New motor vehicle sales increased 3.5% to 133,559 units in October after rising in September. Sales of new motor vehicles have generally been increasing since the beginning of 2009, following a sharp decline at the end of 2008.
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OTTAWA—A new report shows that Canada’s rising National Defence spending is $21.185 billion in 2009-2010, making Canada’s rank 13th highest in the world, and 6th highest among NATO’s 28 members, dollar for dollar.
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India on Sunday successfully test fired its nuclear-capable ballistic missile 'Dhanush', with a range of 350 km, from a naval ship off the Orissa coast.
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Canadian industries operated at 67.5% of their production capacity in the third quarter, down marginally from 67.7% in the second quarter. Widespread declines in capacity use among non-manufacturing industries more than offset increases among manufacturing industries.
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National net worth in the third quarter declined $75 billion to $5.9 trillion, largely reflecting an increase in Canada's net foreign debt. Household net worth rose again to reach $5.7 trillion in the third quarter, as equity markets rallied.
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MOSCOW - Russia successfully test launched a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, a spokesman for the Strategic Missile Forces said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. - Air Force officials successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. EST Dec. 5 when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM into space.
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The person who was identified by the Somali government as the alleged suicide bomber and said to have blown himself up at a graduation ceremony in Mogadishu killing 25 people including ministers, students, doctors, and journalists came from Marka, a stronghold town of al Shabaab in southern Somalia, has been claimed by government officials, but his father refuted all such claims.
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The involvement of Saudi Arabia in the ongoing conflict between Yemeni security forces and al-Houthi rebels in the north could seriously undermine regional instability, according to a recent report.
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The Greek-owned vessel with 24 Ukrainians on board, had been called free already four times before - but it was not true, neither two month ago, nor one month ago or three days ago or yesterday.
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