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reaches agreement on Canadian drugs</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 22/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#_nice_to_be_back____space_shuttle_returns_to_earth" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  'Nice to be back' - Space shuttle returns to Earth</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 21/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#thai_election_next_year_coup_leader_says" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Thai election next year, coup leader says</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 20/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#suspicious_package_grounds_air_india_flight_in_t_o_" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" 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VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#don_t_eat_fresh_spinach_imported_from_u_s_" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Don't eat fresh spinach imported from U.S.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 16/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#ford_to_cut_10000_more_salaried_jobs_close_ontario_plant" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Ford to cut 10,000 more salaried jobs, close Ontario plant</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 15/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#gunman_in_montreal_college" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Gunman in Montreal college shooting called himself 'angel of death'</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 14/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#canadian_astronaut_takes_care_of_business_in_space" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian astronaut takes care of business in space</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 13/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#3_dead_after_u_s__embassy_attack_in_syria" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  3 dead after U.S. Embassy attack in Syria</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 12/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#united_states_marks_fifth_anniversary_of_911" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  United States marks fifth anniversary of 9/11</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 11/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#ndp_backs_layton_s_call_to_pull_troops_from_afghanistan" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  NDP backs Layton's call to pull troops from Afghanistan</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 10/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#atlantis_now_in_orbit_with_canadian" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Atlantis now in orbit with Canadian Steve MacLean on board</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 09/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#bin_laden_911_planning_video_aired" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Bin Laden 9/11 planning video aired</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 08/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#bodies_of_slain_soldiers_returned_to_canada" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Bodies of slain soldiers returned to Canada</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 07/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#fire_prompts_evacuation_alert_near_b_c__park" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Fire prompts evacuation alert near B.C. park</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 06/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#australian_political_leaders" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Australian political leaders pay tribute to Crocodile Hunter</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 05/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#canadian_killed_in__friendly_fire__incident" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Canadian killed in 'friendly fire' incident</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 04/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#3_canadians_killed_6_injured" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  3 Canadians killed, 6 injured near Kandahar, official says</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 03/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#cruise_makes_nice" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  Cruise makes nice with Brooke Shields</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 02/09/06</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="397"><div> <A HREF="#80_die_as_iranian_plane_blows_tire_catches_fire" TITLE="Sep 06"><U><B><IMG SRC="f1f0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><B>80 die as Iranian plane blows tire, catches fire</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 01/09/06</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="arar_thanks_rcmp_chief_for_apology"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 273 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Arar thanks RCMP chief for apology</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 29 2006  18:49:00 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 30th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Maher Arar has thanked RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli for apologizing for the mistakes his agency made that led to Arar's detention and subsequent torture in a Syrian prison.</B></div> <bR> <div> Arar and his wife Monia Mazigh spoke with Zaccardelli on Friday afternoon from Kamloops, B.C., a day after Zaccardelli appeared at the House of Commons committee to speak about the case.</div> <bR> <div> "My wife, Monia, and I spoke with Commissioner Zaccardelli today on the telephone, and received his personal apology. We thanked him for publicly apologizing to us and for acknowledging that serious mistakes were made that caused my family and me serious harm," Arar said in a statement.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aab3a0b70.