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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.

AFP - Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a life-size statue of Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson sitting at his piano on Wednesday, during the third day of her Canadian visit.

After appearing to stumble out of her limousine at the National Arts Centre where the bronze statue will be displayed publicly, Canada's titular head of state pulled a yellow cord to unveil the monument.

She was joined by Peterson's family for the unveiling.

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The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics

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Dressed in a robin's egg blue dress and matching hat, the British monarch also toured a Victorian museum where a female security guard gushed, "She's beautiful." Elizabeth also planted a tree in the governor general's yard, and was to have a private chat with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the afternoon.

Earlier, several hundred people applauded her arrival to the Canadian capital.

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Peterson released more than 200 recordings and toured the world, performing in concerts with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and others.

The jazz virtuoso performed for the queen and her husband in Toronto in 2002.

The fourth of five children, Peterson grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood of Montreal, learning to play the piano from his father and sister Daisy.

He would later drop out of high school to become a professional pianist, earning a reputation as a technically brilliant and inventive jazz pianist. His most memorable compositions include Canadiana Suite and Hymn to Freedom, inspired by the US civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Peterson died of kidney failure in 2007.

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The queen is visiting Canada with her husband Prince Philip.

During her 22nd official tour of the country, the 84-year-old monarch addresses the nation on Canada Day on Thursday.

She will also travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba to attend a horse race, and then wrap up her tour in Toronto, where she is due to visit Research in Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry device.

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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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Dressed in a robin's egg blue dress and matching hat, the British monarch also toured a Victorian museum where a female security guard gushed, "She's beautiful." Elizabeth also planted a tree in the governor general's yard, and was to have a private chat with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the afternoon.

Earlier, several hundred people applauded her arrival to the Canadian capital.

nac_tor_131211_4Z.gif

Peterson released more than 200 recordings and toured the world, performing in concerts with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and others.

The jazz virtuoso performed for the queen and her husband in Toronto in 2002.

The fourth of five children, Peterson grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood of Montreal, learning to play the piano from his father and sister Daisy.

He would later drop out of high school to become a professional pianist, earning a reputation as a technically brilliant and inventive jazz pianist. His most memorable compositions include Canadiana Suite and Hymn to Freedom, inspired by the US civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Peterson died of kidney failure in 2007.

Semitic illegal drug calls Khat spreads in North

America and Europe

The queen is visiting Canada with her husband Prince Philip.

During her 22nd official tour of the country, the 84-year-old monarch addresses the nation on Canada Day on Thursday.

She will also travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba to attend a horse race, and then wrap up her tour in Toronto, where she is due to visit Research in Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry device.

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Active and sleeper cells of terrorists and criminals Downtown Ottawa, and in North America

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The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Ten

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part One

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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

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  • NEW: Suspect gone after missing Wednesday check-in with police
  • NEW: Suspect faces deportation to United States
  • NEW: State Department has no plans to expel Russian diplomats

(CNN) -- A suspected Russian spy is missing after being arrested in Cyprus and released on bail, a police spokesman told CNN on Wednesday.

(CNN) -- A suspected Russian spy is missing after being arrested in Cyprus and released on bail, a police spokesman told CNN on Wednesday.

Authorities arrested Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, in Larnaca after an Interpol "red notice" was served on him, Cypriot police said Tuesday.

Police said he was released on bail pending further proceedings but was told not to leave the country and was ordered to check in nightly with police. He did not check in Wednesday, and police are searching for him, a spokesman said.

Metsos is among 11 suspects in an alleged Russian spy ring in the United States.

At the time of his arrest, he was traveling on a Canadian passport and was about to board a flight to Budapest, Hungary. Metsos faces extradition to the United States.

His disappearance came two days after the U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of 10 people on charges of being Russian agents involved in a long-term mission in the United States.

Five of the suspects appeared in a New York courtroom Monday. Four of the five, including a longtime U.S.-based columnist for the Spanish-language El Diario newspaper, were advised of their rights and ordered held because of flight risk, with their next hearing scheduled for Thursday.

The other defendant, identified in a court document as Anna Chapman, was denied bail. No additional hearings have been scheduled.

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Ten

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The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the suspects committed no actions directed against American interests and that the arrests are "unfounded and have unseemly goals."

"We do not understand the reasons why the U.S. Department of Justice has made a public statement in the spirit of the Cold War," said a statement on the ministry's website. "Such incidents have occurred in the past, when our relations were on the rise. In any case it is regrettable that all these things are happening on the background of the 'reset' in Russian-U.S. relations announced by the U.S. administration."

Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, said American police were "out of hand" but expressed the hope that relations would not be harmed. "I hope the positive developments that have been accumulated recently will not be damaged," Putin said.

On Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley said the State Department had no plans to expel any Russian diplomats over the matter. "I'm not projecting any diplomatic consequences other than the goodwill that we hope will be there going forward to continue to focus on the issues where we agree and work constructively on the areas on which we disagree," Crowley said, adding that officials throughout the State Department had been in touch with various levels of the Russian government to discuss the issue.

"As we've made clear -- and as I think officials in Moscow have made clear -- we are going to work as hard as we can to move beyond this and continue to focus on the many issues with which we have common interest," Crowley said. "Our focus is on the process going forward."

The Justice Department said the suspects were supposed to have recruited intelligence agents but were not directly involved in obtaining U.S. secrets themselves. They were charged with acting as agents of a foreign government, and nine also were charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The charges include conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. attorney general, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Justice Department said. Conspiracy to commit money laundering has a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

The case resulted from a multiyear investigation conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Justice Department's National Security Division, according to a Justice Department statement. The 11 suspects were charged in two separate criminal complaints.

CNN's Terry Frieden, Jill Dougherty, Michael Schwartz, Arkady Irshenko, Elise Labott and Carol Jordan contributed to this report.

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Active and sleeper cells of terrorists and criminals Downtown Ottawa, and in North America

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Ten

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part One

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Two

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Four

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Five

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Six

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Seven

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Nine

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Authorities arrested Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, in Larnaca after an Interpol "red notice" was served on him, Cypriot police said Tuesday.

Police said he was released on bail pending further proceedings but was told not to leave the country and was ordered to check in nightly with police. He did not check in Wednesday, and police are searching for him, a spokesman said.

Metsos is among 11 suspects in an alleged Russian spy ring in the United States.

At the time of his arrest, he was traveling on a Canadian passport and was about to board a flight to Budapest, Hungary. Metsos faces extradition to the United States.

His disappearance came two days after the U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest of 10 people on charges of being Russian agents involved in a long-term mission in the United States.

Five of the suspects appeared in a New York courtroom Monday. Four of the five, including a longtime U.S.-based columnist for the Spanish-language El Diario newspaper, were advised of their rights and ordered held because of flight risk, with their next hearing scheduled for Thursday.

The other defendant, identified in a court document as Anna Chapman, was denied bail. No additional hearings have been scheduled.

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Active and sleeper cells of terrorists and criminals Downtown Ottawa, and in North America

RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Ten

https://poetsofottawa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/active-and-sleeper-cells-of

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the suspects committed no actions directed against American interests and that the arrests are "unfounded and have unseemly goals."

"We do not understand the reasons why the U.S. Department of Justice has made a public statement in the spirit of the Cold War," said a statement on the ministry's website. "Such incidents have occurred in the past, when our relations were on the rise. In any case it is regrettable that all these things are happening on the background of the 'reset' in Russian-U.S. relations announced by the U.S. administration."

Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, said American police were "out of hand" but expressed the hope that relations would not be harmed. "I hope the positive developments that have been accumulated recently will not be damaged," Putin said.

On Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley said the State Department had no plans to expel any Russian diplomats over the matter. "I'm not projecting any diplomatic consequences other than the goodwill that we hope will be there going forward to continue to focus on the issues where we agree and work constructively on the areas on which we disagree," Crowley said, adding that officials throughout the State Department had been in touch with various levels of the Russian government to discuss the issue.

"As we've made clear -- and as I think officials in Moscow have made clear -- we are going to work as hard as we can to move beyond this and continue to focus on the many issues with which we have common interest," Crowley said. "Our focus is on the process going forward."

The Justice Department said the suspects were supposed to have recruited intelligence agents but were not directly involved in obtaining U.S. secrets themselves. They were charged with acting as agents of a foreign government, and nine also were charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The charges include conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. attorney general, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Justice Department said. Conspiracy to commit money laundering has a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

The case resulted from a multiyear investigation conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Justice Department's National Security Division, according to a Justice Department statement. The 11 suspects were charged in two separate criminal complaints.

