Canadian hoteliers' continued to be less optimistic about the business outlook in the traveller accommodation industry in the fourth quarter of 2009. However, their outlook is less negative than it was in the previous quarter.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mrs. Laureen Harper today welcomed Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall at an event held at Mile One Centre in St. John’s as they begin the first leg of an 11-day visit to Canada
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A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats in the middle of the night at the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander finally admitted Sunday night.
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The Thai-flagged fishing trawler FV THAI UNION 3 was sea-jacked Thursday around 05h30 UTC = -8h30 local time by presumed Somali pirates attacking from two skiffs in the Indian Ocean at position 01° 55'S and 055° 53'E - about 200 nautical miles north of the Seychelles archipelago and 650 miles off the Somali coast.
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For the week of October 25, the influenza A(H1N1) vaccine is being rolled out first for healthcare workers (including private clinic staff, pharmacists, ambulance drivers, and first responders) and group 1 individuals at risk of developing complications.
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Non-farm payroll employment fell by 110,200 in August (-0.8%), following an increase of 27,300 in July.
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WASHINGTON - Breaking the cycle of "on-again, off-again" military-to-military relations between the United States and China is of primary importance to the two nations, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told his Chinese counterpart here today.
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The Indian Navy has reportedly decided to deploy two warships in the Indian Ocean area to counter the threat from Somali pirates.
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Four days after their distress call was sent out near the Seychelles and received by the naval crisis centre, the abducted 13m, one-mast sailing yacht S/Y LYNN RIVAL with an elderly British couple on board has reportedly already reached the Central Somali coast, while ...
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The Canadian railway industry saw a decline in the volume of cargo carried in August, the result of a drop in commodities loaded in Canada as well as traffic received from the United States.
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