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16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#19" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Canadian tall ship sinks near Brazil, all rescued</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 19/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#18" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>British gov't declassifies file on UFO sightings</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 18/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#17" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Astronauts unveil phenomenal new window on world</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 17/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#16" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Disgraced financier Jones gets 11-year sentence</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 16/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#15" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><B> </B><B>It's make-or-break time for Wotherspoon</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="350"><div> <A HREF="#14" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Groves grabs bronze in 3,000m</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 14/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="350"><div> <A HREF="#13" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Police, protesters clash in Vancouver</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 13/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#12" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>WADA follows through on vow to crackdown on drug cheats</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 12/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#11" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Ottawa advised to tighten mortgage rules</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 11/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#10" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Police comb cold cases for links to accused colonel</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 10/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#09" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Air Force commander 'shocked' by colonel's arrest</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 09/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#08" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Endeavour blasts off on last planned night launch</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 08/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#07" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Winnipeg's homeless hero in hospital after assault</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 07/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#06" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  N.B. residents rattled by 3.2 magnitude earthquake</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 06/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#05" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>Michael Jackson's doctor to surrender in L.A.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 05/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#04" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  U.S. Baptists to appear before Haitian prosecutor</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 04/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#03" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Toyota hit by over 100 Prius brake complaints</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 03/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#02" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Suit seeks compensation for lost Toyota resale value</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 02/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#01" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Drivers caught talking, texting face fines as of today</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 01/02/10</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> =======================</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="705" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="707"><div>  <A NAME="28"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 259 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Report: Charles Hamelin will carry Canadian flag</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Feb. 28  2010  10:42  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 28th, 2010</div> <div> <B>It looks like double Olympic champion Charles Hamelin will carry the Canadian flag into tonight's Closing Ceremony for the Vancouver Olympics.</B></div> <bR> <div> The 25-year-old short-track speedskater from Ste-Julie, Que., was accepting congratulations early today at a party at the Winter Games that drew many of the Canadian medallists.</div> <bR> <div> Asked about carrying the flag, Hamelin said: "Yes, thank you very much.'' His choice was confirmed by teammates.</div> <bR> <div> Hamelin has collected two of Canada's record 13 gold medals at the Games, winning the 500 metres and the men's 5,000-metre relay.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ecf4a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecf5a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> It appears that double Olympic champion Charles Hamelin will carry the Canadian flag into tonight's Closing Ceremony for the Vancouver Olympics.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 199 WIDTH="707"><div> Leading contenders to carry the flag also included figure skater Joannie Rochette and freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau.</div> <bR> <div> Bilodeau, the first Canadian to win a gold medal on Canadian soil, told The Canadian Press he had not been contacted about being the flag-bearer.</div> <bR> <div> The decision was made by chef de mission Nathalie Lambert and her assistants Joe Juneau and Steve Podborski, with the formal announcement set for today.</div> <bR> <div> Long-track speedskater Clara Hughes carried the Canadian flag at the opening ceremonies.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 180 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>8.8-magnitude earthquake hits central Chile</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Feb. 27  2010  14:06  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 27th, 2010</div> <div> <B>A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile in the middle of the night, killing more than 147 people, toppling buildings and highways and setting off tsunami warnings for almost the entire Pacific region.</B></div> <bR> <div> Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declared "a state of catastrophe" in the country's central regions. Carmen Fernandez, director of the National Emergency Agency said at least 147 people were confirmed dead. Bachelet had earlier warned that the death toll will rise.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ecf0a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A resident walks along a damaged street in Talca, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, after a powerful earthquake struck central Chile. (AP / Roberto Candia)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 650 WIDTH="707"><div> "Without a doubt, with an earthquake of this magnitude, there will be more deaths," she said.</div> <bR> <div> The earthquake was the strongest to hit Chile in 50 years and is one of the strongest ever measured anywhere.</div> <bR> <div> The quake shook buildings in Argentina and was felt as far away as Sao Paolo, Brazil -- 2,900 kilometres to the east.</div> <bR> <div> About 13 million people live in the area where shaking was strong to severe, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.</div> <bR> <div> Geophysicist Randy Baldwin of the U.S. Geological Survey told CTV News Channel that the quake's magnitude means it was likely about 1,000 times more powerful than the recent earthquake that devastated Haiti.</div> <bR> <div> "This is a significantly larger quake than Haiti. It will have to be seen what kind of impact it will ultimately have in terms of damage and casualties, because the population centres aren't located quite as close to the epicenter as was Port-au-Prince to the Haitian quake," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Despite the severity of the quake, Bachelet urged Chileans not to panic.</div> <bR> <div> "People should remain calm," she said. "We're doing everything we can with all the forces we have. Any information will be shared immediately."</div> <bR> <div> Bachelet said she had no word of the number of people injured. Chile has not asked for emergency assistance from other countries, she said.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Streets lined with rubble</B></div> <bR> <div> There were 11 aftershocks reported in the first two-and-a-half hours following the 90-second quake, which hit at 3:34 a.m. local time. Strong aftershocks continued to be felt along the Chilean coast.</div> <bR> <div> The airport in the capital of Santiago was shut down. It will remain closed for the next 24 hours, airport director Eduardo del Canto said. He told Chilean television in a telephone interview that the passenger terminal sustained major damage.</div> <bR> <div> Newer buildings in Santiago have been built to withstand earthquakes, but older buildings collapsed. One church, the Nuestra Senora de la Providencia, lost its bell tower to the quake. The two-level parking garage of an apartment building collapsed, flattening about 50 cars in the process.</div> <bR> <div> Traffic lights are down, and Bachelet warned people to avoid travelling to prevent further casualties.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 671 WIDTH="707"><div> Footage on Chilean news stations showed images of demolished buildings and damaged cars lining streets choked with rubble.</div> <bR> <div> Marco Vidal, a program director for Grand Circle Travel who is travelling in Chile with a group of 34 Americans, was on the 19th floor of a hotel in Santiago when the quake hit.</div> <bR> <div> "All the things started to fall. The lamps, everything was going on the floor. And it was moving from south to north, oscillated," he told The Associated Press. "I felt terrified."</div> <bR> <div> The earthquake's epicentre was 115 kilometres from Chile's second-largest city, Concepcion, where nurses could be seen carrying some of the injured through the streets on stretchers.</div> <bR> <div> Several hospitals have been evacuated because of damage from the earthquake, Bachelet said.</div> <bR> <div> Several hospitals have been evacuated because of damage from the earthquake, Bachelet said, and communication lines with Concepcion remained down.</div> <bR> <div> Emergency response teams have already been dispatched to the three worst-hit regions of the country, she said.</div> <bR> <div> The quake was centered 325 kilometres southwest of the capital, Santiago, at a depth of 35 kilometres, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.</div> <bR> <div> According to the U.S. Geological Survey the epicentre was located:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">100 km north-northwest of Chillan, Chile</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">105 km west-southwest of Talca, Chile</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">115 km north-northeast of Concepcion, Chile</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">325 km southwest of Santiago, Chile</div> <bR> <div> The earthquake was also felt in neighbouring Argentina, across a mountain range.</div> <bR> <div> The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has put the entire Pacific Region on alert, except for the west coast of North America. The warning extends as far as Australia, Russia, Japan and the Philippines.</div> <bR> <div> A huge wave struck a populated area of the Robinson Crusoe Islands, an archipelago 660 kilometres off the Chilean coast, Bachelet said.</div> <bR> <div> Since 1973, there have been 13 earthquakes of a 7.0 magnitude or greater in Chile.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 87 WIDTH="707"><div> In 1960, a 9.5-magnitude quake struck the southern coast of Chile. The earthquake killed 1,655 people and left another 2 million homeless. The tsunami that followed killed people in Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines and caused damage to the west coast of the United States.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="26"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 292 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Huge storm hits northeast U.S. and southern Ontario</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Feb. 26  2010  08:52  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 26th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Winter may be in its final weeks, but it doesn't feel that way for residents in both the northeastern U.S. and southern Ontario. They're waking up to a fresh dumping of snow and blustery winds.</B></div> <bR> <div> The slow-moving winter storm has already knocked out power to thousands in the northeastern U.S., fanned a huge fire in coastal New Hampshire and disrupted air and road travel.</div> <bR> <div> At least 650,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. are without power this morning. As utility companies attempt to fix downed lines, wind gusts of 80 kilometres an hour are hampering workers as the storm drops even more snow, rain and sleet.</div> <bR> <div> Power failures were so bad in New Hampshire that even the state Emergency Operations Center was operating on a generator.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ece2a0770.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A frontloader equipped with a large plow clears the area around the gates while crews, in the background, work to deice a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport today, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 in Newark, NJ. A winter storm dumped heavy snow through out New Jersey and caused flight delays at the airport. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 608 WIDTH="707"><div> Officials are blaming the wind for helping the spread of an overnight hotel fire in the town of Hampton, New Hampshire that destroyed an entire block of businesses. No injuries were reported and no cause had been identified.</div> <bR> <div> Snow-covered airport runways in New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and elsewhere have led to thousands of flights being cancelled.</div> <bR> <div> New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg declared a snow day for schools after more than 40 centimetres fell. It's the second snow day of the month for the metropolis, but only the fourth in six years.</div> <bR> <div> This storm is just the latest for the northeast U.S., which has seen an unusual amount of snow this winter. Much of the region, particularly Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, only recently finished cleaning up from a pair of storms a few weeks ago.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Snowy Ontario morning</B></div> <bR> <div> The same storm system is also bringing snow and high winds to parts of southern Ontario.</div> <bR> <div> People in many parts of the regions are waking up to 15 centimetres of the white stuff, with up to 25 centimetres predicted for Niagara.</div> <bR> <div> The snow has led to hundreds of crashes along local highways and also forced the cancellations of a number of school bus services.</div> <bR> <div> Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning that the snow will be accompanied by 70-kilometre-per-hour wind gusts. Provincial police are warning commuters to drive cautiously because conditions will worsen when strong winds and low visibility combine.</div> <bR> <div> In the eastern half of Ontario, the storm is also bringing freezing rain, which has knocked out power to more than 4,700 Hydro One customers. The utility says about 4,000 homes in the Kingston and Ottawa valley areas may not have service back until later in the morning.</div> <bR> <div> Temperatures are expected to warm as the day continues, turning much of the snow into rain, and the roads into slush.