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Kabul War Diary (wardiary.wikileaks.org)WikiLeaks today released over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan.The Afghan War Diary an extraordinary secret compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010
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16 tons and what do you get? (www.northernlife.ca)Long strikes get forgotten everywhere except where they happen. Sometimes they get forgotten before they are over. The United Steelworker/Vale Inco fight to the finish this year had many twists and turns, some of them quite surprising. It will not soon be forgotten.
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JP bans public from taking notes (www.thespec.com)Everyone is allowed to take notes in court.Period.
But the other day a Toronto justice of the peace decided to make up his own rules. He banned "note-taking" in his Etobicoke courtroom where bail hearings were being held for G20 protesters.
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Greenpeace marks 1985 Rainbow Warrior bombing (ca.news.yahoo.com)Global environment group Greenpeace Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the sinking of their iconic flagship the Rainbow Warrior by French secret agents, an attack that killed one crewman.
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G20 fence law probe 'top priority': ombudsman - (ca.news.yahoo.com)The 90-day probe — now his office's "top priority" — will examine why the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services resorted to the regulation, which many believed allowed police to arrest people who came within five metres of the summit security fence if they didn't produce identification.
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6.Port Colborne residents win $32M suit against Inco - (www.niagarafallsreview.ca)
Port Colborne residents have won $32 million in a class-action lawsuit against Inco based on the loss of property values because of nickel emission contamination.
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Amputee Has His Artificial Leg Ripped Off By Police (niagaraatlarge.com)John Pruyn wasn’t much in the mood for celebrating Canada Day this year.
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8.Almost half of MPs run businesses (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Nearly half of Canada's members of Parliament are moonlighting, running businesses or collecting income above and beyond their six-figure salaries.
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G20 Video- Piggies and Clowns (www.youtube.com)A video highlighting how badly the police failed the city of Toronto during the G20
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10.40,000 cameras keep watch on China's Urumqi - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Police have installed 40,000 security cameras throughout the capital of China's Xinjiang region, state media said on Friday, as the city braces for the first anniversary of deadly ethnic violence.The cameras have been installed in Urumqi in more than 3,000 public buses, 200 bus stations, along more than 4,000 roads, 270 schools and more than 100 large supermarkets or malls,
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11.Canadian Civil Liberties Association-G-20-INTERIM-REPORT-A-Breach-of-the-Peace-June-29-2010.pdf (ccla.org)
The actions of the government and the police during the G20 Summit demonstrate the need for answers, accountability, and action
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TTC worker caught in G20 police sweep - thestar.com (www.thestar.com)A TTC fare collector spent a “terrifying” 36 hours in custody after being arrested in uniform on his way to work during Saturday’s G20 summit protests.
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Inside the G20 Eastern Avenue Detention Centre (www.blogto.com)The G20 detention centre at 629 Eastern Avenue was opened to media today. Staff Sergeant J McGuire did the honours walking a few dozen reporters through the now vacated maze of a building
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14.‘I will not forget what they have done to me’ - thestar.com (www.thestar.com)
20 people arrested at the G20 tell of ‘inhumane’ treatment at the hands of police
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Canadian journalist arrested, reportedly beaten | G20 (www.torontosun.com)Jesse Rosenfeld, a Canadian journalist working for Britain's Guardian newspaper, was arrested during the G20 protests Saturday night and beaten by police, according to his friends, family and onlookers.
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G20 havoc: Police now using rubber bullets (www.yousaytoo.com)A newspaper photographer has been shot with a rubber bullet in the backside, while another had an officer point a gun in his face despite identifying himself as a member of the media.
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17.Judge who nixed drilling ban invests in oil - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry,
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18.Arming Canada's drones under consideration - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Defence Minister Peter MacKay has left the door open to arming Canada's reconnaissance drones in Afghanistan, even though the military has written off the idea
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"There Is No Neutral" : Striking Vale Inco workers push for local politicians, residents to back anti-scab legislation (www.dominionpaper.ca)As the longest strike in Sudbury’s history rolls on, United Steelworkers union organizers are calling for an end to the use of replacement workers, blaming the practice for prolonging the strike.
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Clashes as 50,000 Walmart garment workers protest in Bangladesh - (ca.news.yahoo.com)Dozens of people were injured on Saturday as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at tens of thousands of garment workers demanding higher salaries just outside the Bangladeshi capital.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) (www.trc.ca)Residential schools for Aboriginal people in Canada date back to the 1870s. Over 130 residential schools were located across the country, and the last school closed in 1996. These government-funded, church-run schools were set up to eliminate parental involvement in the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual development of Aboriginal children.
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22.Seattle police guild defends officer's teen punch - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
he president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild says an officer was justified in punching a young woman who shoved him in a dispute over jaywalking.
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Seven former Union Carbide workers convicted in Bhopal tragedy (www.theglobeandmail.com)A Union Carbide plant in the central city of Bhopal accidentally released toxic gases into the air towards nearby slums and the government says around 3,500 people died as a result. Activists say 25,000 died in the immediate aftermath and the years that followed.
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24.Netanyahu gives military 'full backing' over raid (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his "full backing" Monday to Israel's military forces after a raid on a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, which left up to 19 people dead.
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Israel rejects Middle East nuclear talks plan (news.bbc.co.uk)Some 189 nations agreed to the 28-page document following a month-long conference on strengthening the NPT, the cornerstone of global disarmament efforts.
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