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="183" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Maher Arar, seen at a news conference earlier this month, said he spoke personally with RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli and thanked him for his public apology. (CBC)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 793 WIDTH="707"><div> "We also thanked the commissioner for accepting the findings and recommendations in Justice [Dennis] O'Connor's report, and urged him to ensure the recommendations that pertain to the RCMP are fully implemented as soon as possible."</div> <bR> <div> Arar, an engineer who was born in Syria, was travelling back to his home in Ottawa from a family vacation in Tunisia in September 2002 when he was detained during a stopover in New York City. Within days, he was sent to Syria, where he says government officials held him, tortured him and kept him in jail for 10 months. U.S. authorities had accused Arar of having terrorist links.</div> <bR> <div> O'Connor's report cleared Arar and slammed the RCMP, saying the U.S. decision to send Arar to Syria was "very likely" based on inaccurate and misleading information from the agency.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Arar disappointed with lack of disciplinary action</B></div> <bR> <div> Arar said he told Zaccardelli that he was "very disappointed that concrete steps had not been taken to discipline those responsible."</div> <bR> <div> He also said he reminded the RCMP chief that while he was in the Syrian prison, the agency had refused to give his family a letter saying he was not linked to terrorism.</div> <bR> <div> "As a result, my family and I suffered terribly, and we continue to suffer terribly," Arar said.</div> <bR> <div> On Thursday, Zaccardelli publicly apologized to Arar for "whatever part the actions of the RCMP may have contributed to the terrible injustices that you experienced and the pain that you and your family endured."</div> <bR> <div> He also said he accepted all the recommendations of the report.</div> <bR> <div> Zaccardelli said no one on the force has been disciplined over the Arar affair. He pointed out that O'Connor said none of the mistakes were done out of malice or intent to hurt anyone.</div> <bR> <div> He said the errors have been reviewed and those responsible have undergone training to avoid repeating their mistakes.</div> <div> <B>No expectation of torture: U.S. State Dept.</B></div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Friday that U.S. officials had a "reasonable expectation" that Arar would not be tortured if they sent him to Syria.</div> <bR> <div> Sean McCormack also admitted there was no consultation with Canadian officials before Arar was deported.</div> <bR> <div> That was done after there were assurances that his treatment would meet the standards of the Geneva Conventions," McCormack said.</div> <bR> <div> "We had to have a reasonable expectation that he was not going to be tortured or maltreated. We were able to assure ourselves of that."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="n_l__ferries__accidents_waiting_to_happen__expert"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>N.L. ferries 'accidents waiting to happen': expert</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 29 2006  09:13:00 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 29th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Days before the release of a government report on Newfoundland and Labrador's ferries, experts are warning that they're too old to be safe — often remaining on the water for more than a decade longer than their builders intended.</B></div> <bR> <div> The province is due to release the report on the state of the fleet in the first week of October.</div> <bR> <div> Isolated coastal communities in the province rely on the 20-ship fleet — but the newest is already 16 years old, while the oldest is 49.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aaa5a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The fleet's 20 ferries range in age from 16 to 49.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 456 WIDTH="707"><div> Many have undergone extensive mechanical work over the years, such as the Sound of Islay, a 39-year-old ferry that has serviced communities such as Little Bay Islands and Pilly's Island in Central Newfoundland.</div> <bR> <div> It was built for the lakes of Scotland and was purchased second-hand by the province.</div> <bR> <div> Dag Friis, a marine engineer at Memorial University in St. John's, said the ferries are out on the water long after they were designed to be.</div> <bR> <div> "It's probably 100 per cent beyond its design life," Friis said. "The longer these ships are out on the waves, the more likely it is that metal fatigue will threaten the aging hulls — it's very much a business of chasing rust and cracks throughout the hull."</div> <bR> <div> The constant upkeep and repair of the aging ships costs the government millions of dollars every year.</div> <bR> <div> Ed Kent, a ferry consultant, warned that the vessels are becoming a hazard.</div> <bR> <div> "All we have in this province is old boats, broken down and it's just an accident waiting to happen," Kent said. "The big concern is that these boats are worn, they're 10 to 15 years above their useful life."</div> <bR> <div> The government has said there is no cause for concern because the ships are inspected by Transport Canada.</div> <bR> <div> The province has said it plans to build new ships, but it will be years before they're on the water.</div> <bR> <div> In the meantime, the people who live in the tiny communities that depend on the ferries wait for the provincial report.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="rcmp_chief_to_testify_before_commons_committee_on_arar_case"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 148 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>RCMP chief to testify before Commons committee on Arar case</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 28 2006  05:51:00 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 28th, 2006</div> <div> <B>RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli was expected Thursday morning to break his silence on a report that criticized the Mounties for their role in Maher Arar's deportation to Syria where he was tortured.