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Meat gougers jailed
Five butchers in Gambia, a tiny west African country hard hitby the global food crisis, were sentenced to four months in prisonyesterday for hiking meat prices. Three Senegalese butchers and twoof their Guinean colleagues pleaded guilty to selling a kilogram ofsteak for $7.50 instead of the fixed pr ... more »
Canada.com – Oct 7, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
Five butchers in Gambia, a tiny west African country hard hitby the global food crisis, were sentenced to four months in prisonyesterday for hiking meat prices. Three Senegalese butchers and twoof their Guinean colleagues pleaded guilty to selling a kilogram ofsteak for $7.50 instead of the fixed pr ... more »
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Minister resigns after rail crash kills 4
Hungary's transport minister and railways chief both resignedyesterday after a train crash killed four people and injured 26,state news agency MTI said. Two trains collided on a bend 30kilometres southeast of Budapest after one of them had slowedbecause of a faulty signal, a spokesman for state ... more »
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Hungary's transport minister and railways chief both resignedyesterday after a train crash killed four people and injured 26,state news agency MTI said. Two trains collided on a bend 30kilometres southeast of Budapest after one of them had slowedbecause of a faulty signal, a spokesman for state ... more »
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Mubarak deletes editor's sentence
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday decreed that anoutspoken editor need not serve the two-month jail term to which hewas sentenced last month for his newspaper's reporting on thepresident's health. The state news agency MENA said Mubarak issuedthe decree "to affirm his solicit ... more »
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday decreed that anoutspoken editor need not serve the two-month jail term to which hewas sentenced last month for his newspaper's reporting on thepresident's health. The state news agency MENA said Mubarak issuedthe decree "to affirm his solicit ... more »
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Woman in coma fired
A Spanish woman in a coma has been fired for not turning upto work, her mother told national television yesterday. SandraTejero, 36, was dismissed from her job at a Barcelona fish shop,where she has worked since June 2007, for repeated and unjustifiedabsences since she went in to a coma after a traf ... more »
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A Spanish woman in a coma has been fired for not turning upto work, her mother told national television yesterday. SandraTejero, 36, was dismissed from her job at a Barcelona fish shop,where she has worked since June 2007, for repeated and unjustifiedabsences since she went in to a coma after a traf ... more »
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Hanging on for dear life
The Earth is an increasingly bleak place for animals,according to a huge global study that concludes a quarter of the5,487 wild mammal species on the planet are threatened withextinction.
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The Earth is an increasingly bleak place for animals,according to a huge global study that concludes a quarter of the5,487 wild mammal species on the planet are threatened withextinction.
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World Bank plans to cut red tape on greenhouse gases
The World Bank plans a new way to spur developing countriesto cut greenhouse gases, by measuring trends in various sectorsinstead of counting every ton of decreased emissions, a top bankofficial said yesterday.
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The World Bank plans a new way to spur developing countriesto cut greenhouse gases, by measuring trends in various sectorsinstead of counting every ton of decreased emissions, a top bankofficial said yesterday.
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Putin wants tributes to stop: spokesman
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wishes officials wouldstop naming streets after him and erecting statues of him, hisspokesman said yesterday. Putin, who was president for two termsuntil he stepped down in May, is immensely popular in Russia but hiscritics accuse officials of trying to create a ... more »
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wishes officials wouldstop naming streets after him and erecting statues of him, hisspokesman said yesterday. Putin, who was president for two termsuntil he stepped down in May, is immensely popular in Russia but hiscritics accuse officials of trying to create a ... more »
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Global jittersIf investors seemed to be a little panicky yesterday, you canhardly blame them. The U.S. banking crisis, already a fearsomebeast, seems to be spreading rapidly in at least two directions.
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Deaths
SAURO ADELSTEIN, Angelina. 1965 - 2008. Peacefully in Montreal onWednesday, October 1, 2008, in her forty-third year. Beloved wife ofMark Adelstein, loving mother to Patrick and Julian. Daughter ofGerarda Forgione and the late Pasquale Sauro. Best friend and sisterto Teresa and brother Giuseppe. Dau ... more »
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SAURO ADELSTEIN, Angelina. 1965 - 2008. Peacefully in Montreal onWednesday, October 1, 2008, in her forty-third year. Beloved wife ofMark Adelstein, loving mother to Patrick and Julian. Daughter ofGerarda Forgione and the late Pasquale Sauro. Best friend and sisterto Teresa and brother Giuseppe. Dau ... more »
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Anti-Tory protesters take to Montreal streets
More than 5,000 people marched through downtown Montreal on Sunday to protest the Conservative Party's policies.
CBC.ca – Oct 6, 2008 3:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
More than 5,000 people marched through downtown Montreal on Sunday to protest the Conservative Party's policies.
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