CNN's Terry Frieden, Jill Dougherty, Michael Schwartz, Arkady Irshenko, Elise Labott and Carol Jordan contributed to this report.

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Queen tours Ottawa

The Queen accepted dozens of bouquets from children and adults in a crowd waiting to see her Wednesday in Ottawa. (Sharon Musgrave/CBC)

The Queen thrilled children and adults alike in Ottawa Wednesday by accepting dozens of bouquets offered by a crowd of thousands lining the route of her tour through the capital.

The plane carrying the Queen and Prince Philip arrived at Ottawa's Macdonald-Cartier International Airport at noon ET after a morning in Halifax. As they stepped off the plane, they were greeted by several local politicians.

Also waiting on the tarmac was 12-year-old Madison Trudeau, who handed the Queen a bouquet of coral-coloured roses and received a royal handshake of thanks.

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From there, the royal couple headed to the Canadian Museum of Nature, which was closed to the public for the Queen's visit.

Inside the museum, the Queen toured the exhibits, heard a children's choir perform and unveiled a plaque dedicating The Queen's Lantern, a large glass addition to the museum replacing its original tower.

At the National Arts Centre, the Queen unveiled a sculpture of celebrated jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. (CBC)

Outside, the Queen accepted other bouquets from crowds of people lined up on either side of the museum's entrance and cheering as they leaned over the barriers. Many had heavy cameras hung around their necks. Some waved Canadian or Union Jack flags and sang God Save the Queen.

The royal couple then headed to the National Arts Centre to unveil a life-sized statue of the late jazz great Oscar Peterson created by Canadian sculptor Ruth Abernathy. Thousands of people were lined up outside the arts centre and along Elgin Street, waiting for her, and one side of the street had to be closed altogether.

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Street disruptions during Queen's visit

Mackenzie King Bridge (westbound) closed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

No parking on Metcalfe Street between McLeod Street and Slater Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Later in the afternoon, the Queen will plant a tree at Rideau Hall and meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She will also attend a garden party that is by invitation only.

This is the Queen's 22nd visit to Canada. The royal couple will also visit Winnipeg, Waterloo, Ont., and Toronto before the tour ends July 6.

In Halifax Tuesday, the Queen reviewed an international fleet as part of the festivities marking the Canadian navy's centennial.

The royal couple planted a tree in the garden outside Government House in Halifax Wednesday morning before boarding the flight for Ottawa.

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part One

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Seven

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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Reuters Photo: Britain's Queen Elizabeth walks down a wharf after departing from the frigate HMCS St. John's.

Queen Elizabeth II, pictured on June 12, marked the 100th anniversary of Canada's navy by taking part Tuesday in an international fleet review at the port of Halifax, on the Atlantic coast. Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFP/

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HALIFAX - The waters around downtown Halifax looked like a scene from the city's wartime past on Tuesday as the Queen reviewed a flotilla of destroyers, frigates and an aircraft carrier from around the world.

Day Two of the Queen's nine-day visit to Canada had a naval theme as the fleet review gave civilians and sailors alike a chance to witness an event that's rarely seen in Canadian waters.

The review included 28 international coast guard vessels and warships — including the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the USS Wasp, an imposing American assault ship, and the submarine HMCS Corner Brook.

The review was part of the Canadian navy's 100th anniversary celebrations.

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Before the fleet inspection, the Queen — who wore a blue straw hat wrapped in a band of white ribbon, and a white silk coat with blue bows on the sleeves and pockets over a white dress — attended an official luncheon at Canadian Forces Base Halifax. The Queen also wore a white bow-shaped brooch, set in blue sapphires and diamonds, that belonged to the Queen Mother.

Outside, sailors in their dress white uniforms and children with flowers waited for the 84-year-old Queen Elizabeth's arrival.

Shelley Lively, who works at the base, held a small Canadian flag outside Juno Tower, where the luncheon was held.

"It might be the last chance I get to see her during my career so I'm very proud to be here," she said.

Linda Moore said she couldn't pass up the opportunity to see the Queen.

"It's an honour and a privilege to see her. This is the first time that I've seen her so close and I'm really excited about that," she said. "I'm also proud to be part of the navy and to be part of the 100 years of the centennial."

The Queen also unveiled a newly minted $1 coin with a Halifax-class frigate on it.

The fleet review is one of the highlights of the Queen's 22nd visit to Canada.

The Wasp and Ark Royal flew Canadian flags that were hoisted over the Peace Tower on Victoria Day.

The first of two 21-gun salutes was fired by HMCS Charlottetown as the Queen passed on board the frigate HMCS St. John's, accompanied by Prince Philip and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, among other dignitaries. Philip wore a Canadian navy uniform for the fleet review.

Canada's aerobatic team, the Snowbirds, was scheduled to be part of a multination flypast that was to include vintage aircraft and Hornet fighter jets. But poor visibility on a misty day in Halifax caused the flypast to be cancelled.

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Brazil, Denmark, the Netherlands and France also sent vessels to participate in the review, which followed an international exercise off the eastern seaboard.

The Queen rose from her seat as she passed each ship. Crew on the anchored warships and coast guard vessels gave three cheers and waved their caps as her frigate sailed past.

Fleet reviews were originally done as a show of military strength.

Princess Margaret conducted the first fleet review in Canada in July 1958 to mark British Columbia's centenary, and 11 months later the Queen reviewed Canadian and American warships near Montreal at the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Queen Elizabeth reviewed 30 ships and submarines of the Royal Canadian Navy in Halifax harbour later in 1959.

The Defence Department says a fleet review was held on the east and west coasts in 1985 to mark the navy's 75th year.

After the review, the Queen unveiled a plaque to mark the importance of HMCS Sackville, the last of 120 Royal Canadian Navy corvettes that served during the Second World War. It now serves as a floating museum and as Canada’s National Naval Memorial.

The small ship, built in Saint John, N.B., played a key role in protecting convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic, one of the longest campaigns of the war.

The ship saw its share of combat as it escorted merchant ships from St. John’s, N.L., to Ireland.

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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Quebec funnels were tornadoes

The funnel was visible in Kirkland, on Montreal's West Island. (Submitted by Karim Jeraj)

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2 010 | 1:48 PM ET : Environment Canada says funnel clouds that rolled through the greater Montreal region Monday afternoon were in fact tornadoes. The federal weather bureau said two tornadoes were registered in the island region: one in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, on Montreal's West Island, at 3:30 p.m., and one in Mascouche, east of the city, just before 5 p.m.

Both tornadoes were rated as F0, the lowest intensity on the Fujita scale. Winds up to 90 kilometres per hour were recorded in both areas, said Environment Canada meteorologist René Héroux.

The storm knocked out power in some areas of Montreal, and blew branches off trees.


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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Seven

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Nine

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The large, low-lying black mass seen in Montreal's sky was a shelf cloud, Héroux added.

Shelf clouds are created when a squall line encounters unstable air pockets and very strong winds.

The weather system has moved on and temperatures should be cool until the weekend, Héroux said.

Quebec gets an average of six F0 tornadoes per year.


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Queen arrives in Halifax

Last Updated: Monday, June 28, 2010 / 3:12 PM AT : CBC News : The Queen got a rainy welcome Monday afternoon as she arrived in Halifax, the first stop on her nine-day Canadian tour.

The Queen came prepared for a wet and windy arrival.

(CBC)

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrived at the airport aboard a military plane at 2:20 p.m. AT. They carried their own umbrellas as they stepped onto the wet tarmac.

The royals were greeted briefly by Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Nova Scotia Deputy Premier Frank Corbett before heading to the Garrison Grounds for an official welcome.

Like hundreds of other royal watchers waiting near the Halifax Citadel, Beth Wilson said the wait will be worth it.

"This is an event," Wilson said. "How often do we get to see the Queen?"

The welcoming ceremony will include Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Gov.-Gen. Michaëlle Jean, and senior military officials. The Queen will make a speech and meet some of the Nova Scotians who have lined the fences.

The royal couple will take part in a Mi'kmaq cultural event and celebrate the Canadian navy's 100th anniversary before leaving on Wednesday.

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The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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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 Andy Murray take down Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

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Among the players the queen was able to say hello to included Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Venus and Serena Williams, and some former winners here, including Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova.

