Today I’m reaching out with this statement to share my views with all and explain the position I’ve taken on our production SLĀV. First, I would like to emphasize the fact that Betty Bonifassi, her singers, the Ex Machina team and I were aware from the beginning of the project that we were taking on a sensitive subject and that it was our responsibility to work to create this show with dilligence, respect, honesty and integrity.
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Author Victor Teboul, Editor of the online magazine Tolerance.ca, will be speaking at the Arab World Festival of Montreal, on November 4, 2011, at 7.30. p.m. at Librairie Paulines, 2653, rue Masson, in Montreal. He will give a lecture on Irony and self-criticism in a pluralistic world and will present his new novel, ''Bienvenue chez Monsieur B. !'' published by L'Harmattan, in Paris.
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In this 12 minute vidéo titled "2083 – a European Declaration of Independence" and posted a few hours before his deadly killing spree, Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian arrested for the killing of at least 93 people in the double terror attack which took place in Oslo on Friday July 22, 2011 explains his "vision" of Islam...
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Two exiled Iranian brothers, Sepp and Sohl, have created an Iranian freedom cry and thanks to Roger Waters, former Pink Floyd frontman, basically the creator of the song, the brothers have obtained full permission to use the song to protest against Iran's Islamic "Mullah's and Ayatollah".
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A United Nations-backed group supporting peace and reconciliation in Somalia today welcomed efforts by the country’s transitional Government to reach out to opposition groups willing to join the peace process.
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General cargo ship MV RAK AFRIKANA (IMO 8200553) with a deadweight of 7,561 tonnes (5992t gross) has been hijacked at 06h32 this morning, 11 April 2010, approximately 280 nautical miles west of the Seychelles in position 04:45S - 051:00E three days after she left port in the archipelago of the Seychelles.
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The president of the Kutch Vahanvati Association (KVA) Kasam Ali Bholim said the vessel 'Faiz-E-Osmani', was rescued by a joint operation of US and Oman navies.
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Just over 8.9 million employed Canadian tax filers participated in a private retirement savings plan in 2008, about 50% of all tax filers. This proportion was down from 54% in 1997.
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Somali pirates have struck again, this time hijacking a British Virgin Islands-owned cargo ship MV TALCA, a reefer (refrigerated cargo) with nearly hals a million cubic meter cold storage.
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New data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) show that 41% of Canadian adults had a high total cholesterol level. In addition, 4% of Canadians aged 6 to 79, or just over 1.1 million people, were considered vitamin D-deficient.
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