In 2008, the operating revenue of private radio broadcasters rose 5.6% to $1.6 billion (current dollars) and their profits before interest and taxes increased 12.2% to $336.5 million.
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In June, 816,600 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 5.1% (+39,500) from a month earlier. Provincially, the largest percentage increases occurred in Alberta, British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
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NATO and Ukraine took their relationship to a higher level by the signing of a “Declaration to Complement the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine” at NATO Headquarters on 21 August
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Retail sales in current dollars rose in June, increasing 1.0% to $34.4 billion. Most of the gain was driven by higher prices, especially for gasoline, as retail sales in volume terms increased 0.4%.
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A 29-year-old man is charged with possession for the purposes of trafficking after about 26 kilograms of khat -- an amphetamine-like substance -- was found in two suitcases at Calgary airport, Canada.
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"Together , the two families continue to work tirelessly to secure
Nigel's and Amanda's safe release. With little outside support, the families, who have been united as one throughout this horrendous ordeal, continue to do everything and anything to gain the earliest possible release for their loved ones, Amanda and Nigel.
ones, Amanda and Nigel.
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The President of the Seychelles Republic has hailed the discussions with General William E. Ward, Commander of U.S Africa Command as “extremely warm and fruitful.”
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At least 40,000 Filipino seafarers stand to benefit from a new Japanese anti-piracy law protecting ships and its crew off Somalia, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Saturday.
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China's naval convoy on duty off the Somalia coast and in the Gulf of Aden has successfully accomplished its missions and returned to the naval port in Zhanjiang city in Guangdong Province at 9 a.m. Friday, said a PLA Navy source.
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The UN Refugee Agency has expressed shock at reports that other vessels passed by and did not help as a boat sank carrying illegal immigrants.
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