The Canadian Bar Association and more than a half-dozen other legal groups demanded on Tuesday that the Canadian government repatriate Omar Khadr, an inmate of a U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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The Court of Appeal of Alberta has ordered a new trial for Michael Briscoe, who was acquitted in the March 2007 killing of 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte, who was raped and killed on an Edmonton golf course three and a half years ago.
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A car bomb detonated Tuesday near a crowded restaurant at lunchtime in central Baghdad, killing at least three civilians and wounding eight others, an Interior Ministry official said.
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U.S. stocks bounced back Tuesday after Congressional lawmakers rejected a $700 billion bailout plan aimed at stabilizing the financial system, triggering economic turmoil around the world.
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French beauticians have launched street protests to demand the right to use modern hair-removal techniques.
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People in Edson, Alta., are frightened and angry over the daytime slaying of a 14-year-old girl along a popular wooded trail, with some people vowing to take matters into their own hands, and many others keeping their children close to home.
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Millions of People Participate in Subtle Activism Starting Oct. 1st to Call Forth Wise Leadership in America
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 30 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Gaiafield Center for Subtle Activism (GCSA), sponsored by the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), announces the launch of WiseUSA ‘08, a non-partisan, free global meditation and prayer program to run from October 1st to November 6th 2008, designed to draw forth wise leadership from both politicians and citizens during and beyond the U.S. presidential election.
By using leading-edge Internet technologies to link millions of people from around the world in meditation and prayer during the U.S. electoral process, WiseUSA ‘08 calls upon Americans to use their deepest wisdom as they consider and cast their votes for President this November.
Since the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election will affect the rest of the world, this program also invites the global community to support the American [...]
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The fire that badly damaged a historic British merchant ship last year was caused by a vacuum cleaner that was left on for 48 hours, police said Tuesday.
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The administrators at Lehman Brothers’ European division say that 750 jobs have been cut with immediate effect.
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