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>wtih reports from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>1,200 drop-side cribs recalled in Canada</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Feb. 25  2010  08:16  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 25th, 2010</div> <div> <B>About 1,200 cribs sold in Canada between 2001 and 2004 are being recalled after reports of three infant suffocation deaths in the U.S.</B></div> <bR> <div> The recalled drop-side cribs carry the name "Generation 2 Worldwide" or "ChildESIGNS" and were sold by major retailers nationwide, including The Bay and Sears Canada.</div> <bR> <div> The recall involves model numbers 592081, 592681 and 597431. The cribs were made by Generation 2 Worldwide in the United States and China. Generation 2 went out of business in 2005.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ecd5a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> An advertisement showing the Generation 2 Worldwide and 'ChildESIGNS' Drop-Side Cribs as shown on Health Canada's website.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 718 WIDTH="707"><div> The affected cribs were recalled in the U.S. earlier this month. At the time, Health Canada said the recall didn't affect Canadians because the cribs hadn't been sold in Canada.</div> <bR> <div> However, Elfe Juvenile Products, a Canadian baby products distributor, recently informed Health Canada that they had in fact distributed the cribs in Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Health Canada says the cribs' plastic hardware can break or deform, causing the drop-side to detach. As well, the mattress support can detach from the frame, creating a space toddlers can roll into.</div> <bR> <div> While there have been no reports of injuries from the recalled cribs in Canada, in the U.S. there have been three reports of babies who became trapped behind the drop-side and suffocated. There have also been five reports of children falling out of the cribs and 15 other incidents.</div> <bR> <div> Health Canada is warning consumers to immediately stop using the recalled cribs; do not attempt to fix them.</div> <bR> <div> The safety of drop-side cribs has been under question for some time now.</div> <bR> <div> Last year, B.C.-based Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. was forced to announce the recall of more than 2 million drop-side cribs in the U.S. and Canada, after more than 100 cases of injuries, including four deaths, were reported.</div> <bR> <div> Drop-side cribs allow the side rail to be lowered so that a baby can be lifted out easily. However, some are built with plastic brackets that can break or are frequently installed upside-down, resulting in a potential gap a child can get trapped in.</div> <bR> <div> ASTM International, an organization that sets voluntary industry safety standards, recently approved a new standard that requires four fixed sides on most cribs -- essentially eliminating drop-side cribs.</div> <bR> <div> The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission could adopt the ASTM voluntary standard as a mandatory one, which could mean drop-side cribs could soon be banned. CPSC head Inez Tenenbaum has even suggested that parents should get rid of all drop-side cribs.</div> <bR> <div> In a news release Friday, Health Canada said it wants to remind parents and caregivers that all drop-side cribs carry hazards. It said for parents who have the cribs, there are a number of steps they can take to ensure their safety, including:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- Regularly verify the safety of their baby's crib</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- Stop using the crib if any parts are loose or missing or if there are any signs of damage</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- Stop using the crib if they can not be assembled properly as per the instructions</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- Use only parts obtained from the original manufacturer must be used for repair, not duct tape, wire or rope</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- Consult the Consumer Product Recalls Database to verify if their model of crib has been recalled and what further action is recommended.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 292 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Winnipeg teachers slapped for pep rally lap dance</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Feb. 24  2010  08:11  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 24th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Two teachers who took part in an eyebrow-raising lap dance at a high school pep rally in Winnipeg last week have been told not to report back to work.</B></div> <bR> <div> The dance, caught on video by one of the 100 students at the Churchill High School rally, shocked many of the students, who say the teachers went too far.</div> <bR> <div> The two teachers, one a man, the other a woman, were dressed as a cheerleader and a football player. The female teacher is seated on a chair with her legs spread as dance music plays.</div> <bR> <div> The male teacher approaches her between her legs. He then straddles her and gyrates his hips. He bends over, while she slaps his bottom, his hips bouncing to the beat.</div> <bR> <div> They then take it one step further.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eccea0bd0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="189" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This online video of a dance routine -- titled 'Two Teachers One Chair' on YouTube -- performed at a high school rally has resulted in suspension without pay for two Winnipeg teachers.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 397 WIDTH="707"><div> While the female teacher throws her head back, the man dips his head down between her legs and simulates oral sex.</div> <bR> <div> Students at the rally, who ranged in age Grade 9 through 12, are heard on the 58-second video hooting and hollering and screaming "Oh my god!" One student sticks her head in front of the camera and says, ‘Now, that's wrong!"</div> <bR> <div> The video, taken with a cellphone last Wednesday, was loaded on to Youtube under the title "Two Teachers, One Chair," where it's been viewed thousands of times. Winnipeg School Division trustees caught wind of it earlier this week.</div> <bR> <div> Both teachers, who haven't been formally identified, have been sent home without pay. But they have not been officially suspended, school trustee Mike Babinsky told reporters Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> Babinsky said the division could not comment on personnel matters, but that it does "expect respectful and professional conduct from all of our staff at all times."</div> <bR> <div> He told The Globe and Mail he is glad the school is taking disciplinary action against them and says an investigation is underway.</div> <bR> <div> "I would expect a higher standard from teachers in any school in Canada," the father of six said.</div> <bR> <div> "I want them to be role models for our kids. I want them to set the bar high."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>No flight, no bite: wingless mosquitoes the answer?</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Feb. 23  2010  07:33  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 23rd, 2010</div> <div> <B>WASHINGTON — First it was just swatting. Then poison. Then sterilizing males. Now it is grounding females. Is there anything people will not try in the war against mosquitoes?</B></div> <bR> <div> The latest idea: Genetic engineering that results in wingless female mosquitoes.</div> <bR> <div> It is the females that do the biting, but if they cannot fly they cannot zoom in on their victims. They would be expected to die quickly on the ground, researchers suggest in Tuesday's edition of <I>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</I>.</div> <bR> <div> The real goal is to prevent mosquitoes from spreading disease, and the researchers led by Luke Alphey of the University of Oxford in England are studying ways to reduce the spread of dengue fever, which mosquitoes carry.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ecb6a0c40.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A mosquito lands on a man's hand Friday, June 26, 2009, in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. (AP Photo / Mark Duncan)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="707"><div> The researchers, several of whom have commercial interests in the work through Oxitec Ltd., developed a method to genetically alter male mosquitoes, which then could mate with females. Their offspring would have wing changes that prevent the females from flying.</div> <bR> <div> Males could still fly, but they do not bite.</div> <bR> <div> "The technology is completely species specific, as the released males will mate only with females of the same species," Alphey said in a statement. "It's far more targeted and environmentally friendly than approaches dependent upon the use of chemical spray insecticides, which leave toxic residue."</div> <bR> <div> Other efforts to block transmission of diseases such as malaria have involved releasing sterile male mosquitoes, which could breed with females, but no offspring result. Bed nets also are widely used, but the researchers said the dengue-spreading mosquitoes bite in daytime rather than at night.</div> <bR> <div> While this research is aimed at dengue, Alphey and co-author Anthony A. James of the University of California, Irvine, said it could also be adapted to such diseases as malaria and West Nile fever.</div> <bR> <div> The research was funded by the University of California and the National Institutes of Health.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 292 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Deadly error kills 27 civilians in central Afghanistan</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Feb. 22  2010  08:15  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 22nd, 2010</div> <div> <B>An investigation is underway after a NATO air strike mistakenly killed at least 27 civilians in central Afghanistan, the latest deadly error to take place amid a major offensive in nearby Helmand province.</B></div> <bR> <div> The air strike occurred Sunday when NATO planes fired at a convoy of three minibuses which were perceived to be a group of insurgents. Instead, the vehicles carried 42 civilians, including at least four women and one child who died in the attack.</div> <bR> <div> Another 12 people were injured, said the Afghanistan Council of Ministers, who condemned the "unjustifiable" attack.</div> <bR> <div> The minibuses were travelling on a major road near the border of two Afghan provinces, Uruzgan and Day Kundi, said Afghan Interior Ministry spokesperson Zemeri Bashary.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ecaaa0930.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> U.S. Army flight medic Sgt. Nathaniel Dabney, of Prescott, Ariz., comforts an Afghan civilian boy with a gun shot wound just after take off on a U.S. Army Task Force Pegasus helicopter during a medevac mission, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 737 WIDTH="707"><div> NATO has launched an investigation into the incident, as has the Afghan government.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, the top NATO commander in the war-torn country, issued an apology for the unintended deaths that resulted from the air strike.</div> <bR> <div> "We are extremely saddened by the tragic loss of innocent lives," Gen. McChrystal said in the statement.</div> <bR> <div> "I have made it clear to our forces that we are here to protect the Afghan people and inadvertently killing or injuring civilians undermines their trust and confidence in our mission. We will redouble our effort to regain that trust."</div> <bR> <div> Following the news of the deaths, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said NATO must do more to protect Afghan lives when conducting military operations.</div> <bR> <div> "We need to reach the point where there are no civilian casualties," Karzai said. "Our effort and our criticism will continue until we reach that goal."</div> <bR> <div> The Afghan president's comments were echoed by the Afghanistan Council of Ministers which urged NATO to "closely coordinate and exercise maximum care before conduction any military operation."</div> <bR> <div> Sunday's deaths marked the third time that noncombatants had been killed by a NATO air strike since the start of a major NATO offensive in Helmand province -- known as Operation Moshtarak -- targeting the Taliban fighters stationed in the city of Marjah.</div> <bR> <div> The offensive, which launched earlier this month, also seeks to win the support of the Afghan people and to eventually restore government rule in Marjah, which is considered a Taliban stronghold.</div> <bR> <div> A pair of NATO rockets killed 12 people at a home in Marjah last week, while an airstrike in northern Kunduz province killed seven policemen.</div> <bR> <div> Despite the ongoing fighting between NATO forces and Taliban insurgents, district leader Abdul Zahir Aryan has been sent in to begin planning for to return of government administration in Marjah.</div> <bR> <div> Aryan is to fly into Marjah on Monday, when he is expected to meet with community leaders for a series of meetings.</div> <bR> <div> "The Marines have told us that the situation is better. It's OK. It's good," Aryan said. "I'm not scared because it is my home. I have come to serve the people."</div> <bR> <div> Last year. Afghanistan saw more than 2,400 civilians killed -- the highest number of civilian deaths since the start of the eight-year war -- according to a recent UN report.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 254 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Joannie Rochette's mother dies of heart attack</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Feb. 21  2010  13:12  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 21st, 2010</div> <div> <B>The mother of Canadian figure skating champion and Olympic medal hopeful Joannie Rochette died suddenly in Vancouver Sunday morning, shortly after arriving to watch her daughter compete.</B></div> <bR> <div> Canadian team officials said Therese Rochette passed away after being rushed to Vancouver General Hospital.</div> <bR> <div> Cause of death has not been determined. She was 55.</div> <bR> <div> Joannie Rochette was given the news by her father Normand and her coach Manon Perron at the Olympic Village Sunday morning.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eca7a0be0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The mother of Canadian women's figure skating champion Joannie Rochette died Saturday night in a Vancouver hospital. She was 55.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 654 WIDTH="707"><div> Officials said Ms. Rochette intends to compete at the Olympics, despite the shock of her mother's death. The short program for women's figure skating begins Tuesday night at Pacific Coliseum. The free skate, after which medals are awarded, is scheduled for Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> Ms. Rochette's parents had arrived Saturday from Montreal.</div> <bR> <div> The skater is currently closeted with friends and family, sharing in the grief. She did not attend the draw for the women's short program Sunday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Officials described her mood as focused and determined to compete.</div> <bR> <div> Canadian chef de mission Nathalie Lambert choked with emotion as she expressed condolences to the Rochette family.</div> <bR> <div> "It has actually just happened this morning," Ms. Lambert told reporters. "It's very emotional for me, and all of us, today."</div> <bR> <div> Ms. Lambert asked members of the media to respect the privacy of Canada's Olympian athletes as they struggle with the emotional impact of Ms. Rochette's loss.</div> <bR> <div> "The best way to support them is not to ask them questions," said Ms. Lambert.</div> <bR> <div> If Ms. Rochette changes her mind and decides not to take part in the Olympics, that will be respected "and we will help her in every way we can."