From: MediaScrape on Fri, Oct 16 2009 11:33 AM

A controversial exhibit has opened in Vancouver, depicting the Canadian team at one of the most controversial Olympics ever — the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin, staged by the German Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler.

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The exhibit of photographs, documents and artifacts, which opened Thursday a...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Oct 08 2009 10:58 AM

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he won’t resign after a top Italian court overturned an immunity law shielding him from the corruption charges that have been brought against him.

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The court ruled that the law, which grants immunity from prosecution to the prime minister, the pres...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Oct 05 2009 10:37 AM

Prime Minister Stephen Harper received a standing ovation after he surprised guests at a National Arts Centre Gala in Ottawa on Saturday night by playing the piano and singing a light-hearted Beatles tune.

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Harper, a Beatles fan, joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma on stage and sang a rendition of...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Oct 02 2009 10:33 AM

2 Oct 09: Markets trail in Asia - BAE shares watch - OPEC overshadowed

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Oct 02 2009 10:32 AM

Iran has pledged to open its recently revealed uranium enrichment plant to UN inspectors, possibly in the next few weeks, according to a senior EU envoy involved in the negotiations.

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Javier Solana, who formally headed the negotiations Thursday in Switzerland, said Iran and six world p...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Oct 02 2009 10:01 AM

Bishop Raymond Lahey was released on $9,000 bail after turning himself in to Ottawa police on Thursday afternoon to face charges of possessing and importing child pornography.

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The Roman Catholic cleric, who resigned his post in Nova Scotia on the weekend before news of the charges bro...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Oct 01 2009 10:31 AM

Asia Pacific markets slip - Australia dominates - Costly investments for RBS and Lloyds Banking Group

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Oct 01 2009 10:31 AM

Positive start to final quarter - ICAP profits down but revenue up, IMF predicts end to recession

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Oct 01 2009 10:31 AM

Turkey Small Business Project

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Oct 01 2009 10:29 AM

Indonesian officials say the death toll from an earthquake has risen to 529 as tremors continue to shake the region.

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A second 6.8-magnitude quake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s devastation.

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Thousands are be...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Sep 30 2009 11:01 AM

An Afghan immigrant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in connection with a plot to attack New York City transit using common chemicals.

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Najibullah Zazi’s lawyer entered the plea in a Brooklyn courtroom. Prosecutors accuse Zazi of rec...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Sep 30 2009 10:53 AM

Robert Miller asks Senior Fund Manager for JO Hambro Capital Management James Lowen about where to look for income.

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Sep 29 2009 10:22 AM

The death toll in Vietnam caused by Typhoon Ketsana has increased as the powerful storm forced mass evacuations.

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At least 23 people in central Vietnam died on Tuesday as the typhoon struck the coast. The storm killed at least 240 people in the Philippines when it hit.

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Ketsan...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Sep 28 2009 10:45 AM

U.S. authorities said Sunday they’ve tried to capture director Roman Polanski on his previous trips to Switzerland, but it wasn't until recently that they were able to lay the groundwork days ahead in order to facilitate his arrest by Swiss police.

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Polanski, a French citizen, was...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:44 AM

An experimental vaccine appears to cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by 31 per cent.

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The research by Thai and American scientists has not been peer-reviewed or published yet, but scientists worldwide have been watching the trial so closely and awaiting the results that the re...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:31 AM

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will visit Newfoundland next week, ?the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Thursday, but he can expect a chilly reception and a reprimand from Canada.

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Gadhafi is making a one-day stopover in St. John's on his way back to Libya from New York after his ...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:34 AM

A B.C. court has thrown out polygamy charges against two religious leaders, ruling former B.C. attorney general Wally Oppal was wrong to ask a third special prosecutor to take the case after the first two prosecutors decided the men should not be charged.

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B.C. Supreme Court Judge Sunn...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:34 AM

Preliminary research suggests the seasonal flu shot may put people at greater risk for getting swine flu, CBC News has learned.

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"This is some evidence that has been floated. It hasn’t been validated yet, it's very preliminary," cautioned Dr. Don Low, microbiologist-in-chief at Mo...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Sep 23 2009 12:52 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama launched a joint meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by presiding over a handshake between the two leaders Tuesday in New York City.

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He sternly urged both men to do more to make Middle East peace tal...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Sep 23 2009 12:46 AM

The international world of fashion is abuzz over Canadian designer Mark Fast’s concept of what size model is acceptable on the catwalk.

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Fast dared to put his skimpy knits on larger women at this year's London Fashion Week currently taking place in the British capital.

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W...