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Airline faces protests

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An Airbus A330-200 from Yemenia Airways, taxies on the tarmac above a car access ramp at Roissy airport, north of Paris, before taking off for Sana’a, Yemen, yesterday.

Sarah Palin resigns

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former Republican vice-presidential candidate, made a surprise announcement yesterday that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.

Elephants beat humans in contest

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In the fight of elephants vs. people -- the elephants now have the upper trunk.

Mounties taser British Columbia teen

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Mounties say an officer confronted by a knife-wielding teenager had to make a choice between his taser and his gun.

Mexico holds election tomorrow

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President Felipe Calderon and his drug war will get their biggest test of support yet when Mexico holds midterm elections tomorrow amid growing frustration over rampant cartel violence and a shrinking economy.
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Canada welcomes Japanese emperor

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Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda were prepared to bow as the 125th holder of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne disembarked from his plane yesterday afternoon.

Illegal driving possible cause of accident

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The devastated father of three teenage girls killed when their vehicle plunged into an Ontario canal fears the accident could be the result of his eldest daughter's penchant for taking the family car without permission.

Barkeeper sent to prison for role in teen's death

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A German court has sentenced a Berlin barkeeper to three years and five months in prison after he was convicted of bodily harm with fatal consequences for a drinking match that left his teenage opponent dead.

Three-week-old baby killed in London blaze

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Six people, including a 3-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London yesterday, emergency services said.

Canada launches 24-hour, live undersea observatory

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A $100-million ocean observatory on the sea floor off the B.C. coast will give Canadians and everyone else an unprecedented look at life beneath the surface of the ocean.

Canadians still love Barack Obama

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Canadians remain smitten with Barack Obama.

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Man fined $40,000 for publishing sex videos

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A Quebec judge has fined a man more than $40,000 for publishing photos and videos online of himself and his ex-girlfriend engaging in sexual acts.

Memorial to draw crowd

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Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center, even though only 17,500 tickets are being offered to the public.

U.S. strikes Taliban training camp

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Missiles fired from unmanned U.S. planes hit a training camp and communication centre run by a Taliban leader close to the Afghan border, killing 17 people and adding to pressure on the insurgents in a region also being targeted by the Pakistani military.

Wet weather

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Mystic Aquarium, in Mystic, Conn. employee, Emily McCabe attempts to move a visitor’s flooded car to a dry area of the aquarium’s parking lot. McCabe was one of dozens of employees who spent several hours on Wednesday helping visitors retrieve their cars, some of which were more than half submerged in rain and drainage water after a rainstorm.

United States looks to Cdn. health-care system

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It's rare that anything to do with Canada is front and centre in the minds of Americans, but the Canadian health-care system has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few weeks as Capitol Hill legislators work on a massive health-care overhaul.

Gas leak caused by explosion

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The RCMP say a bomb was behind a leak at a gas well belonging to Calgary-based EnCana (TSX:ECA), one of the major players in northern British Columbia's rapidly expanding oil and gas industry.

Global warming now shrinking sheep: study

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Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.

Flu parties bad idea

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As a reason for a party, this one is getting a big thumbs down from public health officials.

Ont. police baffled by submerged car

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It could be weeks before the results are released from the autopsies on the bodies of four Montreal residents pulled from a lock in Kingston, Ont., police said yesterday.

Don’t bug me

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Madison Hilker, 8, takes a closer look at a rhinoceros beetle on display during The Incredible World of Bugs exhibit at a shopping mall in Peterborough, Ont., yesterday.

Meat recall not linked to E. coli cases

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Three cases of children with E. coli reported in the London, Ont., area last week aren't related to this week's voluntary recall of President's Choice fresh beef products at grocery stores across Atlantic Canada, Ontario and Quebec.

American soldier missing

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WASHINGTON - An American soldier was believed being held by the Taliban after he walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan without his body armour and weapon, officials said yesterday.

Myanmar visited

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The U.N. secretary-general said ahead of his trip today to Myanmar that he plans to lobby the military-ruled country's top leader directly for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Bus crash kills 23

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Two buses crashed head-on yesterday on a mountainous road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said.
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