</div> <bR> <div> The Rochette family is from the tiny town of Ile-Dupas, Que.</div> <bR> <div> In her journal on Oct. 26, 2008, Rochette described her mother as an important critic of her skating.</div> <bR> <div> "My mom, who was always close to me took more distance from my skating for the last couple of years,'' Rochette wrote in 2008. "I was missing her input and support as well as her approach to getting more and more solid with my elements.</div> <bR> <div> "She has always been the most critical person about my skating, pushing me harder to improve.</div> <bR> <div> "Even if it requires quite a big deal of humility at 22 to admit you need more of your mother, I expressed it and she drives from home to St-Leonard once a week to come to supervise with her unique eyes my training.''</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 415 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Survivors say Canadian tall ship sank in minutes</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Feb. 20  2010  12:33  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 20th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Students and crew rescued from the sinking of a Canadian-owned tall ship in the South Atlantic were back on solid land Saturday after spending more than 40 hours in life rafts after their ship capsized.</B></div> <bR> <div> The first of 64 people on board the three-masted SV Concordia were ferried into Rio de Janeiro aboard Brazilian Navy and merchant vessels, exhausted but relieved after their long ordeal.</div> <bR> <div> Wearing navy caps and borrowed clothing, 12 of those rescued held an emotional news conference in Rio. The rest were to arrive later in the afternoon on two merchant vessels.</div> <bR> <div> CTV producer Ana Pereira said survivors indicated that the ship went down very quickly, slipping beneath the waves in only "a few minutes."</div> <bR> <div> The ship's captain said that his vessel sank Wednesday afternoon -- a day earlier than previously reported – after being flipped on its side by a powerful gust of wind. He and his passengers and crew were rescued by merchant ships early Friday.</div> <bR> <div> Capt. William Curry told reporters he was below deck when the ship suddenly keeled, banking over at a sharp angle in the strong wind. Curry said that was normal, but when the vessel immediately went over a second time, he knew the vessel was in great danger.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ec57a0740.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Students from Canada's West Island College disembark from Brazil's Frigate Constituicao at the Mocangue naval base in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP / Felipe Dana)</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="ebdaa0770.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The tall ship S.V. Concordia, operated by the West Island College Class Afloat program, went down off the coast of Brazil. (Photo courtesy of www.classafloat.com)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 678 WIDTH="707"><div> The captain blamed the wreck on a "microburst," a sudden, vertical downdraft that struck the entire surface area of the Concordia's sails as it was angled over to one side. Within seconds, the boat went from sailing upright to lying on its side and beginning to sink.</div> <bR> <div> Thirty minutes later it was completely underwater, Curry said.</div> <bR> <div> "The boat started keeling a lot," said 16-year-old passenger Lauren Unsworth, a Dutch-Canadian who lives in Amsterdam. "It came back up, keeled again, was basically lying on its side and all the windows began to break. That's when we knew it was time to flee."</div> <bR> <div> Curry said that they abandoned ship and took to their life rafts in high winds and heavy seas, spending more than a day adrift in the Atlantic before spotting their rescuers.</div> <bR> <div> "We had been in the life raft for about 30 hours when we saw a search plane for the first time," Unsworth added. "That's when we knew we were not alone and that help was on the way."</div> <bR> <div> The navy said the distress signal was picked up about 5 p.m. Thursday, and an air force plane later spotted life rafts in the ocean about 500 kilometres from Rio.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Students on five-month voyage</B></div> <bR> <div> The three-masted SV Concordia was on a five-month voyage that allows students in grades 11 and 12 and the first year of college to study while sailing around the world.</div> <bR> <div> Parents of the 48 young people on board were overwhelmed with relief.</div> <bR> <div> Doris Smith, of Kelowna, B.C., said her 19-year-old daughter Sarah had boarded the ship only two weeks earlier, after earning the last open spot on the shipboard school program.</div> <bR> <div> "I had been following their progress on GPS and everything was going fine: the weather was warm, it was sunny and Sarah was having a great time," Smith told CTV.ca in telephone interview early Saturday morning. "Then I got a call at 9 p.m. [Thursday] from the school and I could tell by his voice that something was wrong."</div> <bR> <div> "He said the ship's emergency beacon had gone off, they couldn't contact the ship and that was all they knew ... I didn't get the call saying that everyone was safe until about 3 a.m. so that was a pretty tense few hours. I was pretty relieved."</div> <bR> <div> Smith said she was looking forward to talking to her daughter once she lands in Rio. "This will be like surviving the Titanic for her – she'll have quite the story I imagine," she said. "But it was a happy ending thankfully – everyone got through this okay."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 823 WIDTH="707"><div> Ruth McArthur, 23, of Brampton, Ont., was teaching a biology class on board the Concordia when it became apparent that the ship was in trouble.</div> <bR> <div> Reached aboard the Philippine-flagged Hokuetsu Delight, McArthur told The Canadian Press that her students quickly dressed in immersion suits and were able to get into life rafts as the ship rolled onto its side.</div> <bR> <div> "It was pretty intense, but the students and the whole crew were very focused and they all did an excellent job by helping and supporting each other," said McArthur. "Instinctively the students and the crew knew what to do . . . and I think that's one of the reasons we were all able to get out of there safely."</div> <bR> <div> McArthur said it the life rafts moved away from the ship and "we were able to watch it go down."</div> <bR> <div> "We then organized ourselves and made sure we had watches and water," she said. "We collected rain water as the rain fell around us and just prepared for a long stay in the life raft."</div> <bR> <div> A Brazilian Air Force plane later spotted life rafts in the ocean and a navy ship and nearby merchant vessels moved in to aid in the rescue.</div> <bR> <div> "This was only my 15th day at sea. It was definitely a shocker," said a tearful Katherine Irwin, 16, of Calgary. "At first I was, like, I'm never going back into the ocean. But after thinking about the friendships I made in the raft, I definitely would do it again."</div> <bR> <div> The first 12 crew and students came into port aboard a Brazilian Navy frigate. The rest were heading into Rio aboard slower merchant vessels and were expected to arrive later Saturday afternoon.</div> <bR> <div> The Concordia was five days out from Montevideo, Uruguay when it sank.</div> <bR> <div> The federal Transportation Safety Board says it will assist in an investigation to be led by the ship's flag state country, Barbados.</div> <bR> <div> The Concordia is owned by West Island College International with offices in Lunenburg, N.S. Forty-two of those onboard were identified as Canadians, mostly high school and university students, said Kate Knight, head of West Island College International of Lunenburg, which operates the Class Afloat program.</div> <bR> <div> Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement thanking the Brazilian Navy and the merchant ships "for their swift and heroic response."</div> <bR> <div> The ship had visited Europe and Africa since leaving Canada in September, and it had just begun a five-month semester program on leaving Recife in northeast Brazil on Feb. 8.</div> <bR> <div> West Island College International's website says the 57.5-metre-long Concordia was built in 1992 and "meets all of the international requirements for safety." It carries up to 66 passengers and crew and also can operate under motor power.</div> <bR> <div> The site lists tuition for the sailing program at $42,500 a year.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I> </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian tall ship sinks near Brazil, all rescued</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Feb. 19  2010  08:36  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 19th, 2010</div> <div> <B>A tall ship carrying 42 Canadians has sunk off the coast of Brazil, but all those on board the vessel have been rescued.</B></div> <bR> <div> The SV Concordia, of the West Island College Class Afloat program in Montreal, was carrying 63 people when it went down about 500 kilometres from Rio de Janeiro. The ship sails out of Lunenburg, N.S.</div> <bR> <div> The 42 Canadians onboard consisted of a mix of 11th and 12th grade high school students, first-year university students and professional crew members.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ebdaa0770.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The tall ship S.V. Concordia, operated by the West Island College Class Afloat program, went down off the coast of Brazil. (Photo courtesy of www.classafloat.com)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 557 WIDTH="707"><div> "All crew and passengers have been recovered and are uninjured. This is good news," said Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon in a statement Friday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "I thank Brazilian authorities who led a search and rescue operation and acted swiftly to assist the ship and its passengers."</div> <bR> <div> All those on the ship were able to board life rafts and were later picked up by three merchant ships in the area. From there they will be transferred to a Brazilian navy ship and taken to shore.</div> <bR> <div> The tall ship went down off the Brazilian coast near Rio de Janeiro while en route to Uruguay, Dom Phillips of <I>The London Times</I> told CTV from Sao Paulo, Brazil.</div> <bR> <div> He said survivors reported that the ship encountered strong winds before it went down.</div> <bR> <div> A news release from the Brazilian navy said it was asked to send a plane to investigate an emergency signal at about 5 p.m. local time on Thursday. At about 8 p.m., the crew on the plane spotted a life raft with people on board in the area where the signal had originated.</div> <bR> <div> The navy then sent its own ship to the area, and asked three nearby merchant ships to meet the life raft. They arrived and were able to rescue all 64 people from four life rafts.</div> <bR> <div> According to a statement from Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Canadian diplomatic personnel are currently working with their Brazilian counterparts to "monitor and assist with the situation."</div> <bR> <div> According to a Google map tracking the ship's progress on Class Afloat's website, the Concordia was south of Rio and east of Sao Paulo on Feb. 17, sailing in moderate to rough seas with clear skies. That is the last point of reference on the map.</div> <div> That position put the ship 13,092 nautical miles from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the port of departure.</div> <bR> <div> Friends and relatives in Canada seeking information on Canadian citizens believed to be on the SV Concordia can contact Foreign Affairs' Emergency Operations Centre in Ottawa by calling either 1-800-387-3124 or 1-613-996-8885.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>British gov't declassifies file on UFO sightings</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Feb. 18  2010  08:23  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 18th, 2010</div> <div> <B>LONDON — Does a London football club have fans that are out of this world? A British police officer says he spotted a UFO hovering above Chelsea's stadium in the British capital.</B></div> <bR> <div> Declassified military files show the unnamed officer reported seeing bright yellow lights flying over Stamford Bridge more than a decade ago.</div> <bR> <div> The officer says he saw the lights move soundlessly over the field, changing from a square to a diamond-shaped formation before disappearing from view.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ebc99f540.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="84" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> This July 4, 1984 document made available by the British National Archives shows a letter from the Wigan Ariel Phenomena Investigation Team to the British Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo/British National Archives)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 107 WIDTH="707"><div> The March 10, 1999 sighting is detailed in more than 6,000 pages of material declassified Thursday.</div> <bR> <div> Britain's Defence Ministry has been gradually releasing the files and posting them online as part of a three year project with the country's national archives.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 320 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Astronauts unveil phenomenal new window on world</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Feb. 17  2010  07:53  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 17th, 2010</div> <div> <B>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a highly anticipated grand finale to their mission, astronauts opened the shutters on the International Space Station's new observation deck Wednesday and were humbled by "absolutely spectacular" views of Earth from inside the elaborate atrium of windows.</B></div> <bR> <div> The $27 million lookout opened each of its seven eyes one window at a time as the crews of the station and shuttle Endeavour carried out their third and final spacewalk.</div> <bR> <div> It was the moment everyone had been waiting for: The round central window — the largest ever flown in space — was the first exposed as astronauts inside cranked open the shutter as they sailed 220 miles above the South Pacific.</div> <bR> <div> "As expected, the view through window seven is absolutely spectacular," space station commander Jeffrey Williams said. "When we have the others around it open, it will give us a view of the entire globe. Absolutely incredible."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ebbda0740.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In this image obtained via Twitter astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard the International Space Station posted this image showing the Sahara Desert, the first view out of the cupola's windows on the observation deck of the the Tranquility module station early Wednesday morning Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA via Twitter)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="707"><div> Mission Control set the night's mood by beaming up a recording of Jimmy Buffett's "Window on the World."</div> <bR> <div> "I don't think space station's ever going to be the same after this," Mission Control said in a congratulatory call.</div> <bR> <div> The astronauts closed the round shutter covering the window, which measures 31 inches across, after three minutes to test the mechanisms. They repeated the process until all the windows were checked, opening the last two as the linked shuttle and space station flew above France and Greece.</div> <bR> <div> It was a satisfying conclusion to this construction mission for the 11 astronauts. Though Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken completed a multitude of other chores during Tuesday night's spacewalk, including opening valves on an ammonia coolant line they previously installed on Tranquility, a new room that the astronauts connected to the space station last Friday.</div> <bR> <div> "Great job raising the curtains on the bay window to the world," astronaut Kay Hire called out to the spacewalkers.