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No way out? BP's big problems pile up
As the environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico becomes more critical with each passing day, so does the overall impact on BP's battered reputation and sinking bottom line.
Gates Criticizes Turkey Vote Against Sanctions
BRUSSELS � Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed frustration with Turkey on Friday over its refusal to support a new round of United Nations sanctions against Iran, but he suggested that the alliance between Washington and Ankara remained robust.
Commandos prepare for summits in the shadows
OTTAWA � The Canadian military�s premiere special forces soldiers are ready to spring into action if terrorists target the G8 meetings in Huntsville or the G20 summit that follows immediately in downtown Toronto.
Shrinking glaciers to spark food shortages
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates � Nearly 60 million people living around the Himalayas will suffer food shortages in the coming decades as glaciers shrink and the water sources for crops dry up, a study said Thursday.
World's oldest leather shoe found
The world's oldest leather shoe, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in Britain, has been found perfectly preserved in a cave in Armenia.
Dozens killed, hundreds more injured in Kyrgyz riots
Mobs of armed men torched Uzbek neighbourhoods in Kyrgyzstan on Friday in ethnic clashes that officials said left at least 45 people dead and 637 wounded in a Central Asian nation that hosts U.S. and Russian military bases.
Facebook reprimand lands university in court
A University of Calgary student says the school violated his constitutional right to freedom of speech when it disciplined him over Facebook comments.
Keith Pridgen, 20, was in court Friday, asking a Court of Queen's Bench judge to decide if the univer
Money could be spent to honour our homeless
The city is considering spending $36,000 to create a statue that would memorialize those who have lost their lives to homelessness. The idea has already caused quite a stir with some critics saying the money could be put to better use.
Vandals desecrate WWI war cemetery with swastikas
A British World War I cemetery in northwestern France has been desecrated, with vandals covering 12 graves and a monument in pink swastikas, SS insignia and other graffiti, the government in the Pas-de-Calais region said Friday.
The numbers get worse with each look at oil flow
The mind-boggling news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for both the environment and BP's financial health, killing more marine life and dramatically increasing the amount
19 slain at Mexico drug centre, 20 in another city
At least 30 gunmen burst into a drug rehabilitation centre in a Mexican border state capital and opened fire, killing 19 men and wounding four people, police said. Gunmen also killed 20 people in another drug-plagued northern city.
Suspect wanted
Police have issued a sketch of a man suspected of an attempted sexual assualt.
Dangerous demolition failure hits YouTube
A pair of YouTube videos showing a Vancouver building collapsing twice onto a city street during a demolition is raising serious questions about safety in the construction industry.
Edmonton soccer fans take in the World Cup
The 2010 World Cup got underway early Friday morning as host country South Africa and Mexico kicked off the biggest sporting event on the planet. Edmonton soccer fans gathered bright and early at local bars to take in the action.
Grim Prairie growing year forecast
The Canadian Wheat Board has released a grim preliminary crop forecast because of what it calls unprecedented wet weather across the Prairies.
B.C. cabinet minister quits over HST
B.C.'s minister of energy, mines and petroleum resources, Blair Lekstrom, has unexpectedly resigned from cabinet and quit as a member of the Liberal caucus, because of public opposition to the coming HST.
HST sales job fell short, B.C. premier admits
Premier Gordon Campbell has told his supporters it's no surprise British Columbians loathe the harmonized sales tax and said he's willing to take the blame for the growing opposition.
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