</B></div> <bR> <div> Zaccardelli was scheduled to appear before the House of Commons standing committee on </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="aa93a08f0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 610 WIDTH="707"><div> public safety and national security at 10 a.m. ET. The committee is hearing witnesses on the report prepared by Justice Dennis O'Connor. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day is also expected to appear.</div> <bR> <div> Zaccardelli has not yet made a public statement on the report, which was released Sept. 18, and his silence has been raised in the House of Commons. Some opposition MPs have demanded that he resign over the matter.</div> <bR> <div> O'Connor chaired a public inquiry into Arar's case. His report is highly critical of the RCMP on several fronts, saying it falsely linked Arar, an engineer, to al-Qaeda.</div> <bR> <div> Arar was travelling back to his home in Ottawa from a family vacation in Tunisia in September 2002 when he was detained during a stopover in New York City. Within days, he was sent to Syria, where he says government officials held him, tortured him and kept him in jail for 10 months. U.S. authorities had accused Arar of having terrorist links.</div> <bR> <div> The report has cleared him of any wrongdoing and said he was falsely accused.</div> <bR> <div> But it did not clear the RCMP.</div> <bR> <div> O'Connor's report said it was very likely that the United States used inaccurate information obtained from the RCMP when it detained Arar and deported him.</div> <bR> <div> It also said:</div> <div> - Senior officers should have monitored less experienced officers more closely.</div> <div> - The force should have supported efforts by the Department of Foreign Affairs to secure Arar's release from Syria.</div> <div> - The RCMP failed to provide accurate information to the federal government about its national security investigation into Arar.</div> <bR> <div> Day has written to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff asking him to remove Arar from watch lists used at border points to identify potential terrorists. Day has said Canada has already done so. The U.S. has yet to respond to the request.</div> <bR> <div> Day has supported Zaccardelli when questioned by reporters and Prime Minister Stephen Harper denied earlier this week that he has deliberately muzzled Zaccardelli about the report.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="no_need_to_worry_about_flu_shot_delay_influenza_experts"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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>No need to worry about flu shot delay: influenza experts</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 26 2006  23:23:53 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 27th, 2006</div> <div> <B>The arrival of the seasonal flu vaccine has been delayed about one month in Canada. Although the timing isn't ideal, influenza experts aren't worried.</B></div> <bR> <div> In Canada and Europe, the flu vaccines won't arrive at doctors' offices and clinics until November, about one month later than usual.</div> <bR> <div> Manufacturers usually receive small amounts of the three most common flu strains recommended by the World Health Organization, and then they grow the virus in eggs, which takes about six months.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa8ba07d0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The latest vaccine should still arrive before the peak in the flu season. (CBC)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 323 WIDTH="707"><div> This year, one of the strains, A/Wisconsin, was difficult to grow, said Dr. Patricia Huston of the Public Health Agency of Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Public health experts said it would be better if the vaccine was available by mid-October to increase the time for getting people vaccinated, but flu cases don't usually peak until around Christmas time.</div> <bR> <div> "We should be able to get the vaccine into people's arms if influenza behaves the way it typically does before the peak in flu activity," said Dr. Danuta Skowronski, a physician epidemiologist with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.</div> <bR> <div> There may be a benefit to delaying the vaccine, said Dr. Chingiz Amirov of Toronto's Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System.</div> <bR> <div> Some experts recommend delaying administration of the vaccine until early November so its effects last into the spring when the flu season is still active, Amirov said.</div> <bR> <div> It takes about two weeks for the immune system to respond to the shot and build up immunity. People can still contract influenza if they get the vaccine, but it helps reduce the severity of symptoms.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="tories_find_small_cuts_to_reduce_spending_by__1b"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 200 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Tories find small cuts to reduce spending by $1B</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 25 2006  18:50:48 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 26th, 2006</div> <div> <B>The federal government is cutting research into medical uses of marijuana to save $4 million, as part of $1 billion in savings it expects to make over the next two years.</B></div> <bR> <div> Treasury Board president John Baird mentioned the cut as one example of about $20 million in specific savings he described in a short briefing on Monday. The savings will total slightly more than $1 billion over the next two years according to the Department of Finance website.</div> <bR> <div> The savings result from cuts in four categories, Baird said:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa80a08c0.gif" border=0 width="160" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Treasury Board president John Baird will cut $1 billion from government spending. (CBC)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 619 WIDTH="707"><div> - Programs that are not delivering value for money.</div> <div> - Programs that didn't spend all the money allocated.</div> <div> - Work that could be done more efficiently outside the government.</div> <div> - Programs that don't meet the needs of Canadians.</div> <bR> <div> The marijuana research program falls into the last category.