</div> <bR> <div> "I look forward to the view from inside," Patrick said.</div> <bR> <div> Mission Control wanted the shutters opened while the spacewalkers were still floating outside so the two men could intercede if something jammed. Behnken and Patrick stayed a safe 10 feet or more from the windows while the shutters were raised. The last thing NASA wanted was to have one of them inadvertently kick a window or bang it with a tool bag.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 463 WIDTH="707"><div> The observation deck is part of Tranquility, a more than $380 million addition. Space shuttle Endeavour delivered the European compartments last week.</div> <bR> <div> The Italian-built dome — 5 feet tall and nearly 10 feet in diameter — is designed to offer sweeping 360-degree views of the home planet and outer space, as well as the space station itself. It's not just for the crew's viewing pleasure; a robotic work station will be installed early Thursday, providing direct views for astronauts when they operate the station's big mechanical arm.</div> <bR> <div> Six trapezoid-shaped windows encircle the dome. In the middle is the circular window.</div> <bR> <div> During normal operations, the space station crew will be able to keep the round window unshuttered most of the time, along with a couple others. But the windows facing along the direction the outpost is orbiting will need to be closed, except during robotic operations, to protect the fused silica glass against micrometeorite strikes. Each window has four panes.</div> <bR> <div> The shutters swung open when the spacewalkers were back inside. The nearly six-hour excursion ended a little early because of the risk of elevated carbon dioxide levels in Behnken's suit; he was fine, but flight controllers did not want to take any chances.</div> <bR> <div> Endeavour and its crew of six will depart the space station Friday and return to Earth on Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> The next shuttle visit has been delayed. Discovery had been scheduled to blast off in mid-March with spare parts and science experiments, but a string of unusually cold weather stalled preparations. The launch is now targeted for April 5.</div> <bR> <div> Only four more shuttle flights remain.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 192 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Disgraced financier Jones gets 11-year sentence</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Feb. 15  2010  20:57  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 16th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Disgraced Montreal financial planner Earl Jones has been sentenced to 11 years for running a $50 million Ponzi scheme that robbed many clients of their life savings.</B></div> <bR> <div> Jones, 67, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud last month. His criminal proceedings heard that he never invested a penny of the money he collected from his clients.</div> <bR> <div> Both the Crown and the defence suggested an 11-year sentence.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eb6fa0740.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> In this courtroom sketch, Earl Jones is seen with his head in his hands in a Montreal courthouse in Montreal, Que., on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 650 WIDTH="707"><div> "The accused not only robbed the victims of their money, he robbed them of their freedom and self-esteem and of a decent life they expected in their retirement," Judge Helene Morin said in her verdict.</div> <bR> <div> "All of them trusted him. For many, this word has no meaning anymore. He is responsible for irrevocable changes in all the victims' lives and this has left them all humiliated."</div> <bR> <div> Some victims, including some of Jones' now-estranged family, appeared at the court to see the sentencing.</div> <bR> <div> "He can rot in hell," his brother Bevan Jones said. "None of us will ever be the same."</div> <bR> <div> Bevan Jones, along with his wife Frances Gordon, had more than $1 million stolen from them by Earl Jones.</div> <bR> <div> Jones was arrested and charged in July of last year. Within a month, both he and the company he owned were declared bankrupt.</div> <bR> <div> In the months that followed, authorities liquidated many of Jones' personal belongings, with the proceeds going to his creditors. Two properties he owned in Quebec -- a luxury Montreal condominium and a second condo in Mont-Tremblant -- were also put up for sale.</div> <bR> <div> The son of one of Jones' victims said earlier the disgraced financier's sentencing "will bring closure to our family as well as all the victims in terms of seeing Mr. Jones put away in jail for his crimes."</div> <bR> <div> But Joey Davis told CTV News Channel that the "battle is not over" for clients who lost their assets by investing with Jones.</div> <bR> <div> Now they are seeking to recoup their losses through civil lawsuits against the financial institutions that did banking with Jones.</div> <bR> <div> Davis said that authorities have been unable to recover any investors' assets, which has left Jones' former clients devastated with the loss of money they had been putting away for decades.</div> <bR> <div> "These people have lost their money, their life savings and their lives have been ruined," he said during an interview from Montreal on Monday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Police estimate about $51.3 million was stolen in the scheme between 1982 and 2009. None of it has been recovered.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 166 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>It's make-or-break time for Wotherspoon</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Feb. 15  2010  11:10  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 15th, 2010</div> <div> <B>It's being called the deepest field ever in the men's 500-metre long-track speed skating race, but when Jeremy Wotherspoon takes to the ice today, he will be going up against more than just his rivals. He will be racing to define his career.</B></div> <bR> <div> The 33-year-old from Red Deer, Alta., is one of the best sprinters ever to lace up a pair of speed skates. He has dominated the World Cup circuit for more than a decade, and his feats</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eb61a0670.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="103" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> It's make-or-break time for Wotherspoon. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press  Images</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 815 WIDTH="707"><div> on the ice have made him a virtual celebrity in places like the Netherlands, where speed skating is king. But the one thing Wotherspoon lacks as he stares down the reality that this will probably be his last Olympics is a gold medal. It's something he is trying not to think about heading into what has now become the biggest 500 metres of his life.</div> <bR> <div> "I don't really have any huge expectations for myself for these Games," a calm and casual Wotherspoon said after taking a few training laps at the Richmond Olympic Oval this week. "I just want to go enjoy it and I want to be really into it for the right reasons and that's just to enjoy the racing and have a good time at my last Olympics."</div> <bR> <div> Few thought he would ever find himself in this position. At the 1998 Nagano Games, a 21-year-old Wotherspoon made an immediate name for himself with a silver medal in the 500-metre sprint, and a gold medal at a future Olympics seemed just a matter of time. Then came the stumble in Salt Lake, where he caught an edge, crumpled, and watched his can't-miss status painfully vanish.</div> <bR> <div> Four years later came the disappointment of ninth place in Turin, which led him to take a year off from the sport. During that time, he lived for a few months on a fishing vessel off the coast of Norway, an arrangement set up for him by a former coach to help him get away for a while.</div> <bR> <div> But now Wotherspoon is back. Though he is always intense in competition, he is more relaxed now off the ice, a mature skater who has seen Olympics before, though never the hype of one on home soil.</div> <bR> <div> Fans in Richmond who kept their eyes peeled yesterday would have seen Wotherspoon strolling through the crowds wearing track pants and a backpack with Canada written down the back of it. He looked like a college kid touring Europe, without a care in the world. In reality, the pressure has been building on Wotherspoon for months.</div> <bR> <div> A few years ago, to get ready for this week, he moved into an apartment in Richmond, within walking distance from the oval. Wotherspoon didn't just want to feel at home in Vancouver, he wanted the oval to be his neighbourhood.</div> <bR> <div> "It's nice to have everything I need, I don't feel like I'm living out of a suitcase," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "I've skated here a lot now, so it feels pretty comfortable. Even just being around town, because I've got a place here, I feel at home."</div> <bR> <div> Catriona Le May Doan has shaken off a lot of butterflies in competition, having won two Olympic gold medals in the women's 500 metres at Nagano and Salt Lake, but ask her what will make her nervous in the broadcast booth in Vancouver and she will tell you, without a doubt: Wotherspoon's race. "I'll be nervous for that," she said.</div> <bR> <div> But the Canadian star has his work cut out for him. Not only is he only now rounding into form this season after breaking his arm last year, but he is coming up against a deep field that includes South Korea's Lee Kang-Seok, Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima and Finland's Mika Poutala, who are all in top form.</div> <bR> <div> "This is the deepest field ever in the 500," U.S. coach Ryan Shimabukuro said. And since the 500 is the best time over two races, consistency in a pair of sprints is more important than merely skating fast in one, he said.</div> <bR> <div> "It comes down to the person who is most consistent."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 184 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Groves grabs bronze in 3,000m</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Feb. 14  2010  18:06  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 14th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Vancouver, B.C. - Canadian Kristina Groves has won a bronze medal for Canada.</B></div> <bR> <div> The Ottawa native placed third in the Ladies 3,000-metre event at the Richmond Oval on Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> The Czech Republic's Martina Sablikova took the gold medal, while Germany's Stephanie Beckert won the silver in the seven-and-a-half lap race.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eb60a0730.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Canadian Kristina Groves has won a bronze medal for Canada.</div> <div> Jasper Juinen/Getty Images</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 372 WIDTH="707"><div> Groves faced Beckert in the 13th race of the day, placing a time of 4:04.84. A fourth ranked skater in the world in the discipline, the Ottawa native came into these Winter Olympics with two silver medals in the 1,500-metre race and the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.</div> <bR> <div> Hughes skated to a fifth place finish, placing a time of 4:06.01.</div> <bR> <div> Although her specialty is the 5,000-metres, the 37-year old Hughes raced the 3,000m in this year's World Cup season; placing fifth, seventh twice and eighth. She's also a gold medal winner in the 5,000-metre at the 2006 Torino Olympics.</div> <bR> <div> Cindy Klassen skated against Catherine Raney Norman of the United States. The Winnipeg-born native lead the way for most of her race, putting up over two seconds off the pace before the final few laps when she began to lag. She finished the race with a time of 4:15:53 to place 14th.</div> <bR> <div> The 3,000m is not considered Klassen's specialty; her best World Cup result before the Games was ninth place. Coming off double knee surgery in 2008, her bid to regain the form she had in Turin four years ago is still very much a work in progress.</div> <bR> <div> The race was delayed because of problems with the ice surface at the mid-point break in competition. There were concerns that resurfacing conditions differed on the inner and outer lanes, setting up the possibility of inconsistent conditions between the lanes for the faster skaters who take the track last in the event.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 266 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police, protesters clash in Vancouver</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Feb. 13  2010  13:32  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 13th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Seven protesters were arrested and will likely be charged with assault and possession of a dangerous weapon after 200 anti-Olympic demonstrators marched through downtown Vancouver Saturday, smashing plate glass windows and overturning newspaper boxes</B></div> <bR> <div> Police say they recovered a bag with a hammer. One protester had a bicycle chain wrapped around his fist when he was arrested, police also say.</div> <bR> <div> A criminal element mingled with the legitimate anti-Olympic protestors. "The criminal element apparently willing to wield anything that might cause damage or injury marched among about 200 legitimate protestors," police said in a statement released about an hour after police broke up their march.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="eb5fa0e80.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The Globe and Mail Posted</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 447 WIDTH="707"><div> "This group contained more than 100 masked people many of whom kicked and damage numerous parked cars. They used spray paint on cars and transit buses and tore down signs. They also clashed with members of the public and pedestrians who didn't support them," police said.</div> <bR> <div> "The demonstration involved a number of anarchists, some of whom dress all in black and employ a tactic, called Black Bloc. This included a loosely organized group of thugs from central Canada known to attach themselves to any cause, travel to any event that attracts media coverage and promote anarchy wherever they go.</div> <bR> <div> "Vancouver police respect the rights of those who wish to express their criticism but that does not give them right to commit crimes and jeopardize the public's safety," police say.</div> <bR> <div> Representatives of the International Olympic Committee and Vancouver organizers jointly told a news conference they support protest as long as it is not violent.</div> <bR> <div> "Where we draw the line and where I suspect Canadians draw the line is when people get violent," Mark Adams of the IOC told a daily briefing.</div> <bR> <div> "The demonstrations I would characterize as being minor and dealt with properly," Mr. Adams told the briefing.</div> <bR> <div> Renee Smith-Valaade of VANOC said organizers had confidence in current security plans.</div> <bR> <div> Of the response to date, she said: "It has been swift and decisive and done in a way to respect those who would like to protest in a peaceful way."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with reports from Ian Bailey and The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>WADA follows through on vow to crackdown on drug cheats</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Feb. 11  2010  18:32  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 12th, 2010</div> <div> <B>VANCOUVER and WHISTLER - Anti-doping officials are promising the toughest drug testing yet during the Vancouver Olympics, and they say more than 30 athletes have already been caught in the months leading up to the Games.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="eb54a06d0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="109" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 536 WIDTH="707"><div> The International Olympic Committee plans to conduct 2,500 tests during the Games, about 70 per cent more than in the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy. The tests include 500 blood tests to check for human growth hormone, as well as new tests to target EPO, or erythropoietin, a banned drug that stimulates red blood cell production, useful for endurance events.