While it was great to see the queen making her way around the grounds at Wimbledon, she informed everyone that she isn't that big of a tennis fan. That couldn't have been more evident than a humorous exchange she had with Navratilova that ESPN reported during its coverage of the event.

According to Hannah Storm, the queen asked Navratilova if she had played Wimbledon often, to which the former nine-time champion humbly answered yes.


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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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Honestly, you can't blame the queen for not knowing everything about the tennis world. She has worn the crown for 58 years, so it isn't like we're dealing with a spring chicken here.

Nonetheless, it was cool to see the queen on such sacred grounds of the sporting world. There is almost something calming about having someone so referred visit a place of such history and tradition.

The one thing the queen isn't going to do? Stay for the conclusion of the marathon match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut.

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نساء سعوديات

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 على الرجال -الذين تتراوح أعمارهم بين 30 إلى 40 عاما- وثلاثة من النساء اللاتي تقل أعمارهن عن 30 عاما بعدد غير محدد من السياط .إضافة إلى السجن لعام أو عامين أما المتهمة الرابعة -والتي اعتبرتها المحكمة قاصرة- فقد حكم عليها بالجلد 80 جلدة ولم توقع عليها عقوبة بالسجن

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ونقلت وكالة اسوشييتد برس عن مسؤولين سعوديين قولهم إن قوات الشرطة شاهدت تلك المجموعة من الرجال والنساء وهم في حفل حتى الساعات الأولى من الصباح في مايو/ أيار الماضي يذكر أن قضية اختلاط الجنسين ظلت مثارا للجدل في السعودية، حيث راجت أنباء في أبريل/ نيسان الماضي بشأن اقصاء مسؤول هيئة الأمر بالمعروف -والنهي عن المنكر في مكة بعد حديث نسب إليه حول الاختلاط، إلا أن صحفا عادت لتشير إلى اعادته الى مهامه -

باوامر عليا

وكان الملك عبد الله قد افتتح جامعة في غرب البلاد يعمل فيها الباحثون والباحثات جنبا الى جنب في خطوة أثارت استياء بعض علماء الدين نتيجة لما يرونه

مخالفة لمنع الاختلاط المطبق في الاماكن العامة

وأشارت تقارير إلى أن الملك عبدالله أمر في اكتوبر/ تشرين الأول الماضي بإقالة الشيخ سعد بن ناصر الشتري من منصبه كعضو في هيئة كبار العلماء بعد أن انتقد على إحدى القنوات التلفزيونية السماح بالاختلاط في جامعة الملك عبدالله للعلوم والتقنية

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The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

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فلسطينيون في لبنان

يطالب الفلسطينيون الذين يقيمون في لبنان بحقوق مدنية أساسية

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ندى عبد الصمد بي بي سي - بيروت "نريد ان نعيش بكرامة حتى نعود" ، شعار رفعه المشاركون في المسيرة الفلسطنية للمطالبة بمنح الفلسطنيين حقوقا مدنية في لبنان ابرزها حق العمل والتملك. يطالب الفلسطينيون الذين يقيمون في لبنان بحقوق مدنية أساسية, وقد شارك في المسيرة فلسطينيون من مخيمات لبنان في بيروت والجنوب والشمال التقوا في نقاط تجمع محددة انطلقوا بعدها باتجاه مجلس النواب. لكن المسيرة منعت من الاقتراب من مجلس النواب فحولت مسارها الى حديقة بيت الامم المتحدة حيث أذيعت مذكرة موجهة الى السلطات اللبنانية تؤكد على رفض التوطين ورفض الربط بين منح الفلسطيني حقوقا مدنية وانسانية وحق العودة

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كما القيت في التجمع كلمات عدة بينها كلمة سفير فلسطين في لبنان عبدالله عبدالله الذي تمنى ان يتوحد اللبنانيون الى جانب منح الفلسطنيين حقوقا مدنية كي يعيشوا في لبنان ضيوفا مكرمين مشيرا إلى أنهم ضيوف مؤقتون لأن الفلسطينيين لن يتراجعوا عن حق العودة. المسيرة قاطعتها حركتا حماس والجهاد الاسلامي وتحالف القوى الفلسطنينة الذي يضم أيضا منظمة الصاعقة وحركة فتح الانتفاضة. يشار إلى أن طرح منح الفلسطينيين حقوا مدنية ولاسيما حق العمل والتملك يثير في لبنان انقاسما سياسيا حادا. وقد سبق أن سحب الموضوع من التداول عندما طرع مؤخرا في جلسة لمجلس النواب وأرجئ البحث به بعد سجالات حادة حوله. فالأحزاب والتيارات المسيحية اعترضت بحدة على منح الفلسطيننين حقوقا مدنية خشية أن يؤدي ذلك الى توطينهم في لبنان كما تقول تلك القوى والتيارات. وقد انضم اليهم تيار المستقبل طارحا الربط بين الحقوق المدنية وحل مشكلة السلاح الفلسطيني على الاراضي اللبنانية وهو ما قاله النائب عاطف مجدلاني معتبرا أن الحقوق يجب أن تقرن بواجبات، فالدولة الللبنانية لا تستطيع أن تدخل المخيمات الفلسطنية. ويعتقد مجدلاني أن معالجة الملف الفلسطيني يجب أن تتم من كل جوانبه، ومنها الجانب الإنساني، إلى جانب السلاح، بحيث تبسط الدولة الللبنانية سلطتها على كامل الاراضي اللبنانية. معلوم انه يمنع على الفلسطينين في لبنان العمل في اكثر من ستين مهنة ومنذ سنوات حرموا من حق التملك. ولا يبدو ان الانقسام الحاصل في لبنان حول مطالبهم هو لصالح تحقيقها

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The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

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RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

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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 arrested over the two days, 480 of them during the most violent protests on Saturday.

The police action in the east end began after about 150 protesters started staging a peaceful gathering outside the makeshift G20 police detention centre at Eastern and Pape avenues, while police in riot gear looked on.

Police guard the entrance to the detention centre on Eastern Avenue, where officers clashed with protesters. (CBC)


At one point, plainclothes police arrived, entered the crowd and began to arrest several people.

"They knew who they were looking for," said the CBC's Bill Gillespie. "These are trained police snatch squads using intelligence on finding suspected troublemakers."

At the same time, police formed a line in front of the crowd, urging the protesters to "move back." They then opened fire with rubber bullets, Gillespie said. The crowd began to move away from the detention centre area, returning north to Queen Steet East, he said.

Meanwhile, downtown traffic was tied up in the heart of the city for a time as a group of cyclists staged a protest, moving through normally busy arteries such as Yonge Street in the downtown core. The rally, promoted as a "festive parade" in support of rights for cyclists, was one of several afternoon anti-G20 events.

Tim Middleton and his wife were seen towing their children, Emeth, 3, and Istra, 5, in carts behind their bikes. Middleton told CBC News that a police officer had warned his family to "stay back" in case of tear gas, but he and his wife thought the situation was safe and decided to ride on.

Other gatherings included a prayer vigil at St. James Anglican Cathedral at King and Church streets, and a demonstration at Bruce Mackey Park in the east end, not far from Jimmy Simpson Park where a morning rally was held.

Earlier in the day, dozens of people were arrested at the University of Toronto.

A G20 protester takes pictures of riot police. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)

Black clothing, weapons found

About 70 people were rounded up in the morning after police found street-type weapons and black clothing hidden in bushes. It's believed the bricks were to be used by anarchists who caused widespread damage on Saturday.

Several handcuffed people were seen being taken into waiting police buses or, in at least one instance, a court services vehicle.

One man dressed in black told CBC News: "I was there to peacefully protest."

"We were sleeping," another man said as he was escorted into a police bus.

Const. Rob McDonald told reporters it was his understanding that people from various places across Canada have been arrested.


"They were found in possession of bricks and other items that could compromise the safety of the citizens of Toronto."

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Four other people were arrested in the early morning after they were caught coming out of a city sewer in the financial district on Queen Street West between Yonge and Bay streets.

Toronto police spokesman Sgt. Tim Burrows told CBC News that the four were arrested 2:25 a.m. ET "while leaving a maintenance hole cover, after being in the underground infrastructure of the tunnels."

Burrows said no explosives were found and "the security plan is well intact."

Elsewhere, a heavy police presence continued in the downtown area near the convention centre, a day after dozens of businesses, as well as police cars and other vehicles, were damaged.



