McCain heads to Canada to tout free tradeWed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Republican presidential candidate John McCain will visit Canada next week at the height of an intense election-year debate with his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, over the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Russia to increase its Arctic military presenceWed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT
 Just two weeks after the five Arctic Ocean countries - including Canada - pledged to tone down the rhetoric over their competing territorial claims in the polar region, a high-ranking Russian defence official has announced plans to bolster his nation’s military presence in the far north.
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Emerson to address conference on Canada’s role in AfghanistanThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson will have three minutes today to spell out Canada’s commitment to Afghanistan at a conference of countries involved in the mission to suppress the Taliban-led insurgency and rebuild the violence- and corruption-ravaged country.
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Tornado kills 4 at Iowa boy scout campThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
Four people were killed and at least 20 injured when a tornado tore through an Iowa boy scout camp on Wednesday, where dozens of scouts were gathered for a summer retreat, state officials said. |
Paul Newman friend confirms actor has cancerWed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Actor Paul Newman told friends as far back as 18 months ago that he was battling cancer but has remained energetic and active in charity work, a friend and business associate said on Wednesday.
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Pluto gets a new name - plutoidThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, got a consolation prize on Wednesday - it and other dwarf planets like it will be called plutoids.
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Serbia arrests top war crimes fugitiveWed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Serbia arrested wartime Bosnian Serb security chief Stojan Zupljanin on Wednesday and was to send him to the United Nations tribunal in The Hague for trial on war crimes charges.
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Greece ratifies EU treaty ahead of Ireland referendumWed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
Greece’s parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, hours before a crucial referendum in Ireland where the charter’s future is hanging in the balance. |
Cdn. military to safeguard Afghan dam projectWed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 The Canadian military is teaming up with Afghan army and police units to safeguard Ottawa’s just-announced “signature” aid project from becoming too tempting a target for insurgents.
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British security breach has familiar ring in CanadaWed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
In a case echoing the downfall of Canada’s former foreign affairs minister Maxime Bernier over his mishandling of classified NATO documents, the British government was scrambling Wednesday to find out how top-secret assessments of al-Qaida’s terror network - each page stamped “for UK/US/Canadian and Australian eyes only” - were left abandoned on a London commuter train.
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The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country.
Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he will not accept military action or new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.
“We should not take any unilateral steps. It is not acceptable to opt for a military scenario. It would be dangerous,”
As the world marks the seventh anniversary of 9/11, some European experts say security improvements in the US have been undercut by fairly basic mistakes. Among the remedies is more trust in America’s laws and allies.
Seven years after the attacks
David Miliband has allegedly come in for a rather undiplomatic tongue-lashing from his Russian counterpart.
The Foreign Secretary was apparently given a furious dressing down by Sergei Lavrov over the telephone.
Mr Miliband’s criticism of Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia is believed
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa - A South African judge ruled Friday that prosecutors were wrong to charge ANC President Jacob Zuma with corruption, effectively clearing way for the 66-year-old former freedom fighter to become the country’s next president.
Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling
Thailand’s political turmoil deepened Friday when the ruling coalition failed to turn up to parliament to reelect leader Samak Sundaravej as prime minister.
Lawmakers from the six-party coalition did not attend an emergency session of parliament called to choose a prime minister, three days after a court stripped Samak of power for accepting payments for hosting
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