake of spy scandal
CTV.ca
Sub.-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle is escorted from provincial court in Halifax on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The Canadian military has relocated some staff at its East Coast intelligence centre following the arrest of a …
Military conducts security sweep at naval base after alleged spy affairGlobe and Mail
Accused spy Jeffrey Delisle's personal life 'fell apart' around time of …National Post (blog)
Military relocates intelligence operation at the centre of navy spy scandalGlobal Regina

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Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney ready for Florida debate
BBC News
US Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have sharpened their attacks on each other ahead of a national debate in the US state of Florida. Mr Romney called his rival erratic like a "pinball machine", challenging him to return $1.6m (£1m) in …
Newt Gingrich and the politics of resentmentToronto Star
Debates make riveting TV, expose strengths, weaknesses of Republican …Washington Post
Romney Attacks as Gingrich Seeks Funds in Race Moving to FloridaBusinessWeek
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Obama lauds Iran oil embargo as US turns the screw
AFP
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama tightened the noose on Iran's battered banking system Tuesday and lauded an EU move to choke Tehran's oil exports, amid evidence that sanctions are beginning to bite. The administration named Bank Tejarat as the …
http://swampalmanac.net/blog/?p=5188 Iran renews Strait of Hormuz shutdown …Canada.com
Oil prices rise as Iran renews threats to close strategic waterway after EU …CanadianBusiness.com
Oil prices rise as Iran renews threats to close strategic waterway; natural …Washington Post
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Egypt's new parliament holds inaugural session
Los Angeles Times
Egypt's 498 elected lawmakers are sworn in. The first post-Mubarak parliament is dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood and other religious groups. Saad Katatni, an Islamist lawmaker from the Muslim Brotherhood, embraces another member of parliament after …
Egypt army hands legislative power to new parliamentAFP
A raucous, divisive start as Egypt's democratically elected parliament convenesWashington Post
Packed, sometimes chaotic start to Egypt's first free parliament in six decadesNational Post
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Two more Italy cruise bodies found
Sydney Morning Herald
A civil protection official says the search for people missing in the Costa Concordia disaster and the removal of fuel from the ship can proceed in tandem. Salvage experts can begin pumping fuel from a capsized cruise ship as early as Tuesday to avert …
Women found dead in Italy cruise shipwreckABC Online
2 more bodies found, fuel removal to begin on shipThe Associated Press
2 More Bodies Found on Italian ShipNew York Times
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Woman attacked in Mexico identified as Calgarian
CTV.ca
Sheila Nabb, 37, was found beaten and lying in a pool of blood in a hotel elevator in the popular Mazatlan tourist area in Mexico on Saturday, Jan 21, 2012. Sheila Nabb, 37, was found beaten and lying in a pool of blood in a hotel elevator in the …
Calgary woman beaten at five-star Mexican resort remains in comaVancouver Sun
Canadian beaten at Mexican resort lives in CalgaryCBC.ca
Calgary woman beaten in Mexico remains in comaNational Post
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Documents prove Tony Clement selected G8 projects: NDP
National Post
By Jordan Press OTTAWA — The federal NDP took another run at Conservative MP Tony Clement on Monday, releasing departmental documents it says shows Clement was personally involved in the selection and recommendation of projects to be funded from the G8 …
New memos contradict Clement on G8 legacy fundCTV.ca
Tony Clement involved in choosing G8 projects, newly released documents showToronto Star
NDP calls on Clement to turn himself in to police over G8 'cover-up'Globe and Mail
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Arab League Meets on Syria
Voice of America
January 22, 2012 Arab League Extends Syria Observer Mission Amid Serious Divisions Edward Yeranian | Cairo Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo on Sunday, voted to extend the group's already month-old observer mission to Syria, …
Syria: Bashar al-Assad given ultimatum to oversee transition to democracyTelegraph.co.uk
Arab League calls for unity government in SyriaCNN International
Arab League proposes new plan for Syrian transitionReuters
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Duceppe 'unable to consider a return to active politics'
Toronto Sun
By Kris Sims ,Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA — Separatist Gilles Duceppe is in full damage control mode and says he has no time to re-enter politics. After a bombshell report the former Bloc Quebecois leader paid his head political hack out of a …
Gilles Duceppe denies Bloc Quebecois broke House rulesMontreal Gazette
Duceppe closes door to political returnCanada.com
Gilles Duceppe rules out return to politicsCTV.ca
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords retiring from Congress
Washington Post
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was only a few minutes into her “Congress on your Corner” meeting with constituents when the gunman struck. Now, one of her last acts in Congress will be to finish that meeting. The Arizona Democrat announced Sunday that she …
Giffords leaving Congress to recover from shootingReuters
Rep. Wasserman Schultz says Giffords' recovery is likely to take years, not monthsCNN
Colleagues comment on Giffords' resignationThe Associated Press
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Costa Concordia: operation complicated by unregistered passengers
Telegraph.co.uk
Efforts to establish the exact number of people still missing from the Costa Concordia could be complicated by unregistered passengers who may have been on board the stricken vessel, the head of the search operation has admitted. …
13 confirmed dead as another body pulled from shipCTV.ca
Costa Concordia captain says owners arranged for sail-by close to shoreMirror.co.uk
Concordia May Have Had Unregistered PassengersBloomberg
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Croatia EU referendum: Voters back membership
BBC News
Near complete results from Croatia's referendum on European Union membership suggest that a large majority of people want to join the EU in 2013. With nearly 99% of the votes counted, 66% of voters backed the membership. About 33% were against. …
Croatians Approve European Union Entry in Test of Bloc's LureBusinessWeek
Croatian voters back bid to join European UnionCNN International
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With Romney and Gingrich squaring off, now it's Florida's turn in the GOP …
Washington Post
TAMPA, Fla. — Now it's Florida's turn. And Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have just 10 days to navigate a state unlike any they've competed in so far. Florida is six times larger than New Hampshire, has almost five times …
Santorum sticks around and gives grief to GingrichReuters
Despite Gingrich win, Democrats still fixated on RomneyAFP
Romney to Release Tax Forms Jan. 24 Saying to Delay Was MistakeBloomberg
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Two men still missing as police hunt for clues to BC mill fire
Globe and Mail
The slow work of identifying bodies and figuring out what caused a massive explosion that levelled this northern town's main employer has begun, and the RCMP are warning the efforts will take time and exact an emotional toll. …
Families identify two missing after BC mill blastCTV.ca
Possible fatalities in BC mill explosion: fire chiefMontreal Gazette
Mystery of BC mill explosion will take time to solveThe Province
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Canadian woman found beaten at Mexican resort
Canada.com
By Postmedia News, Postmedia News January 22, 2012 A Canadian tourist is recovering in a Mexican hospital after being found beaten in an elevator at a hotel in the resort town of Mazatlan on Saturday, according to media reports. …
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Yemen Leader Leaves for New York for Medical Care
New York Times
Yemen's departing president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, left Yemen on Sunday and will travel to New York for medical treatment, Yemeni and American officials said. A Yemeni government spokesman, Muhammad Albasha, confirmed that Mr. Saleh had left the country …
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