Police arrested two people on Beverley Street south of Dundas Street West in Toronto on Sunday afternoon. (Timothy Neesam/CBC)

Toronto police search a car on Beverley Street, south of Dundas Street West, before taking away two men, including the driver, in a police van. Officers emptied the vehicle of a gas can, a bottle of isopropyl alcohol, two containers of oil and some empty bottles and jars. (Timothy Neesam/CBC)

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In many parts of the downtown core, stores remain completely boarded up. Many of them on Yonge Street, including several jewelry stores, were deserted and covered up with plywood after being vandalized in Saturday's melee.

Most of the people walking around in the morning seemed to be tourists trying to understand what had happened, and police, CBC News Natasha Fatah reported.

The demonstration Saturday split into two parts, as protesters from a variety of causes marched while so-called Black Bloc anarchists — known for violent confrontation with authorities — tried repeatedly to break into the secure zone where leaders of the G20 are meeting.

Police moved to block the militants, who then smashed windows and spray-painted walls. Four police cars were set alight and hospitals and the Eaton Centre shopping mall were locked down.

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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 city's financial district, sending plumes of black smoke into the air. At one point, as one vehicle burned, protesters surrounded police officers who were trying to protect the car, CBC reporter Amber Hildebrandt reported on Twitter.

The size of the protest crowd was estimated to be as high as 10,000. Witnesses said tear gas had been used in the area around the provincial legislature at College and University, but police denied any had been used in the city.

Toronto Mayor David Miller said a small group of "thugs" are to blame for the violence.

“People are calling them protesters. That is not fair to the people who came to protest,” he said.

Toronto police Sgt. Tim Burrows said there have been minor injuries. He added he couldn't confirm how many people have been arrested.

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The summit was set to begin later Saturday evening with a working dinner hosted by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

With the violence escalating in the heart of Canada's largest city, the entire area around the summit site at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre — enclosed by concrete barricades and fences — is under a security lockdown.

Transit halted

The area's boundaries include Wellington Street to the north, Lakeshore and Bremner boulevards to the south, Windsor Street and Blue Jays Way to the west and a section of Bay Street to the east.

Subway service in downtown Toronto remained suspended, with no service in the loop between Bloor and St. George stations, and no streetcars or bus service, as well service in and out of Union Station has also been stopped.

A police car burns after G20 summit protesters set fire to it in downtown Toronto on Saturday. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

The airspace over downtown Toronto has also been closed, as has the Gardiner Expressway, one of the city's major traffic arteries.

Some hospitals, hotels, businesses and the tourist attraction the Eaton Centre are also under lockdown.

As the demonstration started just after 1 p.m. ET at the Ontario legislature, the mood was upbeat and peaceful. Protesters danced, clapped and chanted while carrying signs, flags and umbrellas as they first moved from the legislature grounds down one of the city's main thoroughfares, University Avenue.

But the mood turned ugly as anarchists in a splinter groups broke away in attempts to move toward the summit site. They dress similar to members of the Black Block, a group that has used violence such as widespread vandalism in past G20 protests.

Group members are known for wearing black hoodies, masks, balaclavas and skateboard helmets.

As the hours went on, protesters smashed windows on both sides of Yonge Street at the normally busy shopping area in the Yonge-Dundas corridor. Witnesses said rioters smashed the info booth of the large Future Shop electronics store.

"It's a sizable crowd and getting bigger and bigger" in some areas, the CBC's Steven D'Souza reported. "It doesn't look too dangerous, but it is gathering momentum where I am right now."

'Why do they come here and make problems and make problems for every store?'— Myung Hwon Yang, store owner."

Steven Connor, who works at the Hard Rock Café near the Eaton Centre, said several glass store fronts were smashed, with some protesters using street pylons and road equipment, as some people were inside.

No one seemed to be injured, Connor said.

"There's been a lot of damage in the downtown core," the CBC's Michael Serapio reported.

Michael Hyatt, who was at a gym near Yonge and Dundas streets, said the protesters seemed to target a number of U.S.-based chains.

“It is pretty horrible what they have done to a lot of the stores here. They’ve destroyed the windows at an American Apparel — they destroyed all the windows and pulled out the mannequins and [threw] feces into the store.

“It stinks and it is unbelievable. Foot Locker is destroyed. Pizza Pizza is destroyed. They’ve kind of gone up the street and picked at every U.S. vendor they could find. It’s really kind of sad.”

Bricks, rocks thrown

On many downtown streets, many store windows were either broken with bricks or rocks, or defaced with graffiti. One bank on Queen Street West had its windows smashed, and a CBC van was damaged.

One convenience store owner said he was determined to stay open.

Protesters, including some who were wearing masks, take part in Saturday's march.

Protesters, including some who were wearing masks, take part in Saturday's march. (Nazim Walji/CBC)

"It's important for countries to meet, but an island area is better. Why do they come here and make problems and make problems for every store?" Myung Hwon Yang told CBC News.

In one incident, a man dressed in red was arrested and then dragged screaming into a police van. As it happened, a large crowd gathered, denouncing police and chanting "Let him go."

Miller said police took thorough preparations ahead of the summit and did a "commendable job under difficult circumstances."

"I'm sure there have been small moments where perhaps there’s some tensions between a crowd and the police," Miller told reporters. "In the broad brush, I think we should be very confident in their work."

He added that Toronto police Chief Bill Blair had been very clear in recent days that authorities would facilitate a lawful, democratic protest, while expressing concern about groups who "come here just to perpetrate violence."

Surviving the G20 summit

By CBC News
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The security perimeter stretches past Union Station.

The security perimeter stretches past Union Station. (Ramya Jegatheesan/CBC)



Many Torontonians have fled to greener, fence-free pastures, but if you're stuck in town here's a guide to surviving the summit weekend.

Many Torontonians are fleeing the city to greener, fence-free pastures this weekend, leaving the downtown core looking like a ghost town, but there are a few who must or want to stick around for the G20.

Whether you failed to secure a spot at a friend's cottage or you're a protest tourist or a protester yourself set to hit the pavement, here's a guide for how to survive the summit weekend.

How to dress:

Offices and condominium managers have sent out advice to employees and residents, urging them to dress casual so as not to become a target.

"Business attire," one property management company with two buildings near the perimeter told residents in a four-page guide, "may put you in a susceptible position."

The guide by Enhanced Management Services, which manages of 19 and 23 Brant St. near King Street, advised residents to wear casual clothes. Similar guidelines went out to office workers in the security perimeter area.

As to what casual, non-threatening attire is, that's open to interpretation.

What to stock:

The same condominium manager urged residents to leave town if possible and stock up 72 hours' worth of food and water, suggesting two liters of water per person per day. Other items that may be worth stockpiling for those living or working downtown include:

  • Manual can opener.
  • Flashlight and batteries.
  • Battery-powered or wind-up radio.
  • First aid kit.
  • Cash in smaller bills such as $10.
  • Extra keys for car and house.
  • Change for pay phones.

In case of injury

Hospitals are on high alert this weekend, with co-ordinated plans for deploying staff if large numbers of people require medical attention. Many hospitals have set up outdoor tents to serve as decontamination stations to treat people affected by noxious substances like pepper spray or tear gas.

"Really what we're preparing for in the most part is just minor things like heat and traffic disruptions," said Dr. Harold Ovens, director of the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital.

If you plan to sightsee at a protest or take part, here are a few tips:

  • Drink lots of water.
  • Soak a bandana in lemon juice or vinegar and carry it in a Ziploc bag. Use the cloth to breathe if tear gas is used.
  • Sunblock, light clothing and close-toed shoes are advisable.
  • Watch the protesters around you. If it looks like violence could occur, leave immediately.
  • Watch the police. They're trained in protests. If you see them putting gas masks on, get out your vinegar-soaked kerchief.
  • Bring ear plugs in case you encounter a sound cannon.

Source: Integrated Security Unit, protest groups

Paramedics will also be on hand at protests to help anyone who gets injured.

Location of protests

Whether you want to join in or keep your distance, the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, an umbrella protest group, has a list of planned protests for both Saturday and Sunday.

The protest areas at Queen's Park North and Allan Gardens will likely be popular, Burrows said, as will the downtown summit perimeter fence.

See the list of events for Saturday [http://g20.torontomobilize.org/event/2010/06/26/day] and Sunday [http://g20.torontomobilize.org/event/2010/06/27/day].