</div> <bR> <div> The World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA, said Thursday that more than 30 athletes had tested positive in the months leading up to the Games, and that none of them will be in Vancouver.</div> <bR> <div> John Fahey, WADA president of the international agency that co-ordinates drug testing in sports, refused to provide a specific figure or reveal any names, nationalities or sports involved.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Fahey insisted that it was up to national sports federations to reveal the names of the athletes.</div> <bR> <div> By contrast, more than 70 athletes tested positive before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, although more than twice as many athletes participated in those Games. Similar figures were not available for the Turin Games, officials said.</div> <bR> <div> "I think [the 30 tests] indicates that we are effective," Mr. Fahey said. "More importantly, it means that there are 30 less cheats in Vancouver."</div> <bR> <div> David Howman, WADA's director-general, said many of the names have already been made public in various countries. </div> <div> He would not provide details.</div> <bR> <div> "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that there were quite a number in cross-country skiing, and a few in biathlon and so on," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Officials with the Canadian Olympic Committee said they had not been told that any Canadians were among those who tested positive.</div> <bR> <div> The IOC formally began testing at Vancouver on Feb. 4, and no positive tests have been announced. Prior to that date, testing was done by sports agencies in each country. Officials are hoping the tough policy will be an example for professional sports leagues, including the National Hockey League.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 409 WIDTH="707"><div> "There will always be athletes, and certainly their entourage, who will attempt to get an edge over their competitors in any possible way," Mr. Fahey said. "It's more likely that they will be caught [during the Vancouver Olympics] than in any other Games in our history."</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Howman said WADA's testing policy has applied to NHL players selected for the Games since last October, although he did not know if any hockey players were among the 30 athletes who tested positive.</div> <bR> <div> He added that WADA has been working with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and the NHL Players' Association on a testing policy for the league that would be in line with WADA's code.</div> <bR> <div> Former WADA president Dick Pound, who has sharply criticized the NHL, said Thursday that "NHL testing still lags behind other [sports leagues], except for the [Canadian Football League], which has none."</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Fahey said drug testing is getting better in part because agencies are working with police in several countries.</div> <bR> <div> He also rejected concerns by some athletes that tougher anti-doping rules are infringing on their civil liberties. For example, many athletes have criticized so-called "whereabouts rules" that require them to be available for testing at almost any time. Failing to show up, without a valid excuse, can lead to sanctions.</div> <bR> <div> Most of the recent drug cases involving Winter Olympic athletes have been for blood doping - the boosting of oxygen-carrying red blood cells by transfusion methods or drug use.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 374 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Ottawa advised to tighten mortgage rules</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Feb. 11  2010  06:56  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 11th, 2010</div> <div> <B>OTTAWA — The federal government should avoid major surgery and make only minor adjustments to deal with fears of overheating in Canada's housing market, a number of leading economists said Wednesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the Bank of Canada have expressed concern that Canadians may be assuming too much debt in home purchases, debt that could rebound on them when interest rates rise.</div> <bR> <div> But some solutions being floated in advance of Flaherty's upcoming March 4 budget -- doubling the minimum down payment to 10 per cent, or reducing the maximum amortization period from 35 to 30 years -- could do more harm than good, the economists said.</div> <bR> <div> "We want some sort of micro-surgery, not (taking) a pickaxe to the problem," said Avery Shenfeld, chief economist with CIBC World Markets.</div> <bR> <div> Bank of Nova Scotia economist Derek Holt said such radical surgery could cause home prices to crash and shake confidence in the consumer sector, a key driver of the fragile economic recovery.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eb4da0080.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Stormy clouds move in over the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, Sunday Sept. 13, 2009. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 550 WIDTH="707"><div> Interviews with economists at four of Canada's big banks showed some disparity of views as to the size of the problem, but general agreement that there is good reason for concern.</div> <bR> <div> Most see home prices in Canada as being 10 to 15 per cent too high, largely because construction of new homes ground to a halt during the recession, decreasing available supply, and because of record-low interest rates which are luring many new entrants into the market.</div> <bR> <div> The Canadian Real Estate Association said this week it expects home prices to gain another five per cent to a record average of $337,500 this year. Sales will also hit record levels this year before tailing off next year, the association said.</div> <bR> <div> It is unclear whether Flaherty is contemplating measures to cool prices and activity. Last weekend, the minister told reporters he was closely watching prices, but did not believe Canada had a housing bubble as yet.</div> <bR> <div> But if one were to develop it could have wider repercussions on the economic recovery, as occurred in the United States, the economists said.</div> <bR> <div> The best approach now is to take baby steps that would help moderate prices and activity and create a so-called soft landing.</div> <bR> <div> One measure, according to TD Bank deputy chief economist Craig Alexander, would be to tighten the "income test" banks use to assess whether a prospective homeowner can meet monthly mortgage payments.</div> <bR> <div> Already, banks build in a cushion in handing out floating mortgages by judging credit worthiness based on the borrower's ability to make payments on the three-year rate, not the variable rate -- about a two percentage point difference. Alexander said that could be increased to the still higher five-year posted rate.</div> <bR> <div> A variation would be for banks to judge ability to meet payments not just on the mortgage but on all outstanding debts of a prospective homebuyer.</div> <bR> <div> Yet another idea would be to deny government-backed insurance on mortgages for investment properties, thereby dampening speculation.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 381 WIDTH="707"><div> Economists believe such measures could help deflate any housing bubble without bursting it.</div> <bR> <div> "It's not in the interest of either buyers or lenders to have boom-bust cycles," said the TD's Alexander.</div> <bR> <div> "That's the lesson from the U.S. experience. If you have the wrong incentives and you don't have regulations, you end up in a place you don't want to be."</div> <bR> <div> Bank of Montreal economist Douglas Porter said if Ottawa chooses to raise the down payment requirement, it should do so modestly, perhaps to six or seven per cent.</div> <bR> <div> Porter said, however, that he didn't think reducing the amortization period to 30 years would be dramatic enough to cause a major disruption in the market.</div> <bR> <div> Economists point out that home affordability is expected to tighten this summer even if Flaherty does not change the rules.</div> <bR> <div> The introduction of the harmonized sales tax starting July 1 in Ontario and British Columbia -- two of the hottest home markets -- is expected to add a couple of thousand dollars to home purchases in those provinces.</div> <bR> <div> And Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is widely expected to start raising interest rates as early as July.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 212 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Police comb cold cases for links to accused colonel</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Feb. 10  2010  09:04  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 10th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Provincial police continue to probe the background of the base commander accused of murdering two Eastern Ontario women and sexually assaulting two others, while they sort out whether Col. Russell Williams can be linked to any other crimes.</B></div> <bR> <div> The 46-year-old Williams is charged with the first-degree murder of Jessica Lloyd, 27, who was found dead Monday, and Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, a 38-year-old air force flight attendant who was murdered in November. Williams is also charged with forcible confinement, break and enter and sexual assault after two other women were allegedly attacked in their Tweed, Ont., homes last September.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eaefa07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Col. Russ Williams gives a salute of respect and homage to the Air Commodore Leonard J. Birchall Cairn at the Battle of Britain parade, Sept. 20, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 629 WIDTH="707"><div> With the former commander of CFB Trenton accused of such serious crimes, police say they are zeroing in on his past and are taking a look at his prior postings with the military during his 23-year career.</div> <bR> <div> Williams has previously been stationed in Shearwater, N.S., in Ottawa, in the Middle East, as well as at the Canadian Forces language school in Gatineau, Que. Before joining the military in 1987, he studied at the University of Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> "We are looking at other areas where he has been posted. That will be part of the investigation," Sgt. Kristine Rae of the Ontario Provincial Police said yesterday.</div> <bR> <div> Rae confirmed that other police forces are combing over their cold cases in light of the allegations raised against Williams, though she would not say which ones were involved, citing investigative reasons.</div> <bR> <div> "Whenever you have two homicides and two home invasions and sexual assaults it's prudent to ensure that if there's any other investigations that have gone unsolved to see if there's any similarities. That's just good policing," Rae said.</div> <bR> <div> Police have also been fielding calls from the relatives of victims of unsolved crimes, who are looking for information. Rae said police are asking them to be patient.</div> <bR> <div> "Those inquiries will be reviewed and looked at," she said.</div> <bR> <div> "If it's another police service, obviously there would be some information sharing there to see if there's anything we can help them with, to see if there's anything out there that's outstanding."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Cold cases</B></div> <bR> <div> Halifax police said they had spoken with officers in Ontario, but "so far those discussions haven't provided any information that impacts any of our investigations," Const. Brian Palmeter said Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> While Halifax has three unsolved homicides from the time period Williams was stationed in Shearwater, Palmeter said "nothing so far has been provided to us to suggest any link to those files."</div> <bR> <div> In Ottawa, police Insp. Al Tario said Williams is not named as a suspect or person of interest in any unsolved cases.</div> <bR> <div> Toronto police Const. Wendy Drummond said her organization had not been asked by provincial police to reopen specific cases, nor has it been provided with new evidence or information with regards to anything unsolved at this point.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 575 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Prior patterns?</B></div> <bR> <div> Glenn Woods, a behavioural science expert and crime analyst, told CTV's Canada AM that it would be unusual for a 46-year-old sex crime suspect to lack a criminal background.</div> <bR> <div> "I find it a little unusual to have someone in this age range with no previous contact with the police, so that's a little bit interesting. But, I'm watching with very little information at this point," Woods said during an interview from Ottawa on Wednesday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Woods said suspects in this age range typically develop criminal behaviours at a much earlier point in their lives.</div> <bR> <div> "My experience has been that someone who commits this kind of crime starts thinking about it very early in life and I would be very surprised if there weren't victims from long before this," Woods said.</div> <bR> <div> Mark Safarik, a former senior profiler in the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit, said police will be looking for any precursor-type crimes that Williams could be linked to.</div> <bR> <div> "There's typically an escalation of behaviour that has occurred over a long period of time, and it's this precursor types of crimes that they'll be looking for," he said yesterday.</div> <bR> <div> Safarik said as an investigator he would focus on burglary cases.</div> <bR> <div> "Burglary cases at night where nothing is taken where victims are saying things like, 'I felt like there was somebody in the house but I didn't find anything missing, I heard somebody, I thought I saw somebody at my window, prowling, peeping,' " he said.</div> <bR> <div> Safarik said the many postings Williams has held during his career will make the investigation more difficult.</div> <bR> <div> "The other complicating piece is that those (military) communities themselves tend to be on the move all the time. So that people that were living there in a community two years ago aren't going to be living there now," he said.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Local investigations</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 344 WIDTH="707"><div> Police two properties Williams shared with his wife, Mary-Elizabeth Harriman, who works as an associate executive director of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Investigators pulled evidence from a house in Ottawa that the couple had moved into only recently.</div> <bR> <div> Michael Gennis, who lives next door to the house being searched in Ottawa, was shocked to learn of the allegations against Williams.</div> <bR> <div> "It's shocking, you know, any time you hear about a situation like this, or a crime that has been committed such as this one," he told CTV's Canada AM during an interview from Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> "So, it was quite unsettling, in that we had just started to become neighbours and friends."</div> <bR> <div> Gennis said his interactions with the couple were limited, but he found both Williams and his wife to be pleasant.</div> <bR> <div> Police also were combing the couple's lake-front, cottage property in Tweed, the small town north of Trenton, where the two sexual assaults occurred that Williams is accused of.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="09"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Air Force commander 'shocked' by colonel's arrest</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Feb. 08  2010  10:23  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 9th, 2010</div> <div> <B>The commander of Canada's Air Force expressed his sympathies to the families of two women recently murdered near Belleville, Ont., and said he was "shocked" that a colonel under his authority has been charged with their murders.