Consumer prices rose 1.0% in the 12 months to November, following a 0.1% increase in October.
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A beauty contest which saw several girls from 17 Arab countries attended was staged in the Egyptian capital Cairo. All the 17 Arab countries presented the most beautiful winner from their country.
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The vehicles that ferry to Somalia also transport young girls and women for purposes of human trafficking, a Kenyan NGO revealed.
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Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian vessel off the coast of Somalia, Xinhua reported on Monday. Andrew Mwangura, the East African Coordinator of Seafarers' Assistance Program (SAP), confirmed that the vessel, MSV LAXMI SAGAR, was seized on Sunday a week ago (06th Dec. 2009).
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Manufacturing sales advanced 2.0% in October to $42.5 billion. This was the fourth increase in five months. Even with these recent gains, manufacturing sales remained 16.6% below October 2008.
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Travel by United States residents to Canada fell 2.6% between September and October to 1.6 million trips. This was the first decline in travel by Americans to Canada in four months.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Canada is putting a renewed focus on the new anti-Semitism, one predicated on the notion that the Jews alone have no right to a homeland, Canada's Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said today in Jerusalem.
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The labour productivity of Canadian businesses fell 0.2% in the third quarter, after fluctuating between increases and declines of 0.1% since the second quarter of 2008.
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The market value of retirement savings held in employer-sponsored pension funds increased by $35.4 billion, or 4.5%, between the first and second quarters of 2009. This was the first increase since the second quarter of 2008.
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The composite leading index rose by 1.3% in November, equalling the largest of its six straight increases. The advance was led by household demand, while the recovery of demand in the United States gave a boost to manufacturing in Canada.
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