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British PM facing rough ride in Pakistan
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LONDON - David Cameron was facing tricky talks this week with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after the British prime minister's remarks on the export of terror triggered a diplomatic spat. (Full Story)

US to activate missile shield over south Europe
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WASHINGTON - The United States is close to activating a missile shield over southern Europe as part of its effort to shore up regional defenses in the face of a missile threat from Iran, The Washington Post reported. (Full Story)

Mysterious 'insurance file' posted on WikiLeaks
AFP/Getty Images/File - Joe Raedle
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WASHINGTON - Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has posted a mysterious encrypted "insurance file," touching off speculation about what it contains. (Full Story)

Engineers prepare to seal ruptured BP oil well
By Matt Davis
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Engineers readied a plan to permanently seal the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm. (Full Story)

Top security as Chelsea Clinton ties the knot
By Sebastian Smith
AFP - Timothy A. Clary
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RHINEBECK, New York - Chelsea Clinton married her longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky at a heavily guarded wedding on a luxury country estate outside New York. (Full Story)

Americans with Disabilities Act Celebrates 20 Years
Landmark federal law requires disabled be given equal access to public buildings, amenities, not be discriminated against in workplace (Full Story)

Afghanistan - Government violates media law by closing TV station
Reporters Without Borders condemns the Afghan government's latest interference in the media. The cabinet decided on 27 July to close down the privately-owned TV station Emroz for allegedly endangering national unity and to ban two programmes on two other TV stations on the ground that they were contrary to Islamic values. “The government must not under any circumstances violate the media law, which gives the media commission sole decision-making authority when a media commits an offence,” (...) (Full Story)

Germany - Lawsuit against two journalists in the “Saxony Corruption Quagmire” – ROG demands an acquittal
Reporter ohne Grenzen (ROG) demands a clear acquittal in the criminal proceedings in Dresden against two Leipzig journalists. “Anything else would be scandalous,” said ROG board spokesperson Michael Rediske in Berlin. “A conviction would hinder any future reporting of corruption affairs and thereby infringe upon freedom of the press.” Even the opening of criminal proceedings against the freelance journalists Arndt Ginzel and Thomas Datt, who investigated the so-called “Saxony Corruption (...) (Full Story)

Urgent appeal by EveryOne Group to undertake action to stop Mediterranean BP project
By Roberto Malini
EveryOne Group appeals to Stavros Dimas, European Union Environment Commissioner, and Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, to undertake action to stop the BP project and prevent a new environmental and humanitarian disaster from occurring in the Mediterranean. (Full Story)
Iran stoning. Latest message from Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
By Maryam Namazie, Iran Solidarity
On Friday 30 July 2010, a press conference was held in London on the Iran stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Mina Ahadi, Coordinator of the International Committee against Executions and International Committee against Stoning read out the latest message from Sakineh... (Full Story)
Canada. Earnings of non-farm payroll employees up
In May, average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees rose by 3.7% from May 2009 to $848.45. This was the fastest year-over-year increase since February 2008. (Full Story)
Columbus Centre project to commemorate WWII internment of Italian-Canadians
Toronto (Ontario, Canada) — An educational project to commemorate the internment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War will receive federal funding, Senator Consiglio Di Nino announced today, on behalf of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. (Full Story)
Counterfeit Viagra Found in Montréal
OTTAWA - Health Canada is informing Canadians that Marché Euromix, a retail store in Pierrefonds (Montréal), was found to be selling a health product that was not authorized for sale by Health Canada and that closely resembled in appearance an authorized drug, Viagra. (Full Story)
Phyllis Lambert and Serge Joyal under fire. They defend the Muslim Brotherhood at the Expense of Freedom, says Marc Lebuis
By Marc Lebuis on behalf of the Point de Bascule team
Translation by Point de Bascule

In a letter published by Le Devoir on July 13th 2010, Phyllis Lambert* and Serge Joyal** ask the Charest Government to reconsider its decision to purchase the building that the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) was going to acquire in downtown Montreal in order to establish a mosque and a community center. (Full Story)
Hockey. Montreal Canadiens: Michael Cammalleri- A Leader On And Off The Ice
By James Stephan-Usypchuk
Michael Cammalleri, is a gifted goal-scoring forward of the Montreal Canadiens, his talents, and speed, complement each other very well, however Cammalleri carries something else not all hockey players have, he possesses heart.
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Indonesia. The jihadi project has failed
Brussels/Jakarta - Divisions and ideological debates generated by Jama’ah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT), an organisation founded by Indonesia’s best-known radical cleric, Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, show the weakness of Indonesia’s jihadi movement. (Full Story)
Turks cannot face the turth, therefore they have to accuse others to cover up the truth
by Zareh Sahakian

There is a good reason why Reporters Without Borders are condemning the decision by the Turkish authorities to ban a program that dares to discuss the Armenian Genocide. (Full Story)
Gifted differently
By Venus Vinod Upadhayaya, journalist
Bangalore (India) - I was making my first visit to a day care center for spastic and disabled children in Bangalore. Our bike had just had a skid and we were saved except for our skin that suffered few scratches at places. While I ordered for two bottles of mineral water to quench my thirst after the long bike ride, a wide mouthed child with wide open eyes wished me good morning. I couldn’t make meaning out of his verbal uttering and it was translated to me by a teacher.
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Roberto Malini's Point of View

Urgent appeal by EveryOne Group to undertake action to stop Mediterranean BP project

EveryOne Group appeals to Stavros Dimas, European Union Environment Commissioner, and Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, to undertake action to stop... (Full Story)
Maryam Namazie

Iran stoning. Latest message from Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

On Friday 30 July 2010, a press conference was held in London on the Iran stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani... (Full Story)
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Hockey. Montreal Canadiens: Michael Cammalleri- A Leader On And Off The Ice

Michael Cammalleri, is a gifted goal-scoring forward of the Montreal Canadiens, his talents, and speed, complement each other very well, however... (Full Story)
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Everybody talks about tolerance. Why ? What is so important about tolerance ? Do you have an opinion you would like to share on tolerance ? Why should we be tolerant ? Let us know your opinion. Write your answer directly... (Full Story)
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Editor, Tolerance.ca®
Algerian-born Albert Camus once said that his homeland was the French language:« Ma patrie, c’est la langue française ». In a certain way, we belong to a language more than we do to a country. While writing La Lente Découverte de... (Full Story)
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