</B></div> <bR> <div> "Their families have our deepest sympathy, as we ourselves mourn," Maj. Gen. Yvan Blondin told reporters at a news conference Monday.</div> <bR> <div> The commander of CFB Trenton, 46-year-old Col. Russell Williams, was formally charged on Monday with murdering two women and sexually assaulting another two.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eaefa07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Col. Russ Williams gives a salute of respect and homage to the Air Commodore Leonard J. Birchall Cairn at the Battle of Britain parade, Sept. 20, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 629 WIDTH="707"><div> Bellville resident Jessica Lloyd, 27, went missing on Jan. 28. Her body was discovered on Monday. Marie Comeau, a corporal at CFB Trenton who lived in Brighton, Ont., was found dead in her home in late November.</div> <bR> <div> Williams was arrested in Ottawa on Sunday in connection with their murders. He also stands accused of breaking into the homes of two other women and sexually assaulting them.</div> <bR> <div> On Monday he was taken to a Belleville courthouse, wearing a blue prison suit as well as hand and leg shackles. He told the court he understood the charges that were laid against him.</div> <bR> <div> Williams was then remanded to police custody until his next court appearance, which will take place by video on Feb. 18.</div> <bR> <div> "We're shocked by the connection to a leader in our Air Force," Blondin said, adding that he could not comment on any aspect of the investigation.</div> <bR> <div> An interim base commander has been appointed to take over Williams' responsibilities, Blondin added, so that personnel can continue to carry out their work at the base, which includes airlifts to and from Haiti and Afghanistan.</div> <bR> <div> Police are combing through Williams' home in Tweed, Ont., about 30 kilometres north of Belleville. Trenton is about 18 km west of Belleville, and Brighton is about 15 km west of Trenton.</div> <bR> <div> The suspect came to the attention of police following a Highway 37 roadside canvass on Thursday (Highway 37 runs from Belleville to Tweed). The investigation involved the OPP, Belleville Police and investigators from the Canadian Forces.</div> <bR> <div> Det. Insp. Chris Nicholas told the news conference that the investigation caused police to examine other incidents in the surrounding area, including recent home invasions.</div> <bR> <div> "Due to the seriousness of those incidents, the police linked the crimes to a single suspect," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Police announced that Williams has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder along with two counts of forcible confinement and two counts of break and enter and sexual assault.</div> <bR> <div> Those "home invasion" crimes occurred in the Tweed area in September, Nicholas said.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier Monday, police were seen cordoning off a property on Cosy Cove Lane in Tweed, a site that is reportedly close to where Lloyd's body was found. The registered owner of the home is listed as Col. Russ Williams.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 395 WIDTH="707"><div> Police say their investigation will extend to other communities Williams lived in recent years. As a career military officer, he moved around a lot.</div> <bR> <div> Williams joined the Air Force in 1987 and rose through the ranks. Before becoming a base commander in July 2009, Williams -- who is married, according to his Canadian Forces biography -- piloted the Challenger aircraft that is often used by Canada's elite dignitaries.</div> <bR> <div> From December 2005 to June 2006, he reportedly commanded Camp Mirage, a secretive logistics base reportedly near Dubai that's not officially acknowledged by the government or military.</div> <bR> <div> One photo shows him with Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Gen. Walter Natynczyk, chief of the defence staff. </div> <div> No allegations against Williams have been proven in a court of law.</div> <bR> <div> Lloyd was last heard from on Jan. 28, when someone sent a text message from her cellphone to a family friend. Police say she was last known to be at her home on Highway 37 in the late hours of that same evening.</div> <bR> <div> Her family reported her missing the next day after she failed to show up for work at Tri-Board Student Transportation Services in Napanee, Ont.</div> <bR> <div> In the days that followed, police launched helicopter and ground searches but did not locate her.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with a report from CTV's John Vennavally-Rao and files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="08"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Endeavour blasts off on last planned night launch</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Feb. 08  2010  08:26  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 8th, 2010</div> <div> <B>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's likely the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station.</B></div> <bR> <div> The space shuttle took flight before dawn, igniting the sky with a brilliant flash seen for miles around. The weather finally co-operated: Thick, low clouds that had delayed a first launch attempt Sunday returned, but then cleared away just in time.</div> <bR> <div> "Looks like the weather came together tonight," launch director Mike Leinbach told the astronauts right before liftoff. "It's time to go fly."</div> <bR> <div> "We'll see you in a couple weeks," replied commander George Zamka. He repeated: "It's time to go fly."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eae5a0a40.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="164" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from launch pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour, is scheduled for a 13 day mission to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/John Raoux)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 861 WIDTH="707"><div> There are just four more missions scheduled this year before the shuttles are retired.</div> <bR> <div> "For the last night launch, it treated us well," Leinbach said.</div> <bR> <div> Endeavour's destination -- the space station, home to five men -- was soaring over Romania at the time of liftoff. The shuttle is set to arrive at the station early Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> Zamka and his crew will deliver and install Tranquility, a new room that will eventually house life-support equipment, exercise machines and a toilet, as well as a seven-windowed dome. The lookout has the biggest window ever sent into space, a circle 79 centimetres across.</div> <bR> <div> It will be the last major construction job at the space station. No more big pieces like that are left to fly.</div> <bR> <div> Both the new room and dome -- together exceeding $400 million -- were supplied by the European Space Agency.</div> <bR> <div> Endeavour's launch also was broadcast to the space station residents, who got to watch it live.</div> <bR> <div> Monday morning's countdown ended up being uneventful, except for a last-minute run to the launch pad. Astronaut Stephen Robinson forgot the binder holding all his flight data files, and the emergency red team had to rush it out to him, just before he climbed aboard. The launch team couldn't resist some gentle teasing.</div> <bR> <div> A quick look at the launch video showed a couple pieces of foam insulation breaking off Endeavour's external fuel tank, but none appeared to strike the shuttle, officials said.</div> <bR> <div> The 13-day mission comes at an agonizing time for NASA. Exactly one week ago, the space agency finally got its marching orders from President Barack Obama: Ditch the back-to-the-moon Constellation program and its Ares rockets, and pack on the research for an as-yet-unspecified rocket and destination.</div> <bR> <div> NASA's boss, ex-astronaut Charles Bolden, favours Mars. But he, too, is waiting to hear how everything will play out.</div> <bR> <div> The space station came out a winner in the Obama plan. The president's budget would keep the outpost flying until at least 2020, a major extension.</div> <bR> <div> The four remaining shuttle flights to the station -- in March, May, July and September -- have daytime departures, at least for now. A significant delay could bump any of the launches into darkness. NASA has Obama's permission to bump a mission or two into 2011 if safety needs arise.</div> <bR> <div> Sunday night, Endeavour shot through some thin clouds on its way into orbit, and its bright flame was visible from the launch site for seven minutes. Within 15 minutes of taking off, the astronauts were enjoying "a beautiful sunrise" from orbit, with the moon as a backdrop. "Wish you could be here," Zamka called down.</div> <bR> <div> Three spacewalks are planned during Endeavour's flight to hook up the new station compartments, beginning Thursday. The shuttle crew -- five men and one woman, all Americans -- will team up with the station residents to get the job done. Aboard the station are two Americans, two Russians and one Japanese.</div> <bR> <div> Bolden sees that same blend of nations in NASA's future exploration efforts, whatever they are.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="07"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 233 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Winnipeg's homeless hero in hospital after assault</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Feb. 07  2010  11:49  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 7th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Winnipeg's homeless hero, who twice rescued a person in distress from the Red River, is in serious but stable condition in hospital after being assaulted Saturday afternoon.</B></div> <bR> <div> Winnipeg police say Faron Hall was "seriously assaulted" when a verbal dispute turned physical between three people who were socializing in a Marion St. apartment just before 3 p.m.</div> <bR> <div> Hall was transported to hospital in unstable condition with a number of upper-body injuries, according to a news release from Winnipeg police. His condition has since been upgraded to serious but stable.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eae3a0ae0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Faron Hall speaks to the media at an event in Winnipeg, Man., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 439 WIDTH="707"><div> Two suspects fled the scene, but investigators have since arrested and charged 31-year-old Geraldine Ruth Colomb with aggravated assault.</div> <bR> <div> Detectives with the force's East District continue to investigate the case and say a second arrest is pending.</div> <bR> <div> Hall, a formerly homeless man, made national headlines when he rescued a boy from the Red River last year.</div> <bR> <div> Last May, he dove into the frigid river to rescue the teenage boy who had fallen off a bridge into the water.</div> <bR> <div> Marion Willis, who witnessed the rescue, was so moved by Hall's actions that she offered him an opportunity to live with her family.</div> <bR> <div> Hall's actions made headlines across the country and he was hailed as a hero in the House of Commons. He was awarded Winnipeg's Mayor's Medal of Valour and season's tickets to Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball games.</div> <bR> <div> Despite the accolades, Hall remained modest about the incident, saying he could not let a child drown.</div> <bR> <div> "I'm not a hero, just a survivor," he told CTV Winnipeg last May.</div> <bR> <div> Hall has struggled with alcoholism and has lived on and off Winnipeg's streets for about eight years.</div> <bR> <div> In September, Hall dove back into the Red River, this time to rescue a young woman who had fallen in.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="06"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>N.B. residents rattled by 3.2 magnitude earthquake</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Feb. 06  2010  11:41  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 6th, 2010</div> <div> <B>A rare earthquake struck central New Brunswick late Friday night, frightening residents but causing no reported damage.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="eae1a05a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 290 WIDTH="707"><div> Natural Resources Canada, which runs an earthquake information centre, says the epicentre was 39 kilometres northwest of Sussex, N.B., near Coles Island.</div> <bR> <div> According to the centre's website, tremors from the quake could be felt in Cumberland Bay and Hunters Home, which are about one hour east of Moncton.</div> <bR> <div> The quake hit around 11:50 p.m. Friday night.</div> <bR> <div> The earthquake centre says a tremor with a magnitude of less than 4.0 does not normally cause damage.</div> <bR> <div> The last strong earthquake in Canada measured 6.5 and struck the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia on Nov. 17. There was also no reported damage in that incident.</div> <bR> <div> Natural Resources Canada is asking people who felt the New Brunswick quake to report details on its website.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="05"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 180 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Michael Jackson's doctor to surrender in L.A.</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Feb. 05  2010  08:05  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 5th, 2010</div> <div> <B>Michael Jackson's personal physician will present himself at a Los Angeles courtroom Friday in an attempt to force prosecutors to lay a criminal complaint against him, so that he can begin the process of defending himself.</B></div> <bR> <div> Dr. Conrad Murray fell under scrutiny in the aftermath of Jackson's death, after telling police that he gave the pop singer a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives that were blamed on his death.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ead5a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Dr. Conrad Murray arrives at his clinic in Houston, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP / Pat Sullivan)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 725 WIDTH="707"><div> Since then, Murray has stayed largely out of public view and his lawyers have said little about his actions.</div> <bR> <div> The district attorney's office has yet to comment on when or if he will be charged.</div> <bR> <div> But more than seven months after Jackson's untimely death, Murray's legal team now says enough time has passed for police to make their case -- one they believe will inevitably result in a criminal charge that is undeserved.</div> <bR> <div> "We are going to be at the courthouse at 1:30 (p.m.) for his surrender," said Miranda Sevcik, spokeswoman for Murray's legal team. "We see no reason to perpetuate the arbitrary situation any longer."</div> <bR> <div> It is not clear if Murray and his legal team will be able to force authorities to challenge the doctor in court, though his legal team insists their client is innocent and should begin defending himself.</div> <bR> <div> "We know he's going to be charged with involuntary manslaughter and we are ready with a counterargument," Sevcik said. "He's not guilty -- that's our argument."</div> <bR> <div> The pop singer's former lawyer, Brian Oxman, said it is doubtful that prosecutors will be swayed by the tactics being used by the doctor's legal team.</div> <bR> <div> "It doesn't appear that the prosecutors want to charge him today, but he is going to be showing up in a courtroom demanding that he be arrested," he told CTV's Canada AM during an interview from Los Angeles on Friday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "I don't think the prosecutors are going to buy it, they're going to move at their own pace as they see fit. They don't want to turn this into a circus," he added.