Your rights

News emerged Friday [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/25/g20-new-powers.html] that recently implemented legislation has given police new powers for the duration of the G20. Under the regulations, anyone who comes within five metres of the security area is obliged to give police their name and state the purpose of their visit, upon request. If they fail to provide ID or give a reason, they can be searched and arrested.

"Our officers have been advising people of the restrictions from the weekend, just not the wording of the act," Burrows said of the legislation.

"We've seen that his concern was justified," Miller said.

Behind the banners: Protester profiles

Behind the banners
By Amber Hildebrandt and Timothy Neesam

For the week leading up to the G20 Summit, thousands of protesters have descended on the streets of Canada's largest city — many visiting but largely drawn from its own communities.

Daily marches and rallies and mock summits have taken over parks and streets and buildings. Drumming, singing, chanting has supplanted the angry hornet strains of the World Cup vuvuzela.

We've heard about the numbers — 1,000 here, 200 there — and the causes, but what about the the faces in the crowd?

The following is a look at what brought the protesters to the streets this week, what drew them into activism in the first place and what, if they could tell the G20 one thing, their message would be.

Behind the banners: Protester profiles.

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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


Fri Jun 25, 11:53 AM : VIENNA (AFP) - An example of 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.


The coin -- measuring 53 centimetres (21 inches) in diameter and weighing 100 kilograms (220 pounds) -- was bought by Spanish precious metals firm Oro Direct.

The Maple Leaf coin, which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and carries a face value of one million Canadian dollars (800,000 euros, 970,000 US dollars), was minted in Canada in 2007.

However, with gold currently trading close to record highs around 1,250 dollars an ounce, the coin was auctioned off for far more than its face value.

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One side of the coin carries the image of Queen Elizabeth II, the official head of state of Canada, while the other side bears three maple leaves, the national symbol.

The coin was owned by Austrian investment firm AvW, which entered bankruptcy proceedings in May.

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The 22nd official royal visit to Canada by Queen Elizabeth begins June 28. The Queen and Prince Philip will visit five Canadian cities over nine days.

Official itinerary for royal visit

In Halifax, they will attend a Mi'kmaq cultural event and rededicate Government House on their arrival June 28. The next day, the royal couple conduct a fleet review in Bedford Basin and unveil a plaque commemorating HMCS Sackville, Canada's only surviving corvette from the Second World War.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Ottawa for three days, including Canada Day. It will be the seventh time Queen Elizabeth has been in Canada on July 1. The Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill will be the big event in Ottawa.

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In Winnipeg on July 3, the Queen unveils a statue of herself by sculptor Leo Mol, who died in 2009. Other events include dedicating a stone from the site where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215 that will be the cornerstone for a human rights museum. After that, she will speak at a concert for human rights.

The royal couple will attend a church service at St. James Cathedral in Toronto on July 4. Later that day, they will see which horse wins The Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack.

The next day includes a quick trip to Waterloo to tour BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's facility. Another big event that day is an official dinner in Toronto.

The departure from Canada takes place the next morning at Queen's Park in Toronto.

When Queen Elizabeth leaves for New York on July 6 to address the United Nations general assembly, she will have spent 222 days in Canada on royal visits as the country's sovereign. (She made her first trip to Canada in 1951, when she was still a princess.)

Queen Elizabeth, seen in June 2010 with Prince Philip in Windsor, England, is the oldest sovereign in the history of the United Kingdom. (Alastair Grant/Associated Press)

Nobody since Queen Victoria has held the British throne longer than Queen Elizabeth II, and no British monarch has survived to her age. Still active at 84 and with no apparent urge to step down, she may well surpass the 63 years of Victoria's reign.

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York was born on April 21, 1926, at her maternal grandparents' home in London, the first child for the Duke and Duchess of York. [While the Queen's birthday falls in April, it is officially celebrated in June, continuing a long British tradition of celebrating the monarch's birthday in that month.]


Her reign has been remarkable, starting in an era when television was a novelty (her coronation was the first in Britain to be televised) and continuing through the days of Beatlemania, Swinging London, Thatcherism and Cool Britannia.

The Queen has seen colonies gain independence, the Commonwealth emerge as a respected international organization, and the United Kingdom evolve into a dynamic, multicultural country far different than the one she knew in her youth. She has also kept pace with technology, with Buckingham Palace launching its own YouTube channel and the monarchy embracing social media as a way of communicating with citizens.

Elizabeth's accession to the throne was something of a fluke, the result of the dramatic abdication by her uncle, Edward VIII, to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Her father became King George VI on Dec. 11, 1936, when Elizabeth was 10 years old.

Elizabeth gave her first radio address at 14, on Oct. 13, 1940. In her four-minute talk, she told the world that British children were "full of cheerfulness and courage" as bombs rained down on London during a Second World War air raid. Five years later, she learned how to drive a car when she enlisted in the army.

Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947. On Feb. 6, 1952, her father died of cancer while she and Prince Philip were touring Africa, making the princess the Queen. Although the royal couple rushed home, Elizabeth's coronation wasn't held until more than a year later, on June 2, 1953.

Since then, the Queen has kept a busy travel schedule. She has made more than 250 official overseas visits, and in 2010 will complete her 22nd royal tour of Canada, her most frequent Commonwealth destination. Her first royal visit to this country was in 1959 when she and Phillip visited every province and territory over six weeks. She also officially opened the St. Lawrence Seaway. Her last royal tour of Canada was in 2005, when she celebrated the centennials of Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Spontaneous start to 'walkabout'

It was during one of her overseas trips that the Queen embarked on the first "royal walkabout." The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were visiting Australia and New Zealand in 1970 when they began mingling with the crowds that had lined up to see them. Meeting and greeting regular people, instead of just dignitaries and invited officials, proved so popular that the walkabout became a fixture of the Queen's public appearances.

Although the Queen has generally avoided scandal, her family has been frequently been known to cause controversy and make news. There was Charles's divorce, Diana's fatal car crash in a Paris tunnel, Princess Margaret's stroke, the antics of her daughter-in-law Sarah Ferguson and a series of tabloid-ready embarrassments involving Prince Harry, who once wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party. The Queen herself has made news she would rather forget, including a 1982 security breach in which an intruder managed to scale a wall outside Buckingham Palace and find his way into the royal bedroom, where he sat at the foot of the Queen's bed.

The Queen memorably described 1992 as an annus horribilis, after a fire at Windsor Castle and marital problems among three of her children.

She had hoped that the 2002 would be a year of celebration, marking 50 years on the throne, but the year was overshadowed by the deaths of her sister, Princess Margaret, and the Queen Mother, who was 101.

The Queen is known to love animals, especially dogs and horses. She has owned more than 30 corgis, starting with Susan, which was a gift on her 18th birthday. One of her corgis had to be put down in 2004 after it was mauled by a bull terrier owned by Princess Anne.

She has also run afoul of animal rights activists. In November 2000, Elizabeth was photographed wringing the neck of a wounded pheasant that a hunting dog had dropped at her feet. The next day, she showed up at church wearing a red hat accented with pheasant feathers.

Elizabeth is one of the wealthiest women in the world, with a net worth of £349 million, or about $542 million Cdn, according to a Forbes magazine ranking. That's down sharply from a previous Forbes count of about $818 million in 2004, and considerably smaller than other estimates, which have exceeded $4 billion (and as much as $16 billion, if the Royal Collection, which includes the Crown jewels, are included). Buckingham Palace routinely scoffs at such reports, calling them all "vastly exaggerated."


The Queen, in quotation marks

Queen Elizabeth, at the Chelsea Flower Show in London in May 2010, has been in the public eye her entire life. (Matt Dunham/Associated Press)

Although she is one of the most recognizable people on the planet, Queen Elizabeth does not often speak publicly. Those who meet her, in fact, are asked to keep their conversations private.

Here are some of the notable things the Queen has said during her many years in public life. They show a monarch who is committed to her role, a mother and wife devoted to her family, and — apparently — a woman who missed out on Cream and Blind Faith during her younger years.

"I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong." — Speaking to her future subjects on her 21st birthday, in April 1947.

"I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else, I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations." — From the Queen's first televised Christmas address, in 1957.

"We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep." — Commenting on the American bicentennial in Philadelphia in July 1976.

"Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements." — Quoted in London's Daily Mail newspaper in October 1989.

