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 Christian activists attack Georgia gay pride paradeChristian activists led by Orthodox priests halt a rare attempt to stage a small gay pride march in ex-Soviet Georgia, attacking participants and smashing their placards.
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 Mitt Romney pulls in $40 million in April, nearly matches ObamaMitt Romney's presidential campaign raked in an impressive $40.1 million in his first month as the presumptive Republican nominee.
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 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to skip rainbow flag-raising, organizers call it lost opportunityToronto Mayor Rob Ford will not be attending a rainbow flag-raising to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
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 Quebec student protests: Province bringing in legislation to end strikeThe Quebec government intends to present a bill to end the province's 14-week tuition strike, Premier Jean Charest announced Wednesday night — a proposal that was quickly and decisively rejected by student leaders.
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 Junior Seau's San Diego restaurant closes after his deathA San Diego restaurant owned by Junior Seau closed its doors for good on Wednesday, two weeks after the former football star shot himself to death at his beachfront California home, trustees for his estate announced.
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 Landscape believed to be by Thomson sells for $126,500 at Vancouver auctionTwo paintings bought at a yard sale and believed to be the works of two of Canada’s most iconic and valuable painters have sold at a Vancouver auction for about $134,000.
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 Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial indefinitely delayedThe judge in Ratko Mladic’s war crimes trial has been indefinitely delayed due to “errors” by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defence lawyers — a ruling that throws the future of the trial into question.
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 Quebec to introduce emergency law to restore orderLegislation in Quebec imminent, aimed at quelling student protests which have rocked the province for the past three months.
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 Paralyzed woman drinks coffee with thought-guided robot armScientists in the United States have enabled a paralyzed woman to lift a drink to her lips with a thought-controlled robotic arm, boosting hopes that tetraplegics may regain their independence.
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 Wildrose takes aim at Alberta 'shadow' gun registryThe Alberta government must take steps to defend law-abiding gun owners from the province’s “shadow” gun registry, the Wildrose opposition said Wednesday. Shayne Saskiw, the Wildrose critic for justice and solicitor general, says gun owners successfully fought the federal long-gun registry only to find themselves subject to the provincial registry set up by Alberta’s Chief Firearms Officer, who is appointed by the federal government.
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 Daughter of Cuban leader Raul Castro to visit U.S.Cuban President Raul Castro’s daughter is scheduled to visit California next week to speak at a conference of experts on Latin America during a rare U.S. trip by a member of Cuba’s ruling family.
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 Budget cuts losing Canada friends and allies around the world: academicsThousands of academics teaching students about Canada all around the world have been cut loose and left to fend for themselves following the federal government's decision to slash millions of dollars in funding for their work.
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 Debut eclipse of 2012 sweeping south this weekendThe first eclipse of 2012 graces Earth this weekend, and much of North America will witness the event Sunday night. On May 20, an annular eclipse will span the Pacific, from China and Japan at sunrise to the U.S. southwest at sunset.
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 Forbes names Jennifer Lopez 'most powerful' starJennifer Lopez is the world's most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes magazine in a rankings based on a combination of earnings, press coverage, and Internet presence.
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 Racy museum sex exhibit 'insulting to taxpayers', says minister's spokesmanA sex exhibit at an Ottawa museum designed to educate younger teenagers is so hot that it has drawn an attack from its own federal minister.
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 Play On! taking hockey to Canada's streetsHockey Night in Canada won’t be visiting this part of our great land until October, but the telecast is lending its name and prestige (pause while Ron MacLean-haters blow breakfast) to a street hockey tournament.
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 Spain's Jubilee snub to the QueenQueen Sofia of Spain has been ordered to down turn an invitation from Queen Elizabeth to a Diamond Jubilee lunch for the world's sovereign monarchs because of an escalating diplomatic row over Gibraltar.
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 Russian textbooks to expose 'falsifications of history'Russia has commissioned new school textbooks that condemn "falsifications of history" and paint the Soviet Union in a more positive light in a bid to boost patriotism among the young.
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 Ex-Ornge exec says former Dalton McGuinty chief of staff contacted governmentA former executive at Ontario's troubled air ambulance service says Premier Dalton McGuinty's ex-chief of staff contacted the government on behalf of Ornge.
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 Jerry Sandusky seeks to have charges tossed in Penn State abuse caseJerry Sandusky is again asking a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him, arguing that some counts are too vague to defend.
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 All-winter Occupy N.L. campers leave St. John's park cleanly, quietlyOccupy N.L. protesters have left little physical trace of their seven-month camp for economic and social equality.
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 Quebec student protests: activists storm into Montreal classroomsProtesters, many of them wearing marks, are working their way through the hallways of a Montreal university, on the hunt for classes to disrupt.
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 G20 report blasts police for violations of civil rights, unlawful detentionsPolice violated civil rights, detained people illegally, and used excessive force during the G20 summit two years ago, a new report concludes.
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 Mask ban proposal worries civil liberties expertsA federal move to regulate mask-wearing at large gatherings could face a litmus test as early as this week, as events in Montreal help foreshadow whether such a plan will do more good or harm.
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 Tori Stafford trial: Dad hopes for positive changeStafford's father says he wants to dedicate his life to helping children, perhaps by working with kids or being an advocate, or starting a memorial foundation in Tori’s name.
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