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Calgary Herald - Licia Corbella - ‎1 hour ago‎ NDP Leader Jack Layton used to preside over just a side show; now that he's presiding over Her Majesty's loyal Opposition, he's the backup act and the spotlight will be on him and his MPs more than ever before, ... Winners reap the rewards but losers still get consolation prizes Montreal Gazette How the new NDP caucus will deal with Quebec Toronto Star National Post -...

Globe and Mail - Patrick White - ‎27 minutes ago‎ In the flesh, the Toronto Zoo's elephants are grey, but a new report paints them white. The paper, written by zoo staff for a board meeting next week, backs the controversial idea of shipping the zoo's three elderly elephants - Iringa, Toka and Thika ... Pack your trunks: Toronto zoo may relocate elephants Vancouver Sun Scrawler: Keep the elephants Toronto Sun...

The Canadian Press - James Keller - ‎30 minutes ago‎ VANCOUVER - The four Mounties who confronted Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver's airport and repeatedly stunned him with a Taser, later telling a public inquiry they were afraid the Polish immigrant was about to attack them with a stapler, ... Mounties in Dziekanski death face perjury charges CTV.ca Four Mounties face charges of perjury in Dziekanski taser case...

CBC.ca - ‎4 hours ago‎ (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) Federal Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis has promised federal support for flood victims while touring the Richelieu River valley, hours after the province ... Rain stops but floods still rising in Quebec; army helps drop sandbags The Canadian Press Rain stops, but water keeps rising in Richelieu...

AFP - Mel Gunasekera - ‎11 hours ago‎ COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's interim coach Stuart Law on Friday said cricket administrators should schedule a window for Indian Premier League fixtures to stop players choosing club over country. Law, who has stepped in to fill the job left by outgoing coach ... Law calls for IPL window SkySpo...

Ceylon Daily News - Sri Abeyratne - ‎6 hours ago‎ Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that the controversial Darusman Report ruins and tarnishes the image of Sri Lanka since it is biased and incorrect. The Army Commander was addressing Army personnel at the Welikanda Security ... * Sri Lanka Army to respond to allegations in UN report with precision Colombo Page Expert panel report biased: Army...

TamilNet - ‎27 minutes ago‎ Australia has accepted as Sri Lanka's High Commissioner former Navy commander Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, according to some press reports. Admiral Samarasinghe was commander of the Navy during the final phase of Sri Lanka's war, including the final ... * Former Sri Lanka Navy Commander appointed as High Commissioner to Australia Colombo Page Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe appointed as the...

Keith Prowse - ‎8 hours ago‎ Cricket hospitality guests may have heard that the men charged with ensuring the impending matches between England and Sri Lanka run smoothly have been named. The England and Wales Cricket Board (EBC) yesterday (May 4th 2011) revealed the three umpires ... England's three Kings! Cook, Broad and Strauss to split captaincy Daily Mail Cricket: Glamorgan chiefs are hopeful play-offs won't hit Swalec...

Escapist Magazine - ‎6 hours ago‎ Sony is working on an identity theft protection plan for its European customers similar to the one announced for the US but says the process is taking longer because of all the individual countries involved. PlayStation Network users in the US got some ... European PlayStation Network anti-fraud protection “close” SlashGear European PSN customers get free PS3 and PSP games Gamertell...

Reuters - Joanne Frearson, Will Waterman - ‎8 hours ago‎ LONDON (Reuters) - European shares rallied on Friday after better-than-expected April US nonfarm payroll data improved investor confidence about the recovery and fund managers tipped equities for further progress. ... European Stocks Gain After US Adds More Jobs Than Forecast Bloomberg GLOBAL MARKETS: European Stocks Reverse Losses; Nonfarms Eyed Wall Street...

New York Times - Stephen Castle, Landon Thomas Jr - ‎1 hour ago‎ New moves to prevent the huge burden of Greek debt from overwhelming the country's economy were discussed Friday during an unannounced meeting of a small group of European finance ministers, including those from ... Video: Media report sparks Greek euro exit...