"1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis." — From a November 1992 speech, commenting on her children's marital troubles and a fire at Windsor Castle.

"No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her. I, for one, believe there are lessons to be drawn from her life and from the extraordinary and moving reaction to her death. I share in your determination to cherish her memory." — From remarks broadcast around the world in September 1997, after Diana's death.

"He has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I and his whole family and this and many other countries owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or we should ever know." — Speaking about Prince Philip during golden jubilee celebrations in 2002.

"Have you been playing a long time?" — Speaking to guitar legend Eric Clapton at a Buckingham Palace reception in March 2005.

"When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future." — From the Queen's Christmas address in 2008.

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Leaders of the G8 countries will discuss several of the world's security trouble spots, including Iran and North Korea and Afghanistan, when they meet Saturday morning in Huntsville, Ont.

June 26, 2010 : Leaders of the G8 countries will discuss several of the world's security trouble spots, including Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan, when they meet Saturday morning in Huntsville, Ont.

"All G8 countries have significant stakes in making sure that continued progress is made in Afghanistan and Pakistan as they look ahead to the upcoming international conference in Kabul," said Dimitri Soudas, the press security to summit host Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

He said G8 leaders will be addressing governance and security challenges in Afghanistan and other regions struggling with conflict, terrorism, organized crime and trafficking in people and drugs.

"G8 partners are seeking ways to improve the effectiveness and coherence of programs intended to help these states to strength their institutions, to tackle their security challenges while respecting democratic institutions and protecting human rights," Soudas said.

As for Iran, the leaders were expected to push for the full implementation of Resolution 1929, ratified by the UN Security council earlier this month. It authorizes fresh sanctions on Iran to rein in its nuclear program.

"The nuclear activities of both Iran and North Korea are of serious concern," the Canadian government says on its G8 website.

The G20

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United States

Western countries fear Iran is developing nuclear weapons and want more UN sanctions against the country.

North Korea tested a nuclear device underground in 2006 and has come under more scrutiny since South Korea said the North sank one of its warships.

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On the summit's opening day on Friday, G8 leaders pledged to spend $5 billion over the next five years on maternal and child health programs in developing countries.

Canada promised $1.1 billion for the global initiative.

Leaders from the G8 counties - Canada, the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Russia - were also discussing the world economy and development, among other topics.

After wrapping up discussions in Huntsville, Harper is to hold a news conference. The leaders will then travel to Toronto for the G20 summit. The prime minister and his wife, Laureen Harper, will provide an official welcome and reception at a Toronto hotel early Saturday evening for the leaders and their spouses.

During their working dinner, the leaders will talk about the state of the world economy and continue that theme in Sunday's meetings.

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The topics include:

  • Sustainable and balanced growth.
  • Bank reforms.
  • Reform of international financial institutions such as the World Bank.
  • Trade liberalization.

Throughout the two meetings, leaders will be holding one-on-one discussions. For example, U.S. President Barack Obama is set to meet new British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday.

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The dilemma of Yemenite students has been starting and ongoing for decades. It is that have committed these vices and crimes by the tyrants’ regime with his dark, undeveloped and backward mentality. The branches of state security and military as well as civil institutions implemented these vices and crimes. Their aim and objective is to manipulate, destruct and drain the brain in order to monopolize the powerand governance. They also intend to exploit and manage the national wealth randomly, obscurely and violently.

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This tragedy is old and still ongoing. What has changed is there are new tools and implementations, which they used against students as well as citizens.


The strategies and mechanisms, as well as tactics used include violent oppression, as well as various forms of psychological warfare, including economic, political and social. This is done both openly and in secret. Therefore, their seasoning and poisons change as they continue to destroy the spirit and flesh.


Before and after the era of the Yemenite Imams, custody of education was banned and denied and no more modern schools or universities were built. However, in the modern-day of Republic, they have been opening the educational institutions and establishments. But, they have also been converting these important organizations into military barracks, combings and security organizations. They were managed by oppression, murder, violence, terrorism and crimes. This results in producing the same or worse qualities as before.

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Both of the regimes have justified and explained their conduct to preserve the religion and law. Although, the truth is to prevent and prohibit understanding, and the giving of citizens their civil rights, as well as claiming on the urbanization. Therefore, they have been destroying the mind, which is their main purpose .


For instance, in the republican era of the 1970's, the methods and styles of killing, murdering and assassinating evolved and increased. They practiced numerous crimes, including detention and house arrest, pursuit, harassment and killing. As a result of that, students emigrated, were killed or imprisoned, become disabled or committed suicide, or lost their mental health. The regime claimed that all of these things have been done to protect the religion, which is originally lost and damaged.


The regime still believes that science and knowledge are dangerous things and their first enemy, so they fabricate and prepared the accusations for liberals, intellectuals and cadres. For example, they accuse them that they are the ally of global socialism on Arab and Islamic systems, so they accuse them of national and humanitarian treason, in addition they accused them of religious treason, therefore, they consulted the religious people to have the permission of killing them. Then, they judged them and killed them due to the yuppies protocols of darkness. They killed them, aiming to stop the wheel of development and the preservation of the minority interests and their selfishness and aggressive authority.


The situation has not improved at the end of the 1970’s, 1980's or after the theoretical unifying the country, which was announced on May 22, 1990. So, they used the students as black sheep in civil wars or wars against the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Their aim was to eliminate them because they carried the light and education as well as that they are from the Al-Hojaria region or Taiz or central regions. By doing so, they protect the army because most of the army is from Zaidiyyah tribes. This act is the omnipotent proof of their racism, crime and brutality.

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This dilemma of students’ problems involves racial and sectarian nature inherent in the mind of the obscurantist. Their future plans for the students is for calamity because the students' sin that they are the lovers of science, knowledge and life with its virtues, and because they are prophets and messengers of civilization, justice and equality.


The quantity and quality of scholarship is distributed for associates and affiliates, far from the standard of honest competition, rates and skills. What remains is distributed to the students to eliminate them from the country for a period of up to four or five years, in order to lose their productive and active age. Then, they return after graduation to the dark judgments of being baath, socialist, nationalist or islamist or imperialist or other accusations for leaving the country or facing the death. These accusations, which are trumped up and fabricated , are used to ban the educated from being involved in the system. They eliminate them of participation in decision-making. Despite that, the state soldiers, army units and rulers have relations and cooperation with the Russians, the Arabs and the Americans among others. In addition, the state does not possess or consider of real developmental programmes.


The problems of removing the salaries and scholarships of the students is a deliberated case and also part of terrible, frightening, and brutal corruption, which is widespread in the state's institutions and appears not only at schools, ministries, institutions of education but also in the Ministry of Finance, Foreign Affairs, embassies and other government's organs apparatuses associated with mentioned organizations A bribe is necessary in the regime and is a part of its behaviour and doctrine. The exploitation of positions is easy and natural, so the regime gains money and it protects only its individual interests. It also assaults the rights by looting and banditry, where salaries, scholarships and fees of students are deposited in foreign banks for three months and their benefits go for gangs in the diplomatic corps in embassies. It also cuts off a small amount e.g. two dollars from each student. They explain that the exchange rates of the dollar against the riyal are in change. This is disgraced work, because the salaries of students sent reinforcements to the embassies of the full amount, and the announced information to students according to a law of Education and Higher Education Ministries under the issue of foreign mission said to payment of scholarships in American Dollars and in advance.


We also see the corruption and inequality that there are students that have four salaries and they are delegated from more than one ministry. On the other hand, we observe students drop proceedings under the omission or defect in the computer, the case omissions and imbalance lasts for three or four years.


The policy of cutting off students' or the staff salaries is a statement that is taken from the proverb hunger you dog he follows you. Further more, before you became attacked you should start your attack in order to stop them of asking and struggling for their civil rights and providing the equality and equitable distribution of wealth for all, as well as stopping students from participation in decision-making. Hence, full surrounding is a duty under the principle attacked before they are preparing for confrontation.


The objective of starvation also is a psychological preparation to create new conditions to extort students and use them for inhuman jobs. In addition, to sell them in the local, regional and international slave market. The Yemenite modern system based on begging and trading land, honour and rights. They sell themselves and he who sells himself is easy for him to sell others under the slogans of parties or tribes or national and international cooperation.


Sales and piracy reached even for children, the God's loved, and the sale of the governor for himself, his groups and citizens are done in different ways according to their laws they legalize everything, so, there are spiritual, physical and psychological sale. They are specialist and expert in this field, moreover; they have implementations. The most important thing for them is money.