</div> <bR> <div> Oxman said the Jackson family is appalled at the idea of having Murray charged with involuntary manslaughter -- the likely charge to be laid against the doctor -- and supports a more serious charge being laid.</div> <bR> <div> "We think that the conduct here on the part of the doctor was absolutely reckless," Oxman said.</div> <bR> <div> "It raises to the level of just a reckless endangerment of life, a lack of care for human life."</div> <bR> <div> Oxman said that the doctor was not properly equpped to be administering such heavy drugs to Jackson in a household setting.</div> <bR> <div> "When Michael Jackson went into distress, the doctor didn't even know it," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "This is reckless endangerment of human life, that raises to the level of second-degree murder."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="04"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 320 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>U.S. Baptists to appear before Haitian prosecutor</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Feb. 04  2010  09:33  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 4th, 2010</div> <div> <B>CALLEBAS, Haiti — Parents in this quake-wracked Haitian village unable to feed or clothe their children handed the youngsters over to a group of American missionaries who promised to give them a better life.</B></div> <bR> <div> In a testament to the misery of a nation that was the western hemisphere's poorest even before a Jan. 12 earthquake, many Callebas parents say they wouldn't know what to do if they had to take the children back.</div> <bR> <div> "I am living in a tent with a friend," said Laurentius Lelly, a 27-year-old computer technician who gave up his two children, ages 4 and 6. "My main concern is that if the kids come back I'm not going to be able to feed them."</div> <bR> <div> The Americans were to appear Thursday before a prosecutor who will decide whether to file charges or release them, Communications Minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue told the AP.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eac8a0c70.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Residents of the mountain village of Callebas, Haiti, pose for a photo Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Parents in this struggling village said they willingly handed 20 children over to the American missionaries who promised the kids a better life. (AP / Ariana Cubillos)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 447 WIDTH="707"><div> The stories the parents told The Associated Press on Wednesday in this village a half hour from the capital contradict claims by the Baptist group's leader that the children came from orphanages or were handed over by distant relatives.</div> <bR> <div> The 10 Baptists, most from Idaho, were arrested last week trying to take 33 Haitian children across the border into the Dominican Republic without the required documents, according to Haitian authorities.</div> <bR> <div> Standing amid piles of debris that used to be their homes and the makeshift shelters of tin and plastic sheeting that have replaced them, the people of Callebas told how they came to surrender their children.</div> <bR> <div> It all began last week when a local orphanage worker, fluent in English and acting on behalf of the Baptists, convened nearly the entire village of 500 people on a dirt soccer field to present the Americans' offer.</div> <bR> <div> Isaac Adrien, 20, told his neighbors the missionaries would educate their children in the neighboring Dominican Republic, the villagers said, adding that they were also assured they would be free to visit their children there.</div> <bR> <div> Many parents jumped at the offer.</div> <bR> <div> "It's only because the bus was full that more children didn't go," said Melanie Augustin, a 58-year-old who gave her 10-year-old daughter, Jovin, to the Americans.</div> <bR> <div> Adrien said he met the Baptists' leader, Laura Silsby of Meridian, Idaho, in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 26. She told him she was looking for homeless children, he said, and he knew exactly where to find them.</div> <bR> <div> He rushed home to Callebas, where people scrape by growing carrots, peppers and onions. That very day, he had a list of 20 children.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 521 WIDTH="707"><div> Jorge Puello, the group's lawyer, said Wednesday by phone from the Dominican Republic that the missionaries "willingly accepted kids they knew were not orphans because the parents said they would starve otherwise."</div> <bR> <div> Prime Minister Max Bellerive has suggested the Americans could be prosecuted in the United States because Haiti's shattered court system may not be able to cope with a trial.</div> <bR> <div> In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the attempt to bring undocumented children out of Haiti was "unfortunate whatever the motivation" and the Americans should have followed proper procedures. She said U.S. officials were in discussions with Haitian authorities about how to resolve the case.</div> <bR> <div> Lelly said he was worried the Haitian judicial system would not properly investigate the case. No Haitian police or social welfare investigators have visited the village since the Americans were arrested at the border, the parents said.</div> <bR> <div> "I would like to find out if these people were really going to help the kids or were trying to steal them," Lelly said.</div> <bR> <div> The children, ranging in age from 2 to 12, are being cared for at the Austrian-run SOS Children's Village in Port-au-Prince.</div> <bR> <div> A Haitian-born pastor who said he worked as an unpaid consultant for the group insisted the Baptists had done nothing wrong.</div> <bR> <div> The Rev. Jean Sainvil said some of the children were orphans and might have been put up for adoption. Children with parents were to be kept in the Dominican Republic, and would not lose contact with their families, Sainvil said in Atlanta.</div> <bR> <div> "Everybody agreed that they knew where the children were going. The parents were told, and we confirmed they would be allowed to see the children and even take them back if need be," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Sainvil stressed that in Haiti it is not uncommon for parents who can't support their children to send them to orphanages.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="03"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 202 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Toyota hit by over 100 Prius brake complaints</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Feb. 03  2010  08:24  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 3rd, 2010</div> <div> <B>The Toyota Motor Corp. has one more headache to deal with amid reports of brake problems with the popular Prius hybrid gas-electric car.</B></div> <bR> <div> The Japanese automaker has been dealing with massive recalls and plant shutdown related to a sticky accelerator in a number of its models.</div> <bR> <div> Executives this week announced a strategy to fix the problem which has sent the world's largest automaker's sales into a slump.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eac1a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Workers give the final checkup on new Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan, June 5, 2009. (AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 613 WIDTH="707"><div> But Wednesday's news opens up a new set of troubles for the company. The Prius is not yet part of the recalls that extend to Europe and China and cover 4.5 million vehicles.</div> <bR> <div> "The company is saying as of the end of last year they have received dozens of complaints about the braking system, but a report out of Japan, this is the Kyodo News Service, is saying the reports are more like in the hundreds," BNN's Mark Bunting told CTV's Canada AM.</div> <bR> <div> "What the report suggests is that sometimes the braking system in the Prius can stop working on bumpy and slippery roads."</div> <bR> <div> The Prius went on sale in Japan and the U.S. in May 2009.</div> <bR> <div> In the U.S., the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has received more than 100 complaints about the brakes in the latest Prius model. Two of those complaints involved crashes that resulted in injuries.</div> <bR> <div> Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry said Wednesday it had registered 14 complaints since July.</div> <bR> <div> One of the possible causes of the braking problems, according to the Kyodo News Service, is that a sensor in the system that controls braking power receives a strong shock that causes a malfunction.</div> <bR> <div> Typically, the result is a sudden reduction of braking power while slowing down on bumpy roads.</div> <bR> <div> The Japanese transport ministry has ordered Toyota to investigate the problems.</div> <bR> <div> The Prius has also taken some strong criticism from Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple. Wozniak, who owns four Prius hybrids, including a 2010 model, said he has had problems with the accelerator sticking while on cruise control.</div> <bR> <div> He called the problem "very scary" on Monday while addressing a tech conference in California. He went off-topic to tell the audience he had raised the issue with both Toyota and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, but had received no response.</div> <bR> <div> Wozniak blamed the problem on faulty software.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Associated Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="02"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Suit seeks compensation for lost Toyota resale value</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Feb. 02  2010  08:33  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 2nd, 2010</div> <div> <B>The lawyer behind a class-action lawsuit against Toyota Canada says the recent recall over accelerator problems has hurt the resale value of the vehicles -- and owners deserve to be compensated.</B></div> <bR> <div> Saskatchewan lawyer Tony Merchant, who specializes in major class-action suits, told CTV's Canada AM his case -- which has not yet been approved by a court -- is two-fold.</div> <bR> <div> First, he said, Toyota Canada has failed to deal honestly and openly with Transport Canada and has played down the problem that he says dates back to the early 2000s.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="eab5a07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A Toyota vehicle displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom at an office of the Japanese automaker in Nagoya, central Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. (AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 575 WIDTH="707"><div> Secondly, he said, it hasn't yet been proven that Toyota actually has a viable solution to the problem. While the company has blamed the sticky accelerator on the pedal assembly -- and is repairing those parts -- many suggest the problem is actually electronic in nature.</div> <bR> <div> "But the real basis of the case, the most important part of the case is that this cloud over the value of Toyota and Lexus means people are going to lose a huge amount of resale value," Merchant said Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> "It isn't just that people are having problems and some accidents, it's that their resale value has gone down, we think significantly, and we think they should be compensated."</div> <bR> <div> Merchant estimated that as many as 400,000 vehicles in Canada could be affected by the recall problems.</div> <bR> <div> If the suit is successful, and each owner qualifies for $1,000 of compensation, the price tag for Toyota would reach $400 million, he said.</div> <bR> <div> "It's a loss of value that's very significant and everyone should contact us for that purpose because we think we're going to get $1,000 or $2,000 or $3,000 for everyone," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Another class-action suit is also underway, launched by proposed plaintiff Steven Hamilton. His claim has been filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto.</div> <bR> <div> Toyota Canada, Toyota in the U.S. and parts supplier CTS are named as defendants.</div> <bR> <div> The claim alleges that Toyota and CTS either knew, or should have known, about the flaw that causes runaway acceleration in some of its vehicles.</div> <bR> <div> Joel Rochon, a lawyer in Hamilton's class action lawsuit, says the lawsuit could potentially involve "tens of thousands" of claimants in Canada.</div> <bR> <div> That group also claims that the problem is related to faulty computer systems, rather than the accelerator pedal assembly.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="01"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Drivers caught talking, texting face fines as of today</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Feb. 01  2010  07:58  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 1st, 2010</div> <div> <B>As of Monday morning, motorists who talk or text on their handheld cell phone while driving in Ontario or B.C., run the risk of receiving a hefty fine.</B></div> <bR> <div> Though both provinces passed their cell phone bans some time ago, a grace period has been in place to allow drivers to adjust to the new rules.</div> <bR> <div> Ontario's law was passed in October, while B.C.'s was passed on Jan. 1.</div> <bR> <div> As of Monday, drivers in B.C. who can't resist the urge will be handed a $167 fine for the offence that some say causes more accidents than drunk driving.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <B><IMG SRC="eaa6a0800.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> A driver, in compliance with a new law requiring the use of hands-free mobile phone devices, wears a hands-free device while waiting at a red light in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. (AP / Ric Francis)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="707"><div> In Ontario, the fine will be $155 for those caught using a handheld device behind the wheel.</div> <bR> <div> Fines will be issued to anyone typing, talking, dialing, or pushing buttons on hand-held electronics while behind the wheel.</div> <bR> <div> Toronto Police Staff Sgt. Brian Bowman told CTV News on Sunday that officers will issue tickets to anyone holding a device in their hand. It does not have to be close to a driver's ear.</div> <bR> <div> "When people are using these devices, you can see driving behaviour that is very much like impaired driving," Bowman said. </div> <div> "$155 dollars should send a message."</div> <bR> <div> Police in Ontario have handed out about 3,300 warnings over the last few months.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from ctvtoronto.ca</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="olympics"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="746" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFCC80" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CC9900" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 67 ><NOBR><div> <I><B><IMG SRC="ebc6973d0.gif" border=0 width="151" height="61" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=5><NOBR><div> <I><B>Medal Standings of the 2010 Winter Olympics . . . !</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Updated as of 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 . . . !