Financial Times - Andrew Parker - ‎8 hours ago‎ Leading European telecoms companies provided a batch of disappointing results on Friday, underlining how they are getting hurt by economic, competitive and regulatory pressures. Deutsche Telekom and Telecom Italia both ... WRAPUP 1-D.Telekom, T.Italia seek respite from ailing Europe Reuters Respite for D.Telekom and T.Italia from Ailing Europe eYugoslavia.com Telekom...

New York Times - Helene Cooper, Ismail Khan - ‎28 minutes ago‎ WASHINGTON - Pakistani officials say the Obama administration has demanded the identities of some of their top intelligence operatives as the United States tries to determine whether any of them had contact with Osama ... Video: News Wrap: Al-Qaida Confirms...

Reuters - Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Yara Bayoumy - ‎1 hour ago‎ Credit: Reuters IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT OF THE VIDEO FROM WHICH THIS STILL IMAGE WAS TAKEN. Protesters march through the streets in Homs May 6, 2011 in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website. Video: 'Bashar or...

Montreal Gazette - Simon Denyer - ‎4 hours ago‎ A Libyan woman attends a rally against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi near a court house in Benghazi May 5, 2011. TRIPOLI, Libya - The Libyan army committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in ... Video: Libyan refugees flee fighting on western front AFP <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67goZlNdfoQ">Video:&nbsp;...

New York Times - Steven Erlanger - ‎May 5, 2011‎ PARIS - No European government has condemned or criticized the killing of Osama bin Laden by American commandos, but the questions raised about the changing details of his death sharpened considerably after the White House revealed ... Video: Raw Video: Protest Against...

AFP - Martin Abbugao - ‎2 hours ago‎ JAKARTA - Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Indonesia on Saturday under the cloud of conflict on the Thai-Cambodia border and ongoing rights abuses in Myanmar. Can ASEAN have bigger global role amid internal problems? Xinhua Thailand, Cambodia Agree to Indonesian Observers at Border Voice of America Jakarta Post - Albany Times Union -...

Xinhua - Yang Lina - ‎1 hour ago‎ SANAA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Protest rallies demanding Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's immediate ouster continued on Friday amid a growing fuel crisis that rocked the fragile impoverished country. Video: Yemen's Saleh vows to resist 'outlaw' protesters‎ Al Jazeera <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQCwp3H3O2g">Video:&nbsp;...

NDTV.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ Kanimozhi, who is DMK chief and Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi's daughter, has been charged with corruption and accepting a bribe in the 2G scam case. She has applied for bail and a special court will continue hearing her bail plea tomorrow. ... Video: 2G scam: 'Prepared for worst,' says Kanimozhi...

Times of India - ‎2 hours ago‎ Besides Kanimozhi, daughter of Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi and a stakeholder in Kalaignar TV, the court will also take decision Saturday on the bail pleas of the other accused, Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar, Asif Balwa and Rajiv B. ... Video: 2G scam: 'Prepared for worst,' says Kanimozhi...

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎28 minutes ago‎ But for Professor John Whitehall, the University of Western Sydney's foundation chair of paediatrics and child health, ''collaborating'' with Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers is nothing to hide from. ''People called them terrorists,'' Whitehall says. ... Tackling Ethnic Inequality in Sri Lanka BusinessWeek US urges S.Lanka to bring war criminals to justice AFP US Urges Sri Lanka To...

Voice of America - ‎3 hours ago‎ France announced plans to expel 14 Libyan diplomats on Friday, a day after Britain ordered two Libyan officials to leave. The French foreign ministry says the diplomats, who back Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, have been declared "persona non grata. ... Video: Cash pledge for rebels as battles...

The Canadian Press - John Leicester - ‎2 hours ago‎ PARIS — France's sports minister said Friday that national soccer coach Laurent Blanc is not a racist and that she does not, for now, think he should resign over allegations he discussed with other coaches whether to limit training for young players ... Initial findings into French quota probe due on Monday Times of India Blanc set for hearing into football race...

Reuters - Jacky Naegelen, Paul Casciato - ‎5 hours ago‎ France's Small Business and Tourism Junior Minister Frederic Lefebvre (L) poses with Didier Le Calvez (R), director of Hotel Le Bristol, as they hold a plaque ''Palace'' at the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris May 5, 2011. By Astrid Wendlandt and Elisabeth ......

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jamey Keaten - ‎3 hours ago‎ US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, talks to British Foreign Secretary William Hague, right, with French Foreign Minister Alain Marie Juppé, left, during a diplomatic meeting on how to support rebels fighting the ... Video: Libyan refugees flee...

Goal.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ By Robin Bairner Perhaps more than any country in western Europe, France is infused with a remarkable melting pot of culture. The nation's colonial history has invited citizens from every corner of the globe into the republic, and though this has been ......

New York Times - Christine Hauser - ‎1 hour ago‎ Seth Wenig/AP By CHRISTINE HAUSER The United States economy added far more jobs than expected in April as the recovery continued to pick up steam. Snap Analysis: Jobs report shows strength with a caveat Reuters 58300 new jobs push unemployment rate to 7.6% CBC.ca The Canadian Press - Bloomberg - Telegraph.co...

St. Thomas Times-Journal - ‎11 hours ago‎ By QMI AGENCY Ford's St. Thomas Assembly Plant -- slated to close this fall -- has gone up for sale for $22.75 million and already there's "solid interest" in the area's largest piece of commercial real estate to ever hit the market. For sale! Auto plant Toronto Star Ford plant in St. Thomas on the block CHCH N...

CBC.ca - ‎37 minutes ago‎ Nova Scotia Power is proposing a plan that spreads out increases in power bills over a few years, instead of imposing a steep increase next year. Nova Scotia should close some schools in face of declining enrolment: report The Canadian Press Teachers laid off in Nova Scotia Toronto Sun TheChronicleHerald.ca - Metro Canada - Halifax - Canadian Underwri...

Globe and Mail - Boyd Erman - ‎56 minutes ago‎ It's the end of an era at GMP Securities, as perhaps the street's most famous trader leaves the role of running the GMP desk. Michael Wekerle steps up at GMP Securities Financial Post GMP Capital posts Q1 profit; ups dividend Reuters Winnipeg Free Press - RTT News - DigitalJournal.com (press relea...

Vancouver Sun - Derek Abma - ‎5 hours ago‎ The strongest economic growth this year will be seen in western Canadian cities, the Conference Board of Canada said Thursday, although Vancouver doesn't make the top five. City near bottom in growth outlook Winnipeg Free Press Saskatchewan and Alberta lead growth Calgary Her...

Financial Post - Jameson Berkow - ‎1 hour ago‎ Today in technology: Jeff Bezos puts millions of dollars behind a BC company developing nuclear fusion power, Sony is reportedly at risk of yet another cyber attack and the Wall Street Journal launches a whistle blowing website to rival WikiLeaks. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Backs Nuclear Startup General Fusion Reuters Fusion upstart fully funded CanadianBusiness.com (blog)...

Globe and Mail - Janet Mcfarland - ‎14 hours ago‎ Eugene Melnyk's long-running legal problems with the Ontario Securities Commission came to an end Thursday when the Biovail Corp. Biovail founder barred from senior company roles Reuters Melnyk to pay penalty of $565000: report CBC.ca Victoria Times Colonist - National Post (registration) - BusinessW...

BBC News - Mark Kinver - ‎2 hours ago‎ Shifts in the climate over the past three decades have been linked to a 5.5% decline in global wheat production, a study has suggested. Climate change has spurred food prices: study Reuters Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows The Guardian The Canadian Press - Washington Post - Science Now - Scientific Ameri...

PCWorld - Sarah Jacobsson Purewal - ‎1 hour ago‎ Sony can't seem to catch a break these days when it comes to hack attacks. Sony is still recovering from the recent network breach that shut down its PlayStation Network and Qriocity service and ... PlayStation hack: Sir Howard Stringer apologises Telegraph.co.uk Anonymous 'did not attack Sony' BBC News PC Magazine - DailyTech - GameFocus -...

InformationWeek - Gina Smith - ‎1 hour ago‎ A couple of episodes ago on BYTE Wireless Radio (www.byte.com), we pronounced the RIM Playbook not ready for primetime in the enterprise. Video: How to turn a website into a PlayBook app in 3 minutes! CrackBerry <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP3QFT6gXB4">Video:&nbsp;...

Vancouver Sun - Kim Covert - ‎May 4, 2011‎ A prototype of a thinfilm flexible computer, dubbed a "paper computer" developed by researchers at Queen's University. Flexible smartphone set for debut BBC News Computer's flexible future? The Kingston Whig-Standard CBC.ca - The Canadian Press - DailyTech - CTV...

Reuters - Alister Doyle, Pete Harrison - ‎May 3, 2011‎ OSLO (Reuters) - Quickening climate change in the Arctic including a thaw of Greenland's ice could raise world sea levels by up to 1.6 meters by 2100, an international report showed on Tuesday. Canada's Arctic glaciers melting fast: Study Toronto Sun Arctic warming could raise oceans 5 feet UPI.com AFP - Securities Industry News (subscription) -...

Kelowna Capital News - Kathy Michaels - ‎3 hours ago‎ Kelowna buses are sporting a bit less atheism and a touch more mystery this week. For the better part of the last four weeks, advertisements spanning the broad side of two buses proclaimed: “There's probably no ... Atheist bus ads wind down next week www.kamloopsnews.ca Atheist ads removed prematurely from Kelowna buses Vancouver Sun CBC.ca - CTV.ca -...

Register - Natalie Apostolou - ‎16 hours ago‎ The Australian government may consider expediting significant reforms to the Privacy Act as a result of the Sony data breaches. The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim has already opened an ... Sony Australia vague on Privacy Act compliance The Australian Data breach fines sought by privacy watchdog CBC.ca Vancouver Sun - Escapist Magazine -...

The Hindu - Baradwaj Rangan - ‎2 hours ago‎ Ever since the first Tamil movie was made, there have been a number of firsts, long before KB — as he's known — knew he wanted to make movies. But those films, today, are curios. They don't walk like us. They don't talk like us. ......

Rediff - ‎7 hours ago‎ Is it because you were busy with Tamil films that such a gap happened? Yes, since I was busy with Tamil films, I didn't commit to anything in Telugu. I wanted to do something I believed in. I had signed two projects with Geetha Arts after Happy Days. ......

Rediff - ‎May 5, 2011‎ So I am really happy that I have achieved something in Tamil films. Do you feel you are trapped in the lover boy image? Would you like to do different roles? I am too young to be trapped in any image. I am at an age where a lover boy image suits you. ......

Super Good Movies - ‎May 5, 2011‎Supergoodmovies.com is a tamil cinema,telugu cinema and kannada movies portal with kollywood film news, tollywood film news, sandalwood film news, movie news, actress gallery, movie gallery, spicy gallery, trailers,tamil movie reviews, telugu mo...

Indian Express - ‎Apr 28, 2011‎ Hansikaa Motwani has recently made her entry into Tamil films, with the Dhanush-starrer Mappillai, the remake of the Rajinikanth film of the same name. The actress now has some big films in her kitty. While Hansikaa is currently shooting for the ......

Montreal Gazette - ‎1 hour ago‎ By T'Cha Dunlevy, GAZETTE FILM CRITIC May 6, 2011 8:53 AM MONTREAL - Watch the trailer to The Bang Bang Club, and you get the impression it's a slick rock 'n' roll buddy movie about four photographers covering the violent last days of apartheid. Ryan Phillippe: Shoot first, ask questions later Toronto Star 'Bang Bang Club' loses fire Toronto Sun Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press -...

Vancouver Sun - Katherine Monk - ‎5 hours ago‎ "If he were alive today, who would Jesus have as a corporate sponsor?" It's a question Morgan Spurlock hadn't heard before; nothing the gonzo documentary filmmaker had even pondered. Morgan spurlock sells out! Montreal Gazette 'Greatest Movie' most clever Toronto Sun Globe and Mail - Straight.com - The Canadian Press - Movie...