Their ignorance and stupidity make them blind to see the wealth in the land and people, and they do not know how to manage them to benefit from its' eggs, milks, fruits and brains. So they sell the expensive things to earn the cheaper, which is the money, which they spend it for their selfish purpose. By this behaviour, attitude and mentality all is lost .


Recently, they cut off and banned the students from their scholarships as well as jobs and privileges and they distributed and gave only for those who want to give. They kill students by their hands as well as across international criminal mafias. Hence, many students have disappeared or lived without any human emotional feelings. The condition of students is a tragedy in abroad and inside the country. They are in between a rock and a hard place. Where does your train drive and lead science, the homeland and us?

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The followed solutions by the corrupt regime are a palliative for a short time by sending delegates from the ministries for disguising. Nobody gains anything from the followed procedures of solving the dilemma of student except the delegates, who benefit from travel allowance, the leeway and spend their objectives. Finally, they declare through their false media that the problem is solved and they eliminate corruption and spoilers. Although the solutions must begin at home and no need for traveling, the delegates from the ministries are the useless people of knowledge and science and are gainless and deadly.


I am neither pessimistic nor optimistic, but pessoptimist, and when the train starts working for the establishment the state of institutions and law my optimism will achieve the optimum and maximum.


There is nothing good comes by the unfair and corrupt as well as their institutions. For instance, in the embassies there are diplomats, who are murderers and the government protect them, they are fugitive from other tribes, because the revenge is a legal things in the state. In addition, embassies is full of sorts of whom are blind, prostitutes and thieves, who believe in the doctrine of vice. This is the same-called technocrat from the ruling and those who are illegal investments internationally and dealing with other nations Mafiosi. They fled laundering and criminals in the eyes of the world and even mafias. They become with their nations money in a history and in dilemma. Certainly, the end such these groups are the dustbin of history.


Problems after graduation are harsher and worse than before graduation. Some of absolvents had harm and hard life, so few of them immigrate and most of them accept inappropriate jobs, which are not related to their level of education, morality and ethics. When the absolvents morally fall, they become psychologically able to do anything and become acceptable be the authority too, unless he will be thrown into unknown determination to face million harmful obstacles as well as brutal and wild characters.


To homeland, students, scientists and citizens the almighty God says “help one another in goodness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression". We do not have any choice except fighting and struggling. Both ways are the best thing for the emancipation of where we are, and God and humanitarian law gives us the rights to proceed.


Brother, sons and, friend, student, professor's partners, farmers and workers we should in solidarity working together to better ourselves and homeland. My brother student in life and path you need only to demand full rights for yourself as human beings and citizens. If your only demand for salary and scholarship it is what the corrupt authority wants, and it is not going to give you it or deliberate and debate with you of it. So, demand your full rights to get a part of it. Finally, you must hitch you wagon to a star, stand up with the voice of the people, which is the voice of God and strike while the iron is hot.


Brother, student and teacher this is your case and it is in your hands to absorb and understand it. If you believe in what it contents then, you should spread and distribute it to all Yemenite students in the World as well as to students' unions, federations and associations of Arab World and the globe. In addition to international human rights organizations. This is the first step in the journey of a thousand miles.

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RCMP are stopping hundreds of vehicles as they step up their investigation of a man who abducted a seven-year-old girl in central Alberta before releasing her two hours later.

The girl was riding her bike near the arena in Bowden, south of Red Deer, on Thursday evening when a man drove up and forced her into the back seat of his truck. He also threw her dog and bike into the truck.

The suspect then drove south on Highway 2A through Olds and stopped north of Carstairs. At that time, the bike was discarded, said police.

Two hours after she was taken, the girl and her dog were dropped off on a gravel road northwest of Bowden. She walked to a farmhouse to get help.

The girl's bicycle was found near a pond north of Carstairs on Saturday but police are still looking for her abductor.

The girl's bicycle was found near a pond north of Carstairs on Saturday but police are still looking for her abductor. (RCMP)

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RCMP officers set up two checkstops in the town of Bowden and off Highway 2A near Carstairs on Thursday to canvass motorists and to hand out posters in an attempt to collect more information in the case.

Investigators will not say if the girl was sexually or physically assaulted. She was treated in hospital and has since returned to her Grade 1 class.

Police found the girl's purple bicycle near a pond north of Carstairs on Saturday but have not found the man described as having a thin build with an olive or darker complexion. He has short, spiked black hair and stubble.

Investigators are also looking for a full-sized, pickup truck that may be grey or gold with a dark-coloured interior and rubber floor mats.



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Sources tell CBC News the highest levels of the Canadian government have known for years that foreign countries have been trying to win influence over Canadian politicians and public servants.

Richard Fadden, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in an exclusive interview with the CBC.

Richard Fadden, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in an exclusive interview with the CBC. (CBC)

That information comes a day after CSIS director Richard Fadden said he had never warned officials close to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that some provincial cabinet ministers may be under the sway of countries like China — even though he told the CBC earlier this week the agency was discussing the issue with the Privy Council Office.

Sources tell the CBC the PCO was well aware of those concerns, even if it hadn't been told the details of who was involved.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, the minister responsible for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada's spy agency, refused to discuss Fadden's bombshell allegations.

"I'm afraid I can't comment on any operational issues involving CSIS," Toews said Thursday.

In an exclusive interview with CBC News earlier this week, Fadden said Canada's spy agency suspects that some municipal politicians and cabinet ministers in two provinces are being swayed by their connections to foreign governments.

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China was one of the countries Fadden mentioned.

The remarkable comments sparked outrage from some provincial politicians and have led some observers to call for Fadden to resign.

But senior intelligence sources say the highest levels of the Canadian government were "absolutely" aware of the issue.

"These problems are very well-known," one source said. "This information did not blindside the government."

Fadden 'not wrong': source

A source suggested the prime minister was personally aware of the issue of foreign agents trying to win influence over politicans and bureaucrats — even if he didn't know the details.

"The prime minister is strongly of a view that this is a problem," a source said.

The source said Harper has an appetite for intelligence beyond that of his predecessors. Intelligence briefers now routinely provide the prime minister with detailed written reports, in addition to their regular verbal briefings.

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister's Office denied it was warned by CSIS of any specific agents of influence in provincial cabinets. Fadden himself later issued a retraction on that key point.

But sources tell the CBC the issue was very likely "verbally briefed " to intelligence staff who work for the prime minister.

Fadden "had to swallow hard," a source said, "but he's not wrong."


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Cameroon's Eric Choupo-Moting, left, and Netherlands' Giovanni van Bronckhorst chase the ball during the Group E finale for both teams in Cape Town, South Africa.

Cameroon's Eric Choupo-Moting, left, and Netherlands' Giovanni van Bronckhorst chase the ball during the Group E finale for both teams in Cape Town, South Africa. (Frank Augstein/Associated Press)

The Netherlands remained perfect in Group E play with a 2-1 win over Cameroon on Thursday to advance to the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup.

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Main storyline

The Netherlands became the second team at the World Cup to win all three of its group matches. Argentina is the only other team to accomplish that feat so far.

The Oranje, which had already assured a spot in the next round before its final game against Cameroon, used its dominant midfield to take control of the match from the start and, though the Indomitable Lions scored on a second-half penalty by captain Samuel Eto'o, the result was never in doubt.

The Netherlands is now unbeaten in 22 international matches (17 wins).

Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben, who missed the opening two games with a hamstring injury, saw his first taste of World Cup action when he was brought into the game in the 73rd minute.

A classy move was made by Cameroon to get Rigobert Song into the game in the final 10 minutes. He's the first African player to enjoy a World Cup career stretching over 16 years, joining Antonio Carbajal and Hugo Sanchez of Mexico and Lothar Matthaus of Germany as the only players to do so.

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What this result means

With the victory, the Netherlands takes the No. 1 seed in Group E, pitting the team against the second seed in Group F, Slovakia, in the Round of 16 (June 28, CBC, CBCSports.ca 9:30 a.m. ET).

Japan earned second seed in the group after posting a 3-1 result over Denmark. Japan will play Group F winners Paraguay in the next round (June 29, CBC, CBCSports.ca 9:30 a.m. ET).

Cameroon finishes the tournament without a win, becoming the fourth African country to be eliminated, joining Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa. Ghana is the only African team to advance to the Round of 16.

