Tag: canada
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worldwide protests mark 5th anniversary of iraq war
1000s attend antiwar protests in london & glasgowfrom wikinews: Yesterday, thousands of people attended anti-war protests in London and Glasgow organised by the Stop the War Coalition. The event marks nearly five years since the 2003 invasion of Iraq which begun the Iraq War. The main themes were “Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan”, “Don’t…
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nat’l dragnet, borderwars, russian bombers & aipac
national dragnet is a click awayfrom washington post: Several thousand law enforcement agencies are creating the foundation of a domestic intelligence system through computer networks that analyze vast amounts of police information to fight crime and root out terror plots… Those network efforts will begin expanding further this month, as some local and state agencies…
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topoff 5: nau, spp & the 2010 olympics
three amigos at 2010 winter olympics?from vancouver24: Could Canada’s Games be secured with help from Americans and Mexicans? Canada, U.S. and Mexico are planning a massive joint military exercise in April 2009 “to focus on terrorist events that could affect [the] 2010 Olympics,” according to Public Safety Canada documents released to 2010 Watch via access…
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hillary, hollowed-out book, nau, fraudsters & al-CIAda
dallas cop killed while escorting hillary from cbs2: A Dallas police motorcycle officer who crashed and died Friday while escorting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s motorcade to a campaign rally has been identified, CBS station KTVT-TV, in Dallas reported. Senior Cpl. Victor Lozada, a 20-year veteran of the department, was killed in the accident.…
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memory thief: the story of dr. ewan cameron
from information liberation: He was a Scottish doctor whose burning ambition was to be a scientific legend. Dr Ewen Cameron, a graduate of Glasgow University, became one of the most eminent psychiatrists in the world. His work in Canada in the 1950s was radical and groundbreaking but now some of his patients are finally receiving…
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news on the march
army’s robotic, armed combat vehicle rolls outfrom wired: We now know that there are robotic cars smart enough to drive themselves around a city. The next step: give those vehicles automatic weapons, of course… Last month, a set of South African remotely-operated 35 mm guns spun out of control, and killed nine soldiers. The Black…
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canadian cleared of terrorism charges
from press tv: A Canadian man of Pakistani origin who was arrested in Afghanistan for allegedly having connections with al-Qaeda has been released. Suhail Qureshi, 24, was allowed to return to Canada a month ago, after Afghan authorities found no evidence linking him to al-Qaeda or the Taliban, Afghan officials confirmed on Monday. “The intelligence,…
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canadian loonie beats US dollar, first time in 30 years
from canadian press: The loonie rose sharply and held onto its gains on Friday, ending the trading day above the U.S. dollar for the first time in nearly 31 years. The Canadian dollar finished up two-thirds of a cent at 100.52 cents US continuing its spectacular tear and marking the highest close since Nov. 25,…
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2 russian strategic bombers fly along alaska, canada coasts
from itar-tass: Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers, within the scope of a long-range aviation drill, flew along the coasts of Alaska and Canada and returned to their home airfield via the North Pole on Thursday, Air Force spokesman Col Alexander Drobyshevsky told Itar-Tass. “A pair of Tu-95MS planes flew along a large range along the…
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only ‘virtual protests’ allowed at north american summit
from afp: Protesters will be “seen and heard” when North American leaders meet next week in Montebello, near Ottawa, but only virtually – via an audio-video feed set up by organizers. And the heads of the United States, Canada and Mexico may opt to change the channel. The arrangement is “in compliance with (a Canadian)…
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where’s the transparency in the ‘security & prosperity partnership’?
from globe & mail: On Aug. 20 and 21, the leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States will meet in Montebello, Que., to discuss the so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership. It provides a vision for North American integration that most Canadians, Americans and Mexicans would reject. Governments in all three countries have dodged political…
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american moves to canada reach record high
from cbc: The number of Americans admitted to Canada last year reached a 30-year high, with a 20 per cent increase over the previous year and nearly double the number that arrived in 2000. The results of a survey, conducted by the Association for Canadian Studies, also revealed that the so-called “brain drain” of Canada…
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military analyst: west needs more terror
from paul joseph watson: The West needs more terror attacks on the scale of 9/11 and 7/7 in order to save a failing foreign policy, according to Lt.-Col. Doug Delaney, chair of the war studies program at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. This alarming admission can be found right at the end of…
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US army desperately seeking joshua key
from quillblog: The Globe and Mail reports that the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Command has been trying to find and question Joshua Key, a deserter who took refuge in Canada and recently published an account of his tour of duty in Iraq called The Deserter’s Tale (House of Anansi Press) co-written with Canadian author Lawrence…
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news on the march
leading senator assails bush over iran stancefrom new york times: The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday sharply criticized the Bush administration’s increasingly combative stance toward Iran, saying that White House efforts to portray it as a growing threat are uncomfortably reminiscent of rhetoric about Iraq before the American invasion of 2003……