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Transgender beauty contestant about to make history
Jenna Talackova is set to make history as the first-ever transgendered contestant to compete at the Miss Universe Canada pageant. [...]
5-17, 2012 18:25
Montreal student protest ends with 122 arrests
Thousands of students protested in Montreal's downtown overnight and dozens were arrested after the Quebec government said it would suspend the current semester for many college and university students until August. [...]
5-17, 2012 18:25
Gay sex harassment complaint widens in Australia
A gay political staffer who launched a sexual harassment case last month against the Speaker of Australia's parliament has also made a formal complaint about comments by Senators Bob Carr and Barnaby Joyce. [...]
5-17, 2012 17:36
‘Garage-sale’ Tom Thomson painting draws $110K at auction
A painting bought at a Vancouver garage sale and believed to the work of iconic Canadian artist Tom Thomson has been sold at auction for $110,000, considerably less than its estimated value. [...]
5-17, 2012 16:49
Former fugitive’s family wants him returned to U.S. to die
The family of a Manitoba man who evaded police for more than 30 years before being arrested wants the terminally ill ex-fugitive returned to Pennsylvania where his wife lives. [...]
5-17, 2012 16:49
How telecom systems can be compromised
Hardware and software provided by foreign suppliers could compromise the security of Canada's telecommunication systems and leave them vulnerable to attack, computer experts warn. [...]
5-17, 2012 16:49
Nahlah Ayed: The larger battle lines in Syria’s spillover war
Unexpectedly fierce fighting between sectarian rivals in the Lebanese city of Tripoli this week echoes the religious conflicts underway in Syria and throughout the larger region, Nahlah Ayed explains. [...]
5-17, 2012 16:49
U.S. sends warning to Saleh backers in Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday it may freeze their assets if they hamper the transfer of power in the Gulf nation. President Barack Obama signed an executive [...]
5-17, 2012 16:02
Syria accused of new ‘massacre,’ UN team evacuated
AFP - Syrian forces were accused of summarily executing 15 civilians, as members of a UN team of observers were evacuated from a shelled town the day after a bomb blast hit their convoy. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, however, [...]
5-17, 2012 16:02
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder after recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned. The Army said it will review the [...]
5-17, 2012 15:19
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