The winning goal

In the 83rd minute, Wesley Sneijder played a long cross-field ball to Robben on the right-hand side of the pitch. Robben controlled the ball, pushed it onto his left foot and cracked a curling ball off the far post. Substitute Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, the top goal scorer for the Netherlands in qualifying, followed up the rebound and buried it at a tough angle in the back of the Cameroon net to make it 2-1.

Turning point

Huntelaar's winning goal deflated the spirits of the Indomitable Lions, who were attempting to earn at least a point in their final tournament game.

Goal of the match

Robin van Pierse's marker at the 36th minute was less about the finish and more about the build up through the midfield starting with Dirk Kuyt. The Liverpool workhorse knocked the ball to van Pierse, who essentially made something out of nothing. He linked a textbook give-and-go with Rafael van der Vaart finishing it off by scoring goal through the legs of Cameroon keeper Hamidou Souleymanou.

Man of the match

Van Pierse gets the honour for not only his opening goal, but also his willingness to take risks and charge ahead in the offensive third of the field. He was always a threat, whether he was holding up the ball with his back to the goal or running on to through balls.

The Dutch perspective

"We were far too nonchalant in the second half. Our final spell put us on the right track again, but consider this a serious warning." — Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk.

The Cameroonian perspective

"I ended my mission. Now I will reflect carefully." — Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen.

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TORONTO - Cars were shaken from their parking spots, buildings cracked and residents ran through the streets Wednesday as a magnitude 5.0 earthquake left a small town in western Quebec in a state of emergency and much of central Canada wondering what in the world was going on.

The damage appeared to be concentrated on Gracefield, Que., a tiny municipality of just over 2,300 not far from the epicentre of the temblor, which was pinpointed about 60 kilometres north of Ottawa and about 18 kilometres under the surface of the earth.

When it struck at 1:41 p.m. ET, Gracefield's residents ran through the streets as the buildings around them creaked and cracked, said town concillor Michael Gainsford.

Town councillor Michael Gainsford told The Canadian Press that at least seven buildings are damaged — including the town church, a community centre, and the town's pharmacy, grocery store, and civic administration offices.

"The ladies were crying, they were panicking, they didn't know what to do," Gainsford said. "The vehicles (on the street) were actually shaken out of position."

There were no reports of injuries, he added. A local state of emergency was declared shortly after the quake, which Gainsford said lasted about a minute.

"In that minute, everyone ran for the street and everyone was terrified," he said. "It's something that I've never experienced before as a fireman for 25 years."

Damage appeared to be minimal elsewhere — a broken gas main on Parliament Hill, sewer and water main breakages in the Ontario city of North Bay, a four-hour drive north of Toronto — but the buzz from people unaccustomed to such tremors stretched across a huge swath of central Canada and the northeastern United States.

The Geological Survey of Canada described the event — a rare phenomenon so far east of the Rocky Mountains — as a "moderate" 5.0 quake. Residents across New York, Vermont, Michigan and Illinois also reported feeling the ground shake.

"You'd expect to see some minor damage only in the epicentral region," said Ivia Hayek, a seismic analyst with the GSC.

"You wouldn't expect to see anything really major, but how you feel it, how it affects things, depends on soil conditions and on the structure."

Within minutes of the quake, Twitter, Facebook and the rest of the Internet's usual hotspots were humming with reports from people in central Canada's largest cities, saying they felt the rumble in places like Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

Reports varied about how long the quake lasted; witnesses in the national capital region said the tremors shook downtown buildings, homes in west-end Ottawa and government offices across the Ottawa River in Gatineau, Que., for about 30 seconds, while in Toronto some said it was only five or 10 seconds.

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Nova Scotia Liberal MP Roger Cuzner, who was in his Parliament Hill office when the quake struck, was cleaning up some constituency business when "the coffee in my cup started slopping around."

"You could feel the impact," Cuzner marvelled.

In Parliament's halls of power, quizzical staffers poked their heads out of offices and stared around dumbfounded in the moments before Commons security ordered everyone out in what Cuzner described as a brisk and orderly evacuation.

Everyone filed down the stairs and out into the driveway, and after a few moments guards shepherded startled staffers and tongue-tied tourists back from the building to the front lawn, which was strewn with staging for next week's Canada Day festivities.

It was a frightening experience for anyone in the political district, where some were fearful about the structural integrity of the area's old historic buildings.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was on his way to the airport and did not feel the earthquake, a spokesman said. Outside his office, a picture fell to the ground.

Mike Charlebois, who works in the parliamentary dining room, was on the sixth floor of the centrepiece building known as Parliament's Centre Block when the shaking started.

"We were scared because we thought the building was going to fall apart," Charlebois said.

"First thing we did was evacuate the building because we had no idea what was going on. The Parliament is very delicate; it could have been a bomb threat or anything so we had no idea what it could have been."

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"It was pretty scary because you have no idea what can happen, what it was that made that kind of shakiness. We hear so much about terrorists, stuff like that, it's (in the back of) our mind."

Witnesses in downtown Toronto also described feeling a prolonged tremor that shook desks, rattled bookshelves and caused paintings on walls to shake.

Holly Rockbrune, 25, works for an insurance company. She was home for lunch when she began to notice something strange was happening.

"It was odd because I was in the kitchen making lunch and I could hear banging," Rockbrune said.

"I went into the living room and everything was rattling, but I didn't think much of it so I went back into the kitchen. It only lasted a few seconds."

A four-hour drive north, in the city of North Bay, Ont., Mayor Vic Fedeli was standing outside his office when he suddenly felt his legs wobble.

"I came back into my office and all my paintings are askew," Fedeli said. "You really didn’t hear anything, but the entire seven-storey building shook."

The city's switchboard "lit up like a Christmas tree, with some people reporting sewer and water breakages," he added.

Stephen Taylor, a political pundit in Ottawa, used his Twitter feed to describe what the tremors felt like.

"I was in an elevator when the earthquake hit," Taylor wrote. "Debris hitting the top of it, walls scraping ... fun stuff."

An analyst with the survey said it's typical for a quake of that magnitude to be felt more widely across the Eastern seaboard because of the geological conditions there, which include the massive underground rock shelf known as the Canadian Shield.

"The shield there, the structure of the crust is more rigid and so the waves carry better," he said.

It was one of the most significant quakes ever measured in the region, according to the organization.

The two largest quakes in western Quebec occurred in 1935 at magnitude 6.1 and in 1732 at a magnitude of 6.2, according to the agency.

It said earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains, although less frequent than in the west, are typically felt over a much broader region.

The survey also said that east of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast.

Hundreds of people were milling about on downtown Ottawa streets as the Parliament buildings emptied, although the Prime Minister's Office across the street at the Langevin Block was among the few that was not evacuated.

A sitting of the Senate was disturbed, as were preparations by the PMO for this week's G8 and G20 summits. PMO staff were forced out onto Wellington Street.

Conservative Senator Lowell Murray said the massive chandeliers of the upper chamber began swaying during a mundane debate on energy issues.

"Initially we thought it might have been an airplane crashing into the building," Murray said.

"But we were standing around wondering what was going on. And I quickly realized it was an earthquake. And then everybody started shouting out, out, out."

Samantha Lehman, 14, was in a downtown shopping mall when the tremors began, and the fear among the people there was palpable.

"They told us not to run but people were running out," Lehman said. She said she was "still kind of shaky, but I think we'll be ok."

The quake was greeted with excitement at the office of Laurent Godin, a geology professor at Queen's University, where he and his colleagues all gathered to exchange accounts of an event they study constantly but rarely get to witness in person.

The epicentre of the quake is located on an active fault known as the West Quebec Seismic Zone, a region Godin describes as one of the more quake-prone regions in the country.

While the activity in the area is not likely to equal quakes registered along more volatile fault zones in British Columbia, Godin said more minor temblors occur often.

"If you look at a map of historical seismicity in the area it’s riddled with little red dots, but the magnitudes of those earthquakes are so low that people haven’t felt them," he said.

"Because it happened in rocks that we call the Canadian Shield ... these rocks tend to transmit seismic waves very efficiently. So it's understandable and normal that it can propogate quite a ways."

— With files from Bruce Cheadle, Heather Scoffield and Murray Brewster in Ottawa; Alexander Panetta and Sidhartha Bannerjee in Montreal; Michelle McQuigge, Pat Hewitt and Brian Pardoe in Toronto; and The Associated Press.

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