</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="67" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=8 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="738"><div> <B><U>LATEST CANADIAN MEDAL WINNER</U></B><B>:</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> Rankings:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="70"><div> Flag</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <B>Country:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> Gold:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> Silver:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> Bronze:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> Totals:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b44140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>USA</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 9</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 15</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 13</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 37</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b3c140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Germany</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 10</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 13</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 7</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 30</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333333 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> <B>3</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#333333 WIDTH="70"><div> <B><IMG SRC="9b46140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333333 WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Canada</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333333 WIDTH="105"><div> <B>13</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333333 WIDTH="95"><div> <B>7</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333333 WIDTH="95"><div> <B>5</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333333 WIDTH="95"><div> <B>26</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333333 WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b3d140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Norway</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 9</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 8</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 23</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b3e140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Austria</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 16</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b47140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <I><B>Russian Federation</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 7</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 15</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 7</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b72140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>South Korea</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 14</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 8</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b73140d0.gif" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>China</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 11</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 8</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b7e140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Sweden</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 11</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 8</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b49140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>France</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 11</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 11</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b4e140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Switzerland</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 9</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 12</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b45140d0.gif" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Netherlands</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 8</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 13</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b4c140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Czech Republic</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 13</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9bc6140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Poland</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 15</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b4a140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Italy</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 15</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9bc4140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Japan</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 15</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="ecf6100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Finland</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 18</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b92140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Australia</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 18</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9bc5140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Belarus</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 18</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9ba0140d0.png" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Slovakia</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 18</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b94140d0.gif" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Croatia</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 18</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="ecec100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Slovenia</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 23</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="ec59100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Latvia</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 24</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="ec5d100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Great Britain</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 24</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="9b4b140d0.gif" border=0 width="20" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Estonia</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><div> 24</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><div> <IMG SRC="ebd8100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><div> <I><B>Kazakhstan</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 0</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="107"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="107" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="70"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="70" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="150"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="150" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="105"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="105" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="95" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="95" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="95"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="95" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="21" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=8 HEIGHT= 2093 WIDTH="738"><div> <B><IMG SRC="ecf757cc0.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecf859cc0.jpg" border=0 width="601" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecf958cc0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecfa59cc0.jpg" border=0 width="601" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecfb57cc0.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecfc59cc0.jpg" border=0 width="601" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecfd58cc0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecfe59cc0.jpg" border=0 width="601" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ecff58cc0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="ed03dfcc0.jpg" border=0 width="479" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="746" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFCC80" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CC9900" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=10 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="738"><div> <I><B><U>These countries did not win any medals</U></B></I><I><B>:</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebe5100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Albania</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec07100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> FYR Macedonia</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="eccd100c0.png" border=0 width="16" height="12" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Montenegro</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="d53b120c0.png" border=0 width="18" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Algeria</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="d515120c0.png" border=0 width="18" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Georgia</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="eccc100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Morocco</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebe6100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Andorra</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec08100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Ghana</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="eccb100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Nepal</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="d51c120c0.png" border=0 width="18" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Argentina</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec6e100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Greece</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecca100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> New Zealand</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebe7100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Armenia</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec6f100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Hong Kong, China</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc9100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> North Korea</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="d521120c0.png" border=0 width="18" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Azerbaijan</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec70100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Hungary</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc8100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Pakistan</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebec100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Bahamas</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec71100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Iceland</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc7100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Peru</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebed100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Belgium</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec72100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> India</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc6100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Portugal</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebee100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Bermuda</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec73100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Ireland</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc5100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Republic of Moldava</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebef100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Bosnia & Herzegovina</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec74100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Israel</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc4100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> San Marino</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebf4100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Brazil</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="d507120c0.png" border=0 width="18" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Jamaica</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc3100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Senegal</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebf5100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Bulgaria</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec75100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Kenya</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc2100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Serbia</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="d52f120c0.png" border=0 width="18" height="12" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Cameroon</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec76100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Kyrgyzstan</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc1100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> South Africa</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebf6100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Cayman Islands</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec77100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Lebanon</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecc0100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Spain</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebf7100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Chile</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec78100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Lechtenstein</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecbf100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Tajikistan</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebfd100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Chinese Taipei</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec79100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Lithuania</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecbe100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Turkey</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebfe100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Columbia</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec7a100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Luxenbourg</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecbd100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Ukraine</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ebff100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Costa Rica</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec7b100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Mexico</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecbc100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Uzbekistan</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec00100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Cyprus</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec7c100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Monaco</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecbb100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Venezuela</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec01100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Denmark</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec7d100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> <I>Mongolia</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ecba100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> Virgin Islands, US</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><div> <IMG SRC="ec03100b0.png" border=0 width="16" height="11" ALT="Ulead PhotoImpact Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><div> <I>Ethiopia</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="42"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="42" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="50"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="50" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="160"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="160" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=10 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="738"><div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Feb 10"><U><IMG SRC="16243f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> 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