</div> <bR> <div> The single largest saving, at nearly $380 million, will be made by reclaiming unspent money.</div> <bR> <div> Eliminating the visitor rebate program, under which Revenue Canada refunds GST to foreign visitors, is the single largest program cut, saving $78.8 million.</div> <bR> <div> "We have uncovered numerous examples of waste and duplication," Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said.</div> <bR> <div> The ministers said they expect criticisms, especially from the Liberals. But Baird said the Liberals "could never say no to a bad idea."</div> <bR> <div> The savings amount to less than one per cent of the government's program spending, based on actual spending of $57.9 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year, which ends next March 31.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Surplus will cut debt</B></div> <bR> <div> The government also said it had a $13.2 billion surplus for the fiscal year that ended last March 31, which will be used to pay down the national debt, Flaherty said.</div> <bR> <div> "It's not a discretionary element," TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond told CBC News.</div> <bR> <div> Unless the government decides before the fiscal year end to spend the surplus or part of it, the money must be used to cut the debt.</div> <bR> <div> "There is nothing else at this time that can be done with the remaining $13.2 billion but to pay it to the debt," Drummond said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="helicopter_crash_in_nepal_leaves_no_survivors_official"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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>Helicopter crash in Nepal leaves no survivors: official</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 25 2006  06:06:09 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 25th, 2006</div> <div> <B>All 24 people on board a helicopter that crashed in Nepal on the weekend were killed, including a Canadian conservationist, an airport official said Monday.</B></div> <bR> <div> "There are no survivors," Purushottam Shakya, an official at Kathmandu airport, told Reuters.</div> <bR> <div> Rescue crews searching for the missing helicopter located the wreckage in eastern Nepal on Monday, two days after it lost radio contact. The helicopter had been chartered by the international conservation group World Wildlife Fund.</div> <bR> <div> Its passengers included Canadian citizen Jennifer Headley, the WWF's co-ordinator in Britain</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa74a08f0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Canadian Jennifer Headley, the WWF's co-ordinator in Britain for the eastern Himalayas, was among the 24 people who died in the crash. (World Wildlife Fund/Canadian Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 521 WIDTH="707"><div> for the eastern Himalayas. According to the Toronto Star, Headley was originally from Mississauga, Ont.</div> <bR> <div> The helicopter also had been carrying foreign officials, aid workers and journalists. On board were Nepal Forest Minister Gopal Rai, Finnish embassy chargé d'affaires Pauli Mustonen, and USAID deputy director in Nepal Margaret Alexander.</div> <bR> <div> Shakya, spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, said Monday rescue crews spotted the wreckage of the helicopter from the air first, then determined that nobody had survived the crash.</div> <bR> <div> Reuters reported that a Nepalese army helicopter located the wreckage about two kilometres southwest of Ghunsa, a village in Taplejung district in east Nepal. The district is about 400 kilometres east of the capital Kathmandu.</div> <bR> <div> The helicopter was on its way to a ceremony organized by the WWF at Suketar village on Saturday afternoon when it lost radio contact. It was supposed to have taken only a 20-minute flight over the mountains from Ghunsa village.</div> <bR> <div> Both villages are located in the Taplejung district, at an altitude of 3,475 metres.</div> <bR> <div> People living in the area reported hearing a loud bang about five minutes after the helicopter took off and it was believed that the helicopter had crashed.</div> <bR> <div> Search crews on foot and in helicopters hunted for the aircraft on Sunday, but poor weather, including heavy rain and dense fog, hampered rescue efforts.</div> <bR> <div> WWF said seven of its employees were on board the aircraft, including Headley, four Nepalis, an Australian and an American. Several Nepali journalists, government officials and four crew members - two Russians and two Nepalis - were also passengers.</div> <bR> <div> The Russian-built MI-17 helicopter was chartered from Shree Helicopter Co., the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="venezuela_rejects_u_s__apologies_after_foreign_minister_detained"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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 COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 58 ><NOBR><div> <B>Venezuela rejects U.S. apologies after foreign minister detained</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept. 24 2006  11:52:40 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 24th, 2006</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 840 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Venezuela has complained to the United Nations after its foreign minister accused officials at a U.S. airport of illegally detaining him and then trying to frisk, handcuff and strip-search him.</B></div> <bR> <div> U.S. officials called Saturday's incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport regrettable and said they had apologized to Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro.</div> <bR> <div> Maduro called that insufficient and said Venezuela would seek a legal challenge through the UN to what he called a "flagrant violation of international law" and his diplomatic immunity.</div> <bR> <div> He said Venezuela has lodged a protest with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and demanded that the incident be investigated so that those responsible are punished.</div> <bR> <div> "We were detained for an hour and a half, threatened by police with being beaten," Maduro told reporters at Venezuela's mission to the UN in New York. "We hold the U.S. government responsible."