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June 2010 Blog Posts (84)

Happy Canada Day: July 1, 2010

CANADA DAY…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 30, 2010 at 6:27pm — No Comments

Queen Elizabeth II unveils Oscar Peterson monument

Queen Elizabeth II(L) and Prince Philip(R) look at a statue of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson which the Queen unveiled at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada.…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 30, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Suspected Russian spy missing in Cyprus By the CNN Wire Staff

Richard and Cynthia Murphy, residents of this home in Montclair, New Jersey, were arrested with eight others.

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 30, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Queen tours Ottawa

The Queen accepted dozens of bouquets from children and adults in a crowd waiting to see her Wednesday in Ottawa.…

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Montreal Mafioso killed in shootout: reports

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Rare moment as Queen reviews warships By Alison Auld And Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 29, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Queen to mark navy centennial God is the British, and the Western Church

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Quebec funnels were tornadoes

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 29, 2010 at 11:34am — No Comments

Queen arrives in Halifax

Last Updated: Monday, June 28, 2010 / 3:12 PM AT :…

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Did G20 leaders blow it?

G20 blew it,…

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Crowd protests police G20 actions

Protesters gather outside Toronto police headquarters on Monday. (Nazima Walji/CBC)…

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The Queen visits Wimbledon for the first time in 33 years By Shane Bacon

Thursday at the 2010 Wimbledon will forever be known as Queen Day, as Queen Elizabeth II visited the tournament for the first time since 1977.

The queen had a lengthy itinerary on hand that included meeting and greeting some of the youngsters, a ton of the other players and a front row seat to Centre Court where she watched…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 27, 2010 at 9:58pm — No Comments

السعودية: الجلد والسجن لنساء ورجال بسبب الاختلاط

تفرض القوانين فصلا بين الجنسين في السعودية

أصدرت محكمة سعودية في مدينة حائل أحكاما بالجلد والسجن على 4 نساء و11 رجلا بتهمة الاختلاط في حفل حسبما أكد مسؤولون قضائيون

وقد حكم…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 27, 2010 at 9:58pm — No Comments

مسيرة حاشدة في بيروت تطالب بمنح الفلسطينيين حقوقا مدنية

يطالب الفلسطينيون الذين يقيمون في لبنان بحقوق مدنية أساسية

ندى عبد الصمد بي بي سي - بيروت "نريد ان نعيش بكرامة حتى نعود" ، شعار رفعه…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 27, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

G20 arrests now tally 550: Toronto endures 2nd day of summit tensions

Police fired at least half a dozen rubber bullets at protesters in Toronto's east end on Sunday afternoon, arresting several people as the city remained on edge a day after a downtown rampage by militant activists.

By early afternoon Sunday, 550 people had been…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 27, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

G20 agrees to deficit reduction targets

G20 agrees to deficit reduction targets

No bank tax in Toronto summit communiqué…

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Added by OIPWHR-M.T. on June 27, 2010 at 12:37pm — No Comments

G20 protest brings violence, arrests: Toronto mayor says 'thugs' to blame for attacks

Police in riot gear and protesters continued to clash Saturday evening following a massive anti-G20 protest march through downtown Toronto that saw at least two police vehicles set ablaze, store and bank windows smashed, and much of the area put under security lockdowns.

The police cruisers were torched at the corner of King and Bay streets in the heart of the…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 26, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

World largest gold coin fetches three mln euros at auction

Staff members at the Dorotheum Auction House lift a one hundred Canadian Maple leaf gold coin in Vienna. The largest gold coin in the world fetched 3.27 million euros (4.02 million dollars) at auction on Friday in Vienna, auction house Dorotheum said. Photo:Dieter Nagl/AFP…

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Added by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on June 26, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

ROYAL FAMILY In Profile Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, seen in 2007, has made controversial remarks about British women and Beijing, among other topics. Members of his family have said they admire his occasional bluntness. (Bob Brown/Pool/Associated Press)