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Nanny can stay in Canada to battle cancer
A Filipina nanny, who is dying of cancer, has won her fight to stay in Canada.
CBC.ca – Jul 18, 2008 4:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A Filipina nanny, who is dying of cancer, has won her fight to stay in Canada.
CBC.ca – Jul 18, 2008 4:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
New immigrants with degrees have lower employment rate: StatsCan
As immigrants integrate into the Canadian labour market, many initially face difficulties finding employment.
CBC.ca – Jul 18, 2008 3:15 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
As immigrants integrate into the Canadian labour market, many initially face difficulties finding employment.
CBC.ca – Jul 18, 2008 3:15 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Storm over Cape Cod
As she put the finishing touch to a watercolour outside the gated community of Oyster Harbours, Nancy Walton wrinkled her nose at the thought of America's first offshore wind farm popping up on the horizon of Nantucket Sound. "I believe in wind power," she said, "but these will be higher than the Statue of Liberty. There are so precious few places on earth as unspoilt as this. Why can't they just put them somewhere else?"
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 3:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
As she put the finishing touch to a watercolour outside the gated community of Oyster Harbours, Nancy Walton wrinkled her nose at the thought of America's first offshore wind farm popping up on the horizon of Nantucket Sound. "I believe in wind power," she said, "but these will be higher than the Statue of Liberty. There are so precious few places on earth as unspoilt as this. Why can't they just put them somewhere else?"
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 3:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Warhol, Lichtenstein paintings stolen from Swedish museum
Five paintings by American pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein have been stolen from a museum near Stockholm.
CBC.ca – Jul 18, 2008 2:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Five paintings by American pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein have been stolen from a museum near Stockholm.
CBC.ca – Jul 18, 2008 2:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Hollywood moguls make 'final offer' to actors
Hollywood producers said they made a final offer to actors hours before the current labour contract was to expire, but the Screen Actors Guild responded by saying the offer failed to address some key areas.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Hollywood producers said they made a final offer to actors hours before the current labour contract was to expire, but the Screen Actors Guild responded by saying the offer failed to address some key areas.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Obama takes 15-point lead over McCain
Democratic Party strategists are daring to hope and starting to campaign for a landslide election victory, after Barack Obama opened up a 15-point lead over John McCain in the latest presidential race opinion poll.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Democratic Party strategists are daring to hope and starting to campaign for a landslide election victory, after Barack Obama opened up a 15-point lead over John McCain in the latest presidential race opinion poll.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
David Usborne: Our Man In New York
This year I have joined the ranks of America's weary air warriors. I have not totted up all the flights I have taken since the first of the Democratic Party primaries at the start of January, but I know that the wheels on my trusty suitcase are falling off and my ears are in a state of permanent pop.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
This year I have joined the ranks of America's weary air warriors. I have not totted up all the flights I have taken since the first of the Democratic Party primaries at the start of January, but I know that the wheels on my trusty suitcase are falling off and my ears are in a state of permanent pop.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The original American dream: a new gold rush
They've been talking about the gold in California's hills since 1849, when tens of thousands of pioneers rushed across the continent or even sailed round Cape Horn to join the fabled gold rush that transformed this remote rural backwater into the beating heart of the American dream.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
They've been talking about the gold in California's hills since 1849, when tens of thousands of pioneers rushed across the continent or even sailed round Cape Horn to join the fabled gold rush that transformed this remote rural backwater into the beating heart of the American dream.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Girlfriend of vanished fraudster could face a 10-year jail stretch
When police found an abandoned SUV on Bear Mountain suspension bridge over the Hudson River in upstate New York, with the keys and a half-full bottle of painkillers inside the car and the legend "Suicide is Painless" scrawled in the dust on the bonnet, the case was open and shut. Samuel Israel III, notorious ex-hedge fund manager, was trying to fool us again.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
When police found an abandoned SUV on Bear Mountain suspension bridge over the Hudson River in upstate New York, with the keys and a half-full bottle of painkillers inside the car and the legend "Suicide is Painless" scrawled in the dust on the bonnet, the case was open and shut. Samuel Israel III, notorious ex-hedge fund manager, was trying to fool us again.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Floods wipe out US crops
The crest of the swollen Mississippi River moved downstream yesterday as volunteers manned sandbagged levees and coped with the costs of the Midwest's worst flooding in 15 years. "At times like these you don't know whether to cry or laugh. But here in the Midwest we tend to favour the latter," said Charlotte Hoerr, who, with her husband Brent, farms land not far from the river in this small Missouri town.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The crest of the swollen Mississippi River moved downstream yesterday as volunteers manned sandbagged levees and coped with the costs of the Midwest's worst flooding in 15 years. "At times like these you don't know whether to cry or laugh. But here in the Midwest we tend to favour the latter," said Charlotte Hoerr, who, with her husband Brent, farms land not far from the river in this small Missouri town.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