</div> <bR> <div> A UN diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said Maduro's trip was delayed because he had showed up late without a ticket, prompting extra screening.</div> <bR> <div> Department of Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke denied that Maduro was mistreated at the airport when he was selected for an added security check.</div> <bR> <div> "He began to articulate his frustration with secondary screening right after he went through," a metal detector, Knocke said. "Port Authority officials confronted him when the situation became a ruckus."</div> <bR> <div> Maduro said when one official ordered him to go to another room for a strip-search, he refused. He told CNN en Espanol that the official pushed him and yelled at him.</div> <bR> <div> He told reporters the situation only worsened when he explained he was the Venezuelan foreign minister and presented his diplomatic passport.</div> <bR> <div> Maduro said authorities at one point ordered him and other officials to spread their arms and legs and be frisked, but he said they forcefully refused. He said officers also threatened to handcuff him.</div> <bR> <div> He said his passport and ticket were seized and eventually returned, but the incident prevented him from flying home Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey said it was a "regrettable incident" for which "the U.S. government has apologized."</div> <bR> <div> Venezuela is among the top five suppliers of crude oil to the United States, but relations soured in 2002 after the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush swiftly recognized leaders who briefly ousted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a coup. U.S. officials often call the outspoken leftist leader a threat to democracy.</div> <bR> <div> The relationship took a particularly confrontational turn last week, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, speaking at the opening session of the UN General Assembly, called Bush "the devil."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="bodies_of_4_soldiers_to_arrive_at_cfb_trenton"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 130 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Bodies of 4 soldiers to arrive at CFB Trenton</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 23 2006  11:11:07 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 23rd, 2006</div> <div> <B>The bodies of four Canadian soldiers killed by a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan will arrive at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario on Saturday.</B></div> <bR> <div> A man on a bicycle detonated the bomb that killed the soldiers west of Kandahar city in the</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="aa6f9f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 306 WIDTH="707"><div> Panjwaii district last Monday. The soldiers were on foot patrol when they were attacked.</div> <bR> <div> Pte. David Byers, 22, was born and raised in Espanola, in northern Ontario, while Cpl. Glen Arnold, 32, grew up just five kilometres away in the small community of McKerrow.</div> <bR> <div> The attack also killed Cpl. Shane Keating, 30, of Saskatoon and Cpl. Keith Morley, 30, of Winnipeg.</div> <bR> <div> Byers, Keating and Morley were from the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Man. Arnold had been stationed with 2 Field Ambulance out of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, northeast of Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> A number of Canadian soldiers were injured in the bomb attack, 10 seriously enough to be airlifted to Landstuhl, Germany, for treatment. Several Afghan civilians, including two young girls, were also hurt.</div> <bR> <div> In all, 36 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since early 2002. Canada currently has more than 2,000 troops in the country.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="u_s__house_reaches_agreement_on_canadian_drugs"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 58 ><NOBR><div> <B>U.S. House reaches agreement on Canadian drugs</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 22 2006  00:28:16 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 22nd, 2006</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="58" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="165" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 732 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>U.S. legislators have agreed on a tentative deal that will let Americans buy prescription drugs in Canada and bring them across the border — but it won't apply to online or mail-order purchases.</B></div> <bR> <div> The agreement, reached by the House of Representatives on Thursday, would let Americans carry up to a 90-day supply of medication back to the United States without it being seized by customs agents.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. border authorities, under the Homeland Security Department, began aggressively clamping down on the practice two years ago, using anti-terrorism laws to seize Lipitor, Tamiflu, Viagra and other prescription drugs purchased in Canada by Americans.</div> <bR> <div> Senator David Vitter — who proposed the drug policy and helped it get the Senate's approval in a 68-32 vote in July — said he was pleased that the House of Representatives approved of the deal.</div> <bR> <div> "This really breaks the dam and it shows that it's only a matter of time before we pass a full-blown reimportation bill," said Senator David Vitter, a Republican from Louisiana.</div> <bR> <div> Many of Vitter's fellow Republicans saw the drug policy, part of a bill to fund Homeland Security in 2007, as about more than just dollars and cents.</div> <bR> <div> The United States also bans imports of prescription drugs bought on the internet and via mail order. Brand-name drugs cost on average 35 per cent to 55 per cent less in other industrialized nations than in the United States, according to a U.S. government study.</div> <bR> <div> "There are a lot of us who believe that importation of drugs is a security issue — it's an issue that is a threat to the health of Americans," Representative Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia, said on Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> Vitter acknowledged that the sales of drugs though mail order or online remains a significant issue.