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Sorry about last night’s ceremony, that wasn’t Canada

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Feb. 13, 2010   22 Comments  

But world, don’t take that image of Canada home with you. It isn’t what life is like here. We don’t all live in the Arctic circle among the Orcas and the ice floes.

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George W. Bush billboard asks, ‘Miss Me Yet?’

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Feb. 9, 2010   4 Comments  

miss me yet

A billboard just outside Wyoming, Minn. has sparked a national conversation regarding our current president’s relative effectiveness as compared to former President George W. Bush.

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K-9 units help secure Sun Life Stadium before Super Bowl

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Feb. 6, 2010   Leave a Comment  

K-9 units from Kentucky, Georgia, Virginia and Texas

When you think Super Bowl, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Football, commercials, cheerleaders and beer, probably. Maybe Janet Jackson. But did you ever wonder how much it would take to ensure that all 76,500 fans that walk into Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, walk out safely? The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and [...]

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Turkish girl likely victim of ‘honor killing’

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Feb. 5, 2010   7 Comments  

A 16-year-old Turkish girl found dead in a hole last December was probably buried alive, judging by the amounts of soil in her lungs and stomach, authorities claim, the BBC reports.

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Shirley: “I haven’t donated a cent to the Haitian relief effort. And I probably will not”

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Feb. 2, 2010   Leave a Comment  

“It is not outside the realm of imagination to think that the citizens of a country might be able to: A) avoid putting themselves into a situation that might result in such catastrophic loss of life. And B) provide for their own aid, in the event of such a catastrophe.”

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Your World in Focus Special: An Interview With a Volunteer in Haiti

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Jan. 27, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Collapsed buildings, homes and hospitals. Orphaned children, parents who’ve lost their children and elders who have no caretakers. Foreign sights, sounds and smells. This is Haiti. A disaster zone.

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Port-au-Prince in Pictures

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Jan. 25, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Port-au-Prince destroyed

At 4:53 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti changed forever.

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Your World in Focus 11: Organized relief can save lives in Haiti

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Jan. 22, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Haiti. Just mentioning the country’s name makes people stop and listen, and hope what they hear is, for a change, good news. But there isn’t much in Haiti. People are dying preventable deaths, children are dying from broken bones. There is a lack of food, water and shelter for the Haitians.

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Fort Hood Soldier dies in Arizona

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Jan. 14, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Private First-Class Reid Taylor Little, 21, died Monday of injuries sustained from a gunshot wound while in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona, Fort Hood officials report.

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Your World in Focus 10: Malnutrition in India

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Jan. 13, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Hunger is one of the most urgent human rights issues of our time. It affects millions around the world, even in countries that are experiencing extraordinary economic growth during these tough economic times.

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A must watch from TED: India’s battle with sexual slavery

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Jan. 10, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Sunitha Krishnan discusses the plight of the sexual slave in India.

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Former early childhood education student sentenced on child pornography charges

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Jan. 8, 2010   2 Comments  

Johnny Pires, formerly of Middelboro, was sentenced to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. The 24-year-old was convicted of “one count of attempting to receive child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography,” the FBI states.

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Your World in Focus 9: An interview about women’s rights

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Jan. 4, 2010   1 Comment  

Veteran Canadian foreign reporter talks about women’s issues in Africa and the Middle East.

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Your World in Focus 8: Indian governor resigns after sex scandal

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Dec. 28, 2009   Leave a Comment  

An 86-year-old Indian governor has resigned after a video tape was broadcast showing him in bed with three women.

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Israeli bombs ’cause birth defects’ in Gaza strip

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Dec. 27, 2009   Leave a Comment  

High levels of toxins caused by the bombs, as well as the trauma of the war, is cited as one of the main reasons doctors are seeing a higher number of defects in children born since 2006.

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Countries place cap on global temperature rise at Copenhagen

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Dec. 19, 2009   Leave a Comment  

The developed world went through its industrial revolution with little regard for the environment, as it was not seen as a factor in those days. Now, as countries like India and China revolutionize, developed countries like Canada are demanding that they take action first?

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Fort Hood drafts new personal firearm policy

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Dec. 19, 2009   2 Comments  

A new policy regarding privately-owned firearms is now in effect at Fort Hood, Texas, U.S. Army reports.

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Fort Hood Soldier dies in Iraq

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Dec. 14, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Private Jhanner Tello, 29, died in Baghdad on Dec. 10 as a result of injuries sustained during non-combat incident.

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Ugandan ‘anti-gay’ law may be amended

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Dec. 11, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Under pressure from millions around the world, Ugandan officials are considering amending their proposed “anti-gay” bill that would, if passed, call for the death penalty or life imprisonment to those found to engage in homosexual behavior after being diagnosed with HIV.

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Your World in Focus 7: World Aids Day

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Dec. 2, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Yesterday was World Aids Day. A day we set aside to remember those who have perished as a result of the disease, and a day we use to honor those who battle it bravely. This year has been a progressive one, in terms of treatment and accessibility to treatments. Though many have died as a [...]

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