Canada's merchandise exports rose 3.5% in September, while there was little change in imports. As a result, Canada's trade deficit with the world narrowed to $927 million from $2.0 billion in August.
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There were $1.8 trillion in pension assets in Canada at the end of 2008, down from $2.1 trillion in 2007 but nearly four times greater than the holdings of $0.5 trillion in 1990.
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Employment declined much faster in the early months of the current economic downturn than it did in the early months of the recessions in 1981 and 1990.
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OTTAWA - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his family, and the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall paid their respects to Canada's soldiers and veterans.
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Israel has filed an official complaint with the United Nations following its seizure earlier this week of the German-owned boxship MV FRANCOP laden with arms allegedly bound for Hezbollah.
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On 7/8th November EU NAVFOR was invited to participate in a meeting organised by the Chinese PLA to discuss clarifying areas of responsibility in the gulf of Aden and “to find the best formula of international cooperation” for escorting vessels through the Gulf of Aden.
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Alledged Somali pirates have launched their deepest attack into the Indian Ocean, firing rocket propelled grenades at a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker, the European Union anti-piracy mission said Monday.
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez called on his country to prepare for a possible war, once again criticizing a military cooperation agreement between Colombia and the U.S., the country's VTV television channel reported.
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MOSCOW - The navies of two Koreas clashed Tuesday in the Yellow Sea along the disputed sea border between the two states, with the North suffering "considerable" damage, the Yonhap news agency reported according to RIA Novosti.
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Geneva, Switzerland – JUANES, the Colombian music superstar, has announced he will lend his voice to the world summit against anti-personnel mines which will take place in Colombia.
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