</div> <bR> <div> "I think support for that is going to continue and going to continue to grow, no matter what this bill says or doesn't say," he said.</div> <bR> <div> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Americans in late August not to buy drugs online from a Manitoba-based internet pharmacy, claiming the drugs were counterfeit.</div> <bR> <div> Representatives of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association have accused the FDA of using scaremongering tactics, arguing that the release did not provide supporting evidence to back up the claim.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. President George W. Bush and his predecessor, Bill Clinton, both rejected repeated congressional efforts to lift the ban on prescription imports.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff with files from the Associated Press</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="_nice_to_be_back____space_shuttle_returns_to_earth"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 130 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>'Nice to be back' - Space shuttle returns to Earth</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 21 2006  06:07:42 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 21st, 2006</div> <div> <B>Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean and his five shuttle crew mates are back on Earth after Atlantis landed in darkness early Thursday in Florida.</B></div> <bR> <div> The space shuttle touched down at 6:21 a.m. ET at the Kennedy Space Center.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="aa659f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 145 WIDTH="707"><div> "Nice to be back," said commander Brent Jett immediately after touchdown.</div> <bR> <div> "It was a great team effort. Assembly is off to a good start," he said, referring to the crew's work at the International Space Station, the first construction there by NASA in more than three years.</div> <bR> <div> The crew is expected to meet with their families, then they will be checked by doctors.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'A new standard for NASA vigilance'</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 248 WIDTH="540"><div> Atlantis was supposed to return to Earth on Wednesday after 11 days in space. NASA postponed the return because of the debris and a poor weather forecast.</div> <bR> <div> Engineers at NASA, however, cleared the shuttle for landing on Thursday after finding no damage to the shuttle's heat shield and determining that pieces of debris found floating outside the shuttle on Tuesday posed no threat. The U.S. space agency said the debris was space junk, but it had feared one of the mysterious objects might hit the shuttle.</div> <bR> <div> "We've seen a new standard in NASA vigilance," said shuttle program manager Wayne Hale.</div> <bR> <div> The shuttle's landing path took the astronauts over the Pacific, Mexico and Gulf Coast before they touched down at Cape Canaveral.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Construction resumes at space station</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa66a0af0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The space shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Thursday. (Associated Press/NASA TV)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 559 WIDTH="707"><div> The return of Atlantis to Earth marks the end of a mission that the U.S. space agency deemed a success. The mission restarted construction of the International Space Station, on hold since the Columbia disaster in 2003.</div> <bR> <div> Astronauts attached a solar power system to the space station, work that required three spacewalks including one in which MacLean became the second Canadian to walk in space.</div> <bR> <div> The shuttle delivered a 17½-tonne truss with two solar panels. The solar panels will eventually provide a quarter of the station's power when it is finished in 2010.</div> <bR> <div> In each spacewalk, astronauts worked in pairs to hook cables, tighten and loosen bolts and open a radiator over the solar panels. It was a busy schedule for the shuttle crew.</div> <bR> <div> "We're back in the assembly business," Hale said. "We achieved a new record in assembling a new component in a minimum number of spacewalks."</div> <bR> <div> Atlantis's return to Earth avoided a traffic jam at the space station, as a Russian Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the space station less than two days after the shuttle departed.</div> <bR> <div> It was the 21st landing in darkness of 114 successful landings.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tight schedule for station completion</B></div> <bR> <div> The Atlantis mission was the first of 15 tightly scheduled flights needed to finish building the space station by 2010, when the shuttle fleet will be retired. The U.S. has decided to focus on returning to the moon in a new kind of spacecraft.</div> <bR> <div> The next shuttle flight to the space station is scheduled for December.</div> <bR> <div> Before it got off the ground, Atlantis was delayed four times in two weeks because of various issues, such as lightning striking the launch pad, Tropical Storm Ernesto and problems with the electrical system and with a fuel gauge.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="thai_election_next_year_coup_leader_says"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 130 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Thai election next year, coup leader says</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Sept. 20 2006  06:19:41 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 20th, 2006</div> <div> A general election in Thailand won't be held until October 2007 because it will take a year to write a new constitution, the general who led a bloodless military coup there said Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratglin told a news conference in Bangkok that a new, temporary </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="aa599f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 633 WIDTH="707"><div> constitution would be enacted within two weeks.</div> <bR> <div> Sondhi said he will act as prime minister until a leader "who is neutral