Apr 17 2009

Bush officials defend physical abuse described in memos released … – guardian.co.uk


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Bush officials defend physical abuse described in memos released
guardian.co.uk
Senior members of the Bush administration today defended the physical abuse of prisoners by CIA operatives at Guantánamo and elsewhere round the world set out in graphic detail in secret memos released by president Barack Obama.
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Apr 17 2009

Tori Stafford case now an abduction – Toronto Sun


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Tori Stafford case now an abduction
Toronto Sun
By SUN MEDIA The disappearance of Tori Stafford in Woodstock is now considered an abduction, Ontario Provincial Police said today.
OPP may take over search for missing Woodstock girl: reports 680 News
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Apr 17 2009

Winnipeg begins arresting residents for disobeying evacuation – Vancouver Sun


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Winnipeg begins arresting residents for disobeying evacuation
Vancouver Sun
By Bartley Kives, Winnipeg Free PressApril 17, 2009 7:36 AM An abandoned truck sits half-submerged on Hwy. 247 close to the junction with Hwy.
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Apr 17 2009

Relations between US, Cuba seem within reach – The Associated Press


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Relations between US, Cuba seem within reach
The Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) – Talks toward a thaw in US-Cuba relations seemed to be a real possibility after the new presidents of both countries reached out to each other with surprisingly straightforward language about their desire to revive a relationship frozen by
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Apr 17 2009

Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US

fantomas writes “The BBC reports that ‘US President Barack Obama has announced his “vision for high-speed rail” in the country, which would create jobs, ease congestion and save energy.” Can rail work in the land where the car is king? Would you travel on the new high speed lines?”

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Apr 17 2009

Gunmen Attack a Thai Protest Leader – New York Times


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Gunmen Attack a Thai Protest Leader
New York Times
By SETH MYDANS BANGKOK – One of the principal leaders of the “yellow shirt” protest movement that brought the country to a political and economic standstill last year was attacked by gunmen Friday morning in Bangkok.
Doctor: Thai PAD core leader in safe condition after urgent operation Xinhua
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Apr 17 2009

Helium hope, terse moods in Tori case – Toronto Star


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Helium hope, terse moods in Tori case
Toronto Star
A detail from America's Most Wanted website shows missing Woodstock, Ont. girl Victoria Stafford's photo and the details of her disappearance.
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Apr 17 2009

Military apologizes – TheChronicleHerald.ca


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Military apologizes
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By CIARA BYRNE The Canadian Press CFB TRENTON, Ont. – Canada's Chief of Defence Staff apologized Thursday after the military decided that the plane carrying the body of the latest Canadian soldier slain in Afghanistan would stop in Ottawa first to drop
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Apr 17 2009

Quebec crackdown on Hells Angels sends message to bikers across Canada – Edmonton Sun


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Quebec crackdown on Hells Angels sends message to bikers across Canada
Edmonton Sun
By ANDREW HANON, Sun Media The decimation of Quebec's once-feared Hells Angels will send ripples of fear through Alberta's chapters, says an expert in outlaw biker gangs.
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Apr 17 2009

Thailand's Sondhi successfully operated upon – doctor – Reuters


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Thailand's Sondhi successfully operated upon – doctor
Reuters
BANGKOK, April 17 (Reuters) – An operation on the founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement, Sondhi Limthongkul, who was shot in Bangkok on Friday, was successful and his life is not in danger, a hospital director said.
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