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• Davos Elite Must Put Some Substance in Their High-Altitude Schmooze: View – Bloomberg

  Sydney Morning Herald

  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 Vancouver Sun -Sydney Morning Herald -CTV.ca all 1,374 news articles »

• Tourism industry concerned over impact of Sheila Nabb beating in Mexico – National Post

  National Post

  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 CBC.ca -Globe and Mail -Toronto Star all 304 news articles »

• Taxes, deficit loom as key issues in 2012 race – Los Angeles Times

  Los Angeles Times

  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 Obama State of Union Seen by 37.7 Million Viewers, Nielsen SaysBusinessWeek TV audience drops for Obama's State of Union speechReuters Wall Street Journal -Toronto Sun -Christian Science Monitor all 12,824 news articles »

• US Forces Rescue Two Hostages From Somali Pirates – New York Times

  Globe and Mail

  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 Irish Times -The Independent -CNN all 2,520 news articles »

• Goldring set to plead "not guilty" after refusing a breathalyzer – iNews880.com

  iNews880.com

  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 CBC.ca -Medicine Hat News all 26 news articles »

• Attawapiskat chief wants share of revenues from nearby diamond mine – Toronto Star

  CBC.ca

  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 Vancouver Sun -National Post (blog) -CANOE all 26 news articles »

• Canada wants Syria ousted from UN committee – Vancouver Sun

  Telegraph.co.uk

  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 New UN showdown with Russia over Syria loomsReuters Canada France, Britain join Syria peace push at UNReuters Washington Post all 2,834 news articles »

• Shafia son ‘stupid,’ but no murderer: lawyer – CTV.ca

  CTV.ca

  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 Globe and Mail all 253 news articles »

• Dust levels high weeks before explosion at BC mill: WorkSafe BC – Winnipeg Free Press

  Globe and Mail

  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 CBC.ca -National Post -Montreal Gazette all 576 news articles »