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Canadian soldier found dead on Afghan base
Globe and Mail
Kandahar, Afghanistan – The lifeless body of a female Canadian soldier was found in her Forces' accommodation room Thursday afternoon at Kandahar Air Field.
Afghanistan matters Edmonton Sun
Changes in Afghanistan Pembroke Daily Observer
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Suicide bombs kill 25 in Baghdad
guardian.co.uk
Suicide bombers returned to Baghdad for the second day running when two people wearing explosive vests blew themselves up at the gates of a Shia Muslim shrine in the Kadhimiya district, killing at least 25 people and wounding 60, police said.
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Suicide bombs kill at least 30 at Baghdad shrine Washington Post
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Pakistan Taliban in Buner pull out
Aljazeera.net
Up to 500 Taliban fighters have been ordered to pull back from Buner, just 100km away from the Pakistan capital of Islamabad, less than 24 hours after they entered the strategic district.
Video: Pakistan deploys troops to combat Taliban – 23 Apr 09 Al Jazeera
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Operation Diplomat
Globe and Mail
A rotating team of three dozen Canadians worked tirelessly in West Africa over the past four months to secure freedom for two Canadian diplomats, sources say.
Canadian diplomats freed in Mali appear to be in good health CBC.ca
Diplomats coming home soon Winnipeg Sun
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UN says nearly 6500 civilians dead in Sri Lanka
The Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Two top Indian officials headed Friday to Sri Lanka to demand an immediate cease fire in the bloody civil war as a private UN document reported that nearly 6500 ethnic Tamil civilians were killed in the last three months of …
Fears for civilians caught in Sri Lankan waR ABC Online
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Pakistan troops man Buner police stations
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – More than 100 paramilitary troops manned police stations around the northwestern Pakistani town of Buner Friday as Taliban militants who have swarmed the area patrolled its streets, officials said.
Video: Pakistan deploys troops to combat Taliban – 23 Apr 09 Al Jazeera
Taliban Advance, Pakistan's Wavering Worry Obama Team Washington Post
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PM must press US for Khadr's return from Guantanamo, court rules
CBC.ca
A sketch of Omar Khadr at a hearing at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 19. A Federal Court judge ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper must immediately demand Khadr's repatriation.
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Mother of teen shocked with stun-gun thinks Taser tests a …
Edmonton Sun
By ANDREW HANON, Sun Media The mother of a 15-year-old shocked by a Taser-wielding police officer thinks the controversy over whether the weapons work properly misses the point.
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Vancouver police arrest 6 more alleged members of Sanghera gang
CBC.ca
Six alleged members of the Sanghera crime group are taken into custody in South Vancouver on Wednesday. (Vancouver Police Department) Vancouver police say they have dismantled one of the city's most violent gangs after arresting six alleged members of …
Vancouver gang 'functionally dismantled': Cops Edmonton Sun
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Canada must press US for detainee
BBC News
A Canadian judge has ruled that PM Stephen Harper must immediately press the US to send home a Canadian detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay.
PM must press US for Khadr's return from Guantanamo, court rules CBC.ca
Judge Orders Canada to Seek Terror Suspect's Return Bloomberg
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