U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts has administered the oath of office to President Barack Obama for a second time to make up for misplacing a word during Tuesday's inauguration ceremony.
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Over the 12-year period from 1994/1995 to 2006/2007, relatively more people in lower-income households experienced episodes of high psychological distress than those in higher-income households.
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In 2006, as in 2001, about 16% of immigrant workers in Canada used languages other than English or French at work. The use of non-official languages at work was associated with a lack of official language skills, low levels of education, lower skilled jobs and lower earnings for immigrants. It was more common among those who had arrived recently in Canada.
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Rajan Zed and Jewish leader, Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, in a statement in Nevada said that as European Union and countries of Europe have reportedly failed to bring Roma people at par with rest of the population, it was the moral duty of religious leaders to take up their cause. It was plainly immoral to silently watch the powerless Roma endure blatant injustice, being continuously faced by them for about one thousand years.
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Although the Canadian population has been ageing since the end of the baby-boom, it still remains one of the youngest among the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Universal Society of Hinduism president, Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) said that Roma were reportedly facing blatant injustice and discrimination right under Pope’s nose in Europe. Being the biggest religious leader in the world, it was Pope’s moral obligation to make efforts to stop human rights violations suffered by around ten million European Roma.
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Ottawa –Israeli Jew and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Jeff Halper, a key figure in the Israeli peace movement, will be touring Canada in January 2009. Jeff Halper has been on the front lines of organizing for peace in Israel for almost 30 years. He was the only Israeli aboard the Free Gaza flotilla that broke the Gaza siege, Aug. 23, 2008. His first hand account of whether Israel is moving to peace or apartheid will be the subject of a seven city cross-Canada tour that kicks off in Halifax on January 12, 2009.
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TORONTO - Eight Jewish women were arrested after they entered the Israeli consulate in Toronto in protest against Israel's invasion of Gaza.
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Employment declined for the second consecutive month in December 2008, the result of a large drop in full-time work. With the decline in employment came a 0.3 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate, which hit 6.6% in December.
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TORONTO - One reason racism persists is that many people imagine they would respond strongly to a racist act but actually respond with indifference, a new study led by York University shows.
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