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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Canada Standard.com http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c08dd24cec417021/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:01 -0400 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:01 -0400 30 War crimes prosecutors have vetoed Radovan Karadzic’s decision to represent himself over war crimes charges. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385903/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:11:29 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385903/cs/1/ US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/386035/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:11:56 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/386035/cs/1/ In New Delhi, an Air Mauritius plane with 241 passengers and 11 crew on board had to abort take off after the pilot noticed a fire in the undercarriage of the aircraft. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/386036/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:32:46 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/386036/cs/1/ US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been told by Malaysia not to interfere in the legal matter involving opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385902/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:08:58 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385902/cs/1/ The British Government will impose visa curbs on foreign brides and bridegrooms to prevent forced marriages in the country. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385901/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:06:25 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385901/cs/1/ Following intelligence reports that a female terrorist might enter the UK from Pakistan, security forces in Pakistan and Britain, have been put on high alert at airports. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385900/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:03:28 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385900/cs/1/ The US House has pushed through legislation which is designed to help 400,000 distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385698/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:45:06 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385698/cs/1/ The US and North Korea have held their highest level meeting in four years over the dismantling of Pyongyang's nuclear program. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385697/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:41:50 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385697/cs/1/ A site for the execution of three Indonesian men, convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings, has been surveyed by prison officials. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385696/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:40:09 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385696/cs/1/ The BBC has revealed that Scotland Yard has disrupted 13 terrorist networks in London in the last financial year. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385695/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:32 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385695/cs/1/ Hurricane Dolly reached the border of Mexico and Texas in the United States on Wednesday. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385694/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:37:14 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385694/cs/1/ A powerful earthquake shook northern Japan early Thursday, injuring at least 90 people. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385693/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:01 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385693/cs/1/ A British man who staged his own disappearance to collect the life insurance has been sentenced to over six years' imprisonment. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385692/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:33:03 -0400 Canada Standard.com http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/385692/cs/1/ Captain Marwoto, looking pale and wan, was wearing his pilot's uniform and badges despite being suspended from active flying duty. "I'm still a pilot," he answered quietly but defiantly when... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399187/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:35 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399187/ AN abandoned baby found dead at a bus stop in a rural Victorian town had a torn umbilical cord still attached to its body, suggesting it was delivered with no medical assistance. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400200/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:30 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400200/ While in Berlin, Obama will meet with German leaders, including Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Walter Steinmeier. He will cap his day with an open-air speech before an expected crowd of... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400489/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:19 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400489/ NEW YORK (AP) -- 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400482/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:03 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400482/ NEW DELHI, Jul 24 (IPS) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has won a bitterly contested motion of confidence in his government by 275 to 256 votes in Parliament, securing his government's survival for se... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16403738/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:28:53 -0400 IPS http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16403738/ The committee called officials of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to explain at the hearing why the agency hasn't fully implemented recommendations made nearly seven years ago on how t... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400488/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:14 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400488/ Wearing a white yarmulke, the Illinois senator walked towards the site with the Rabbi of the Wall, Shmuel Rabinovich. The rabbi read Psalm 122, and he and Obama looked through a Holy Book before Obama... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399365/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:36:58 -0400 CNN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399365/ Foreign ministers of 26 countries and the European Union discussed a joint relief exercise to be held in 2009 and called for civilian-military coordination in future disaster relief. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400485/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:07 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400485/ While the rain set records in Brownsville's Cameron County - ranging from six to 12 inches with another three to seven expected overnight - they did not appear to pose the threat to the Rio Grande's l... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400487/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:15 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400487/ KEMP, Texas (AP) -- Authorities say three people are dead after a small plane crashed in Kaufman County. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig said the crash Saturday left the plane ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399579/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:48:51 -0400 KXAN 36 http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399579/ Five deaths caused by rollovers and dozens of other accidents in Iraq and Afghanistan have led U.S. military leaders to warn troops to be smart behind the wheel, according to military documents obtain... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400486/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:10 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400486/ AUSTRALIAN survivors could be asked to relive the horror of a fiery plane crash in Indonesia during the trial of a pilot accused of deliberately causing the disaster. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399345/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:50 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399345/ GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A black-and-white interrogation video of Osama bin Laden's driver showed Salim Hamdan denying under questioning in a dark cell that he worked for al Qa... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16401781/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:25:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16401781/ Last month, the McCain campaign startlingly added Arizona to its list of 24 'battleground states,' a fact that state Democrats have clung to like sprinkles on a soft-serve ice cream cone. 'John McCain... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399212/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:51:44 -0400 MSNBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399212/ Lloyd, who is the broadcaster's South Asia correspondent, was released on bail yesterday after being charged with possessing and trafficking the drug ice. A sizeable media pack asked questions today b... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402674/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:28 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402674/ BASHING victim Simon Cowley will face a grilling over his drinking and alleged memory lapses when he gives evidence in disgraced swimmer Nick D'Arcy's assault case, a court has heard. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402676/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:33 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402676/ Baby deliberately cut from slain mother's womb has been released from hospital Hospital would not say who took custody of the child Baby's mother found tied up, partially eviscerated Woman who claimed... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399869/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:36:57 -0400 CNN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399869/ BERLIN (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama travels to Berlin on Thursday to give the only public speech of a week-long foreign tour, an outdoor address on transatlantic ties that is likely... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16401782/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:25:10 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16401782/ The company has appointed Moore Stephens as administrator to Optima Technology Solutions, Digital City Group and 3CSHOP International. "Optima and its other subsidiaries are continuing their oper... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402677/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:43 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402677/ + ] MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's new opposition head, Islamist cleric Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, has vowed to protect aid workers in the Horn of Africa nation where insecurity has prevented many ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402468/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:37 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402468/ A husband and a wife who faked his death in a canoeing accident so they could claim life insurance payments were sentenced to jail terms totalling more than 12 years by a British court on Wednesday. ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402449/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:24:18 -0400 IOL http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402449/ Such a fund would provide money to encourage universities and reward them for widening participation, while a performance ranking system would put a university's reputation on the line. “The onl... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402675/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:37 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16402675/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jessica Hardy's first trip to the Olympics could be over before it began. The swimmer tested positive for a banned substance, leaving her just two weeks to pursue any appeals befor... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400481/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:00 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400481/ Budget airline Easyjet will cut flight numbers over the winter to combat the challenging economic climate and high fuel price that has hurt profit growth. Easyjet said its annual fuel costs have incr... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16403332/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:18:37 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16403332/ By PETER ENAVASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DONGSHA, Taiwan -- Concrete pilings designed to prevent an invasion no longer dot this tiny Taiwanese islet's shoreline. A formidable marine garrison also has v... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400832/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:27:36 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400832/ NEW YORK (AP) -- The weak U.S. dollar has not dissuaded Americans from planning trips abroad this year, but they may be heading to destinations closer to home, according to a survey released Thursday ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400483/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:04 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400483/ A Garuda pilot has been formally charged with deliberately causing a passenger plane to crash in Indonesia, killing 21 people including five Australians. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399186/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:05:01 -0400 SBS http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399186/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Wednesday he had rejected a request from lawmakers that an outside special counsel investigate the case of a Canadian taken off a p... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16401780/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:25:06 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16401780/ PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399519/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:08 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399519/ Two firearms officers are in hospital after using their own bodies to smother flames engulfing a knife-wielding man who had set himself alight. A spokesman for Surrey Police said two unarmed officers... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400054/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:18:34 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16400054/ MPs are calling for a cut in the number of bids by the Welsh Assembly Government and AMs for more powers. The Welsh affairs select committee say 11 proposed legislative competence orders (LCOs) risk ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16403331/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:18:30 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16403331/ White House hopeful Barack Obama has landed in Berlin to begin the European leg of his international tour ahead of November's US presidential poll. The Democratic senator is meeting Chancellor Ange... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399367/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:18:28 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399367/ An explosion has killed at least five people in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said. The attack took place in Batmaloo area of the capital, Srinagar. At least eight people have been wounded. ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399897/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:18:26 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16399897/ NEW: Injured includes many elderly residents, authorities say Quake struck about 12:26 a.m.; epicenter was in eastern Honshu No danger of a tsunami, Japanese Meteorological Agency says http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395351/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:01 -0400 CNN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395351/ (ASX: GUD) said growth in its water products business this financial year would be offset by demand and cost pressures in some other parts of the group. GUD, which sold its Victa lawnmower business la... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398112/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:43 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398112/ THE start of full-scale talks to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis were delayed for a second day today as the main parties' top negotiators had yet to arrive in South Africa, sources said. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395243/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:35 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395243/ LONDON: The UN Security Council has "good reasons" to be unsure about sending large numbers of peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, its outgoing head of peacekeeping said in an interview published o... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395229/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:29:02 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395229/ FAST START PAYS OFF: Powell (left) beating compatriot Bolt to the 100m title at the Stockholm Grand Prix on Tuesday. He led the race from start to finish and clocked 9.88sec. -- PHOTO: REUTERS http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397879/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:20:48 -0400 The Straits Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397879/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A woman mauled by a bear in a rural area of Southern California was recovering Wednesday as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396392/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:27 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396392/ The Smoking Gun . The lawyers did not say which family members were in the pictures. Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie have reportedly sold exclusive picture rights to the first photographs of their n... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396029/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:48 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396029/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, on his first visit to Washington as Israel's top military officer, said on Wednesday it was crucial to block what he called "Iranian aggression"... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397408/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397408/ BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put i... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396388/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:32 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396388/ TWO people in a critical condition have been airlifted to hospital after a semi-trailer collided with a bus in the Gippsland town of Traralgon this morning. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398115/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:33 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398115/ BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396386/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:39 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396386/ Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin believes that the cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip serve the interests of Hamas, not Israel, and charged that by agreeing to the deal Israel has "offered Hamas a life... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396429/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:21:56 -0400 Haaretz http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396429/ LONDON - Batman star Christian Bale has denied allegations of assault made by his mother and sister after he was arrested on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Welsh-born actor, riding high as the star of Holly... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397878/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:20:44 -0400 The Straits Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397878/ DAVID LEASK and WILLIAM TINNING They've been fighting for years. On one side of the tracks are the Westburn Young Toi Butchers; on the other, the Halfway Fleeto. The railway is their border, as unmov... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397950/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:51 -0400 The Herald http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397950/ The World Billionaires pool cash to beat smoking MICROSOFT founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will pour $US375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396256/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:38 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396256/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses w... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396391/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:29 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396391/ WNBA is expected to announce punishments from the brawl on Thursday Four were ejected during the incident between the Shock and Galaxy Former Pistons Bad Boy Rick Mahorn was in the middle of the melee http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396745/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:30:50 -0400 CNN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396745/ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday after talks with North Korea that she believed Pyongyang was under no "illusions" it had to agree to a strong mechanism to ve... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397407/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:06 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397407/ SEATTLE (AP) -- Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Bosto... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396394/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:23 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396394/ THE United States has one, and it will soon be joined by China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Following in the footsteps of the US, these four Asean dialogue partners yesterday announced that they... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397881/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:20:54 -0400 The Straits Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397881/ SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea lashed out Thursday at the South Korean defence chief for labeling the communist state an enemy. Earlier this week, South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee tol... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397555/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:52:59 -0400 C News http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397555/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fa... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396385/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:36 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396385/ GENEVA (Reuters) - A latest round of talks to salvage a global trade deal made "some progress" on Thursday, ministers said but officials said the mood behind closed doors was somber. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397406/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:03 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397406/ ABOUT 400 trainee teachers who joined the Education Ministry in the middle of last month have still not been paid their salaries. These graduates, now being trained at the National Institute of Educat... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397883/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:21:00 -0400 The Straits Times http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397883/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed a massive housing rescue bill on Wednesday while the White House dropped a threat to veto it, paving the way for measures aimed at shoring up... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397410/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:12 -0400 Reuters http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16397410/ A NAKED model photographed using Peru's flag as a saddle while on a horse could spend up to four years in jail for offending patriotic symbols, the country's defence minister said. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398113/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:50 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398113/ Negotiations with Russian-born American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik over the sale of daily Maariv have recently been resumed. The talks value the publishing company at $90 million. Blavatnik, founde... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396430/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:21:54 -0400 Haaretz http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396430/ Colombian defense minister says rescuers posed as journalists from TeleSUR Juan Manuel Santos says rescuers used microphone with TeleSUR logo Rescuers rehearsed "script" in ruse to free 15 h... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395965/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:30:58 -0400 CNN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395965/ LONDON: Voters in one of the most deprived parts of Britain go to the polls in a by-election on Thursday, potentially holding the fate of their fellow Scot, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in their hands... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398822/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:28:58 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398822/ Prosecutors at The Hague war-crimes tribunal say they expect the extradition of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to be delayed. Mr Karadzic's lawyer has made it clear he will appeal ag... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398652/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:43 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398652/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396389/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:30 -0400 New York Post http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396389/ NEW YORK, Jul 23 (IPS) - In the name of "global war on terror", the U.S. government is waging war on non-governmental organisations by applying "shortsighted, undemocratic policies" that are "constrai... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398990/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:27:08 -0400 IPS http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398990/ Air Force crews switched from a rescue operation to a recovery operation over the 7,000-square-mile crash site, said Air Force spokeswoman Sgt. Ashleigh Bryant. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396744/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:30:54 -0400 CNN http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16396744/ Officials in Guatemala say they have the first irrefutable evidence that a child was stolen and put up for adoption in the state system. The National Adoption Council used genetic evidence to confirm... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395678/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:40 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395678/ Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won parliamentary backing for a crime package critics say discriminates against immigrants. Under new laws approved by the Senate, illegal immigrants conv... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395770/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:38 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16395770/ Parents are missing out on vital conversations with their children about sex because of embarrassment, a report for the government says. A study by author and agony aunt Anita Naik found three-quar... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398651/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:35 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16398651/ pregnant man, Thomas Beatie , the first transgender male to give birth, has revealed photos of his newborn daughter. Mr Beatie is legally male but kept his female sex organs. He attracted worldwide a... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393836/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:14 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393836/ The Scottish economy grew by just 0.3% in the first quarter of 2008, providing the first evidence that the shock waves of the global credit crunch are to rippling through to the rest of the economy. ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16390576/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:09 -0400 The Herald http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16390576/ The new service, dubbed Threat Manager, offered by troubled listed digital group BlueFreeway, via its subsidiary BlueCentral, will also help ensure businesses are compliant with the payment card indus... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393833/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:59 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393833/ also made Canadian actor Mike Myers - the green ogre's voice - the third top Hollywood moneymaker, along with Murphy at $US55 million, despite his recent comedic flop, http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16390862/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:10 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16390862/ TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed that Iran would not yield in the crisis over its nuclear drive but the White House warned again that it risks more sanctions if it fails to fre... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394762/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:40 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394762/ Adolescents who took part in family activities more often had sex less frequently, less unprotected sex, and fewer sex partners, Rebekah Levine Coley of Boston College and her colleagues found. Most ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393841/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:26 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393841/ WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - Women's groups weighed in Tuesday on the growing debate over new goals and strategies for U.S. foreign aid, arguing that to work effectively, foreign aid should target women... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394976/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:27:14 -0400 IPS http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394976/ It has written to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, asking that Tehran either charge the brothers Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei or release them. They were apparently arrested at the end of June. ... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393837/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:17 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393837/ AN estimated 60,000 civilians are still unable to return home more than two months after fleeing the violence in the oil town of Abyei in south Sudan, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393839/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:22 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393839/ Derrick Sonnier, 40, was the the third person put to death in the state since the US Supreme Court in April rejected a challenge to the three-drug cocktail used in most executions in the last 30 years... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393844/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:45 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393844/ But the chairman of Hawthorn Football Club and depression awareness organisation beyondblue will not make a decision until after the AFL grand final in September. “I have been approached by a wi... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393830/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:45 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393830/ There is a simple rule of political life, all life indeed. It is that you can ask anything of someone who wants to join your club so long as they're still trying to gain entry. Once they've joined you... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394220/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:32 -0400 The Independent http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394220/ PROTESTERS have gathered outside Fox News Channel to denounce what they claim is its racist campaign coverage, including a pundit who called Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama a terrorist. http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393842/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:28 -0400 The Australian http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16393842/ The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has praised Barack Obama's political and physical strength as "Obamania" reached the highest levels of state on the eve of the Democratic presidential contender's f... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16389916/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:24 -0400 The Independent http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16389916/ Gordon Brown will warn today that the historic commitments made by the United Nations in 2000 to relieve poverty in the developing world are in danger of being missed. The Prime Minister will re... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394216/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:16 -0400 The Independent http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394216/ Rising food prices are putting millions of people in East Africa at risk of severe hunger and destitution, the UK-based charity Oxfam has warned. Successive droughts, war and poverty have put an es... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394556/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:18:54 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16394556/ Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to be backing a government plan to tackle music piracy online. The plan commits the firms to working towards a "significant reduction" in the ille... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16390003/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:18:53 -0400 BBC http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16390003/ A student who became Scotland's first convicted Islamic terrorist could be free pending an appeal within weeks. Mohammed Siddique, 22, yesterday succeeded in putting his appeal against the guilty ver... http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16391031/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:00 -0400 The Herald http://story.canadastandard.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/16391031/