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Montreal Gazette - Marian Scott - ‎15 minutes ago‎ Members of the Canadian military arrive to help residents of the flooding in Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Que., on May 5, 2011. Residents of the Monteregie region are dealing with record flooding along ... Video: St Jean sur Richelieu flooding The Montreal Gazette <a...

Globe and Mail - Bill Curry, Rhéal Séguin - ‎23 minutes ago‎ She was nowhere to be seen during the election campaign and newly elected MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau remained incommunicado Thursday as the NDP put her through intensive language training before she faces public scrutiny. NDP Quebec team gets off to a rocky start CTV.ca NDP rookie's Quebec riding could use some Vegas winnings Vancouver Sun Toronto Star -...

Vancouver Sun - Mike De Souza - ‎12 minutes ago‎ After suffering a crushing defeat and losing his own seat in Monday's election, Ignatieff is reportedly heading for a new teaching job at the University of Toronto's Massey College. Michael Ignatieff lands a job at University of Toronto Macleans.ca Liberal defeat had one cause: Michael Ignatieff Toronto Star 580 CFRA Radio - 680 News -...

National Post (blog) - Jean Levac - ‎1 hour ago‎ That Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty isn't exactly tight with a buck would surprise few. The failure to meet his own promise to freeze growth in Ontario's public-sector wages, likewise, is no mystery. Secret OPSEU wage hike sparks local reaction Windsor Star Ontario Liberals hammered over 'secret' public-sector wage hike Globe and Mail Toronto Sun -...

Montreal Gazette - Josée Legault - ‎44 minutes ago‎ MONTREAL - In last week's column, I predicted the tectonic plates of Canadian politics were poised to shift on Monday night, perhaps dramatically in Quebec. Separatism not dead: rookie NDP MP Toronto Sun Quebec sovereignty movement anything but dead Toronto Star The Canadian Press - National Post (blog) - Macleans.ca - CBC.ca -...

Winnipeg Sun - Jasmine Franklin - ‎16 minutes ago‎ The husband of a former Edmonton woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder in a high-profile case that drew media attention from across the continent. US judge gives Calgary man life for wife's murder Vancouver Sun Cooper guilty of murdering wife CBC.ca Montreal Gazette - Calgary Herald - Watertown Daily Ti...

Globe and Mail - ‎41 minutes ago‎ A small plane flew dangerously close to hydro wires, goal posts and thousands of students as it made an emergency landing behind a Burlington, Ont. No injuries as plane makes emergency landing in Burlington field Toronto Star Light plane crash-lands near Burlington school CBC...

Bloomberg - Ben Moshinsky - ‎1 hour ago‎The FSA can't reveal information obtained during an investigation without permission from all parties involved under UK and European financial rules, hampering the regulator's attempts to publish a ... Probe Ordered Into UK FSA's Report Of RBS Failure Wall Street Journal Independent experts to oversee UK report on RBS Reuters Afr...

Earlier on Thursday, two more Libyan diplomats were expelled from the UK because of "unacceptable" behaviour. The Libyan ambassador to the UK was expelled on 1 May after an attack on the British embassy in Tripoli. "I ordered the expulsion of the two ... U.K. Expels 2 Libyan Diplomats Wall Street Journal UK foreign secretary orders expulsion of another 2 Libyan diplomats The Canadian Press Libya: William Hague expels two...

Skoda Auto Deutschland will enter a brace of Fabia Super 2000s on selected rounds of this year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Seven-time German champion Matthias Kahle, 42, and rising star Mark Wallenwein, 24, will contest Barum Czech Rally Zlin ...

Financial Times - Mario Blejer - ‎1 hour ago‎ Yet the mode adopted to resolve the debt problems of countries in peripheral Europe is, apparently, to increase their level of debt. A case in point is the €78bn ($116bn) loan to Portugal. It is equivalent to more than 47 per cent of its gross domestic ... Should the Golden Goose Be Plucked? Wall Street Journal Europe Day – EU still alive and kicking The Voice of Russia...

Wall Street Journal - Aude Lagorce - ‎7 hours ago‎ LONDON (Dow Jones)--European stocks ended lower Thursday as investors took in disappointing earnings from banks including Lloyds Banking Group PLC and Societe Generale SA and as the European Central Bank kept its key interest rate on ... Commods, banks, drag Europe shares to lower close Reuters European Stocks Slide for Third Day; Lloyds, SocGen Tumble After Earnings Bloomberg Drop...

Financial Times - ‎3 hours ago‎ Like the euro, the European Union's 1995 Schengen agreement is a concrete expression of the integration of the European continent. It guarantees the free movement of people across 25 countries – 22 EU states, plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. ... Video: Europe plans Schengen shake up euronews...

Wall Street Journal - Simon Zekaria - ‎8 hours ago‎ The global drinks giant's growth been driven by its operations in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Eastern Europe, and the group continues to ramp up its marketing spend in developing economies to build brand equity. ... Diageo, Pernod beat forecasts with emerging boost Reuters Europe still a downer for Diageo ShareCast Asia boosts Diageo and Pernod Ricard...

NASDAQ - Juro Osawa - ‎11 hours ago‎ TO) scrambles to cope with the recent data breach involving its PlayStation Network and other online services, the Tokyo-based company has been addressing inquiries from US lawmakers, European officials and the Japanese government. ......

The Hindu - ‎11 hours ago‎ The Hindu Vikram Misri, Deputy High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, addresses mediapersons on events to observe the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, in Colombo on Wednesday. Also seen in the picture is Sandagomi Coperahewa of the ... Tagore to be commemorated in Lanka stamp Hindustan Times Host of events to mark Tagore's 150th birth anniversary Ceylon Daily N...

Reuters - ‎12 hours ago‎ COLOMBO, May 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares bounced back on Thursday from a five-week low on retail bargain hunting, but fears over rising inflation and interest rates trimmed share and turnover volumes. Sri Lanka's main share index rose 1.44 percent ... Sri Lanka stocks rebound Lanka Business Onl...

Colombo Page - ‎7 hours ago‎ May 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka will develop the Kankasanthurai (KKS) Harbour in the Northern Jaffna peninsula with Indian aid, the government announced today. The Cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to sign a ... India To Help Develop Sri Lanka's Northern Port Bernama Sri Lanka to get Indian aid to modernise northern port Lanka Business Online Sri...

RTT News - ‎21 hours ago‎ (RTTNews) - The United States has called upon Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse government to investigate alleged war crimes committed by its troops during the final few months of Sri Lanka's 25-year long war against Tamil Tiger rebels(LTTE), reports said. ... US wants Sri Lanka to act first on wartime rights violations Reuters US urges S.Lanka to bring war criminals to justice AFP SL commends...

Ceylon Daily News - ‎5 hours ago‎ A Memorandum of Understanding for agricultural cooperation was signed between Israel and Sri Lanka yesterday at Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane and Israel Agriculture Minister Orit Noked exchanging the MoU. ... SIA joins Sri Lanka tourism effort Comparecarhire.co...

Washington Post - David A. Fahrenthold, Paul Kane - ‎1 hour ago‎ On Capitol Hill, the death of Osama bin Laden has triggered renewed calls from legislators in both parties for the United States to speed up its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Video: Pres. Obama Visits With 9-11 Families in NY The Associated Press <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km6D0zFlS6Q">Video:&nbsp;...

Toronto Star - Rosie DiManno - ‎53 minutes ago‎ Lubna, 9, arrives with other wounded Libyans at the airport Tunis-Carthage from Benghazi on May 5, 2011 to be treated. By Rosie DiManno Columnist Getting weapons to the rebels in eastern Libya, however, is a quandary since no country appears willing to ... Video: Misrata...

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎ Hundreds of people are arrested on the eve of another planned day of protests against the Baathist regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Video: Protests continue across Syria as troops exit Deraa AFP <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C98f_v6xVA">Video:&nbsp; Protests continue...

CNN International - ‎24 minutes ago‎ By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Below is the most current account of the origins and execution of an early Monday morning raid that resulted in the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and four others. Video: Bin Laden Raid: Changing the Story The Associated Press <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dctJ2GS-EFY">Video:&nbsp;...

Los Angeles Times - ‎10 minutes ago‎ They are the first to go inside since the earthquake nearly two months ago. The team begins to install ventilation machines to lower radiation levels. Video: Robots gauge radiation levels inside Fukushima AFP <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esM1mTAEZ88">Video:&nbsp; Robots...

Xinhua - Xiong Tong - ‎17 hours ago‎ BAGHDAD, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Up to 15 people were killed and some 60 others wounded in suicide car bomb attack on a group of a police force Thursday morning in Iraq's central city of Hillah, a local police source said. Video: Iraq car bomb may be vengeance for bin Laden euronews <a...

Xinhua - ‎48 minutes ago‎ PARIS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Israel won't accept UN diktat to resolve disputes with Palestine, but believed only negotiations can achieve regional peace, Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday after meeting with French President Nicolas ... Video: Israel says Palestinian accord is a setback...

Globe and Mail - Anthony Reinhart - ‎18 minutes ago‎ He was a career warrior who hated war; a man nicknamed Chuckles who would sooner cut a rug with his wife than carry a flag in any veterans parade. Video: Last WW1 veteran passes on Al Jazeera <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGunb8PSD9A">Video:&nbsp;...

Wall Street Journal - Matt Bradley - ‎1 hour ago‎ CAIRO—The leading candidate in Egypt's presidential race said that if he was elected he would break with former President Hosni Mubarak's reliably amenable policies toward Israel. Video: Former Egyptian minister jailed euronews <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj_z99Mz-_4">Video:&nbsp;...

The Australian - David Charter - ‎49 minutes ago‎ PORTUGAL will be forced to endure a two-year recession and a huge sell-off of state assets as the price of its $108bn rescue package. Bailout chief says Portugal's terms are as onerous as Ireland's Irish Times Lisbon reforms to focus on jobs and deficit Financial Times Reuters - Wall Street Journal - Bloomberg - New York Ti...

BBC News - ‎49 minutes ago‎ Former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown has accused the Tories of a "breach of faith" over the AV referendum campaign. He told the Guardian the coalition had been "lubricated by a large element of goodwill and trust. Video: Historic electoral reform referendum in the UK euronews <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU-GX5ZqbT8">Video:&nbsp;...

AFP - ‎52 minutes ago‎ WASHINGTON - US Navy SEALs who led a raid on Osama bin Laden's compound found an AK-47 and a pistol in his room, a US official told AFP Thursday, offering more details about the operation. Video: Belgian Malinois: The Breed Believed to Have Accompanied Navy SEALS on Mission to Kill Bin Laden Slate <a...

Reuters Canada - John Tilak, Peter Galloway - ‎44 minutes ago‎ TORONTO (Reuters) - Telus Corp posted a higher quarterly profit that beat market estimates on Thursday as soaring smartphone demand fueled strong subscriber growth. Telus pulls in $328 million in first quarter profit; hikes dividend The Canadian Press Telus profit rises on subscriber gains Financial Post Reuters - MarketWatch - PR ...

The Canadian Press - Malcolm Morrison - ‎2 hours ago‎ TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was down sharply Thursday as oil prices continued to slide amid worries the US economy. The currency lost 0.81 of a cent to 103.52 cents US, adding up to a drop of more than two cents this week as prices have also fallen ... Higher inventories pull down U.S. oil prices Calgary Herald Canadian dollar opens at 103.52 cents US, down...

Reuters - Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay - ‎1 hour ago‎ May 5 (Reuters) - Canada's biggest carrier Air Canada Inc (ACa.TO) (ACb.TO) reported a narrower operating loss helped by higher passenger revenue and raised first-half outlook of a key earnings measure. Air Canada trims Q1 operating loss Montreal Gazette Air Canada narrows loss Financial Post Globe and Mail - CanadianBusiness.com - Proactive...

Montreal Gazette - ‎15 minutes ago‎ File photo: Construction continues at the Seville condo project on Ste. Catherine and Chomedy Sts. Residential construction decreased this past month in Quebec's centres with 10000 or more inhabitants, according to results of the latest monthly survey ... Building permits jump to four-year high in March Financial Post Building permits up 17% in March CBC.ca The Canadian Press -...

Vancouver Sun - Hanneke Brooymans - ‎52 minutes ago‎ EDMONTON - About 100 people are cleaning up 4.5 million litres of oil, the biggest crude oil pipeline spill in Alberta since 1975. Probe demanded after worst Alberta oil spill in four decades Montreal Gazette Plains's 28000-Barrel Alberta Oil Spill 'Singular Failure' Bloomberg Globe and Mail - CTV.ca - The Canadian Press -...

CANOE - Sharon Singleton - ‎43 minutes ago‎ The number of millionaire households in Canada is set to surge by 38% by 2020, and total wealth will more than double, according to a new report. updated32% more millionaires by 2020: report CBC.ca The Millionaires Are Growing The Atlantic Reuters - Wall Street Journal - National Post (registration) - Chicago Breaking B...

Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Williams - ‎45 minutes ago‎ Anonymous, the online activist collective, has issued an equivocal response to claims by Sony that it is implicated in the theft of 100 million users' personal details. Sony Accounts Hacked? Here's What You Should Do Now, Soon, and Later PC Magazine Anonymous to Sony: We Don't Condone Credit Card Theft TIME Vancouver Sun - Wall Street Journal -...

Vancouver Sun - Gillian Shaw - ‎5 hours ago‎ That's the prediction from Prof. Roel Vertegaal, director of Queen's University's Human Media Lab, who will be presenting an interactive paper computer that duplicates many of the functions of an iPhone -from ... Boffins herald end of stiff screens Register Meet the 'flexible' smartphone Times of India Mobiletor.com - TG Daily - Mother Nature Network -...

CNN International - Topher Kohan - ‎1 hour ago‎ Editor's Note: Today is seen as a holiday by many "Star Wars" fans. The official "Star Wars" website has commemorated the day with a sneak peak of the upcoming Blu-Ray collection of all six "Star Wars" movies. Video: Star Wars Day 2011 Slate <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHRZTN9AIig">Video:&nbsp;...

eWeek - Jeffrey Burt - ‎1 hour ago‎ Intel's new 3D transistors, which will appear first in the upcoming “Ivy Bridge” processors, will help drive the vendor's mobile efforts, but will they be enough to dislodge ARM? Video: Intel Calls New Chip Technology Unprecedented The Associated Press <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khQZGZd8O1g">Video:&nbsp;...

PC Magazine - Leslie Horn - ‎36 minutes ago‎ Updating your iPhone could get a little bit more convenient when Apple releases iOS 5. According to 9to5Mac, Apple will add over-the-air updates for Verizon iPhone users when it unveils the next version of its mobile operating system. Apple, Verizon to offer wireless updates to iPhone? CNET Apple moves to address iPhone's location-tracking Toronto Star Financial Post -...

ABC News - Melinda Arons, Lauren Effron - ‎44 minutes ago‎ Singer Shania Twain talks about her childhood struggles and moving forward with "Nightline" anchor Cynthia McFadden. Lou Rocco/ABC News Although her songs exude passionate love, country-pop singer Shania Twain knows ... Shania Twain details family abuse and painful divorce in new memoir Entertainment Weekly Superfan scores second meeting with Shania Calgary...