Suaad Hagi Mohamud who was stranded for almost three months in Kenya over false claims that she was an impostor is now suing the Canadian governement for $2.5 million.
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The Israeli Chief of the General Staff spoke at a logistics convention, of the need for continuous logistics efforts in the battle field. On Wednesday (August 19, 2009) the Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, said that: "During Operation Cast Lead, the logistic effort worked well, however there is need to prepare for broader activities".
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Yangon/Brussels : Controversial elections anticipated next year present an opportunity for change in Myanmar that should not be squandered.
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The Canadian diplomat at the heart of the uproar over Ottawa's indefensible treatment of Suaad Hagi Mohamud is suddenly back home. But Liliane Khadour's recall from Kenya to Ottawa doesn't begin to clear the air. If her political masters hope to shield themselves by scapegoating her, Parliament shouldn't let them get away with it.
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Wholesale sales rose for the first time in nine months in June, mainly due to increases in the automotive products and food, beverages and tobacco products sectors. Sales in current dollars rose 0.6% to $40.4 billion.
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The composite leading index rose 0.4% in July, after small declines in May and June were revised up to no change. The increase in July was the first advance since August 2008, just before the turmoil in global financial markets deteriorated significantly.
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Consumer prices fell 0.9% in July 2009 compared with July 2008, following a 0.3% decrease in June.
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Travel between Canada and other countries decreased in June compared with May, led by a decline in trips between Canada and the United States.
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The passport which stranded a Toronto woman in Kenya for months is now at the centre of a standoff between the federal government and the lawyer representing Suaad Hagi Mohamud in Canada.
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After being held hostage for nine months, the two French women and two men from Belgium and Bulgaria, who had worked for French charity ACF (Action Against Hunger) together with two abducted Kenyan pilots boarded a plane and were flown out of Somalia last week.
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