Today News Summary: 05/05/11

Soldiers lend a hand to flood-weary Quebec residents

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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

Canada troops to aid flood effort BBC News

CBC.ca - Wall Street Journal - The Canadian Press - Toronto Star

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Rookie Quebec NDP MP missing in action before, and after, election

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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 - CBC.ca - National Post (blog) - Toronto Sun - Wikipedia: Thomas Mulcair

Ignatieff lands job at University of Toronto

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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 - Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press - Wikipedia: Michael Ignatieff

Matt Gurney: No excuse for secret OPSEU pay hike

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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 - Ottawa Citizen - CBC.ca - Toronto Star

NDP rise is a warning to the Parti Québécois

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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 - Wikipedia: Jack Layton

Canadian found guilty of murder in US

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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 Times

Plane makes emergency landing near Burlington high school

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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.ca

UK Regulator's RBS Report May Be Made 'Hollow' by Confidentiality Rules

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Bloomberg - Ben Moshinsky - ‎1 hour ago‎

The 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 Africa

Meanwhile, the UK has expelled two more Libyan diplomats from the country for ...

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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 Libyan diplomats Telegraph.co.uk

Reuters Africa - Mirror.co.uk

Skoda Deutschland commits to four rounds

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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 ...

Europe is running a giant Ponzi scheme

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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

Why politics could speed up Greece's debt restructuring Globe and Mail

MARKET COMMENT: Lloyds, SocGen Lead European stocks lower

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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 in Europe Stocks; Weak Miners Eclipse BNP Earnings eYugoslavia.com

Migrants on the move in Europe

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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

EU Considers New Border Checks Wall Street Journal

Europe struggles with balancing open borders, flood of migrants Montreal Gazette

TIME - Telegraph.co.uk

Diageo Says Europe Still Weak

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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 Financial Times

eTaiwan News

Sony Handles Inquiries From US, Europe, Japan Officials

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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. ...

Sri Lanka to release stamp on Tagore

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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 News

Sri Lanka shares recover from 5-wk low; concerns cut volumes

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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 Online

* Sri Lanka to develop northern port with Indian aid

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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 Lanka's KKS Port to be developed with Indian aid The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka

The Island.lk (subscription) - Deccan Herald

US Urges Sri Lanka To Probe Alleged War Crimes

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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 US stand Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka-Israel: MoU to expand agri cooperation

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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.uk

Lawmakers urging speedy pullout in Afghanistan unlikely to make headway

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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

Obama walks a fine line between commemoration and celebration Politico

The Associated Press - Fox News - NorthJersey.com - Neon Tommy

DiManno: Western countries pledge aid to Libyan rebels

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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 evacuee ship docks in Libya rebel city Benghazi

AFP

US to free up frozen Libyan funds for humanitarian aid Washington Post

Irish Times - The Independent - Fox News - Reuters

Syria steps up crackdown on opposition activists

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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

US lawmakers urge more sanctions on Syria Reuters

Irish Times - Fox News - Financial Times - Scotsman

Highlights: Key points in the raid that killed bin Laden

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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

Split Seen Between bin Laden, Deputy Wall Street Journal

Workers enter damaged Fukushima reactor

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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

Workers enter Fukushima reactor BBC News

New York Times - Reuters - Globe and Mail - Telegraph.co.uk

Suicide car bombing in Iraq kills up to 15, wounds 60

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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

Suicide car bomber kills more than 20 in Iraq Reuters

Vancouver Sun - Voice of America - AFP - New York Times

Netanyahu says only negotiation can achieve peace with Palestine

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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

euronews

US won't deal with Palestinian gov't unless Hamas reforms Jerusalem Post

Ha'aretz - Reuters - New York Times - Ynetnews

Career warrior who hated war dies at 110 in Australia

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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

Claude Choules, last combat veteran of World War I, dies at 110 Washington Post

The Independent - BBC News - The Guardian - ABC Online - Wikipedia: List of surviving veterans of World War I

Egypt Front-Runner Seeks Reset With Israel

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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

Once Feared Egypt Official Gets 12 Years and Fine New York Times

The Independent - The Guardian - CNN - Aljazeera.net - Wikipedia: Habib el-Adly

Two-year recession the price Portugal must pay for bailout

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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 Times

Ashdown attacks Tories over AV

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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

Clegg suffers double blow but Lib Dems vow to strike back The Independent

The Guardian - Montreal Gazette - Globe and Mail - Mirror.co.uk

Bin Laden had guns in his room, posed threat: official

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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

UN Official Questions Legality of Bin Laden's Killing Fox News

Telus profit rises on subscriber gains

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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 Newswire (press release)

Canadian lower, crude oil prices slide amid poor US economic data

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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 0.81 CP24, Canada

Air Canada posts narrower Q1 operating loss, sees stronger first half

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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 Investors USA & Canada

Building permits jump to four-year high in March

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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 - Bloomberg - Reuters Canada - Calgary Herald

4.5 million litres of crude oil spill from northern Alberta pipeline

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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 - Reuters

More Canadians becoming millionaires, report finds

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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 Business - Tribune

PlayStation hack: Anonymous issues equivocal denial

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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 - New York Times - Globe and Mail - Wikipedia: PlayStation Network outage

Hang up the iPhone -here comes paper phone

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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 - msnbc.com

Lucas, the 4th is not to be trifled with

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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

'Star Wars' promises big reveal tomorrow CNET

Telegraph.co.uk - CBC.ca - Digitaltrends.com - Register

Intel Tri-Gate Transistors Will Fuel Mobile Push vs. ARM

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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

Intel unveils new 3-D circuit technology The Province

PC Magazine - Wall Street Journal - ZDNet - CNET

Will the Verizon iPhone Get Over-the-Air Updates with Apple's iOS 5?

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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 - Fortune - BBC News - PCWorld - Wikipedia: iOS

Shania Twain Opens Up About Her Difficult Childhood, Heart-Wrenching Divorce ...

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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 Herald

USA Today - Reuters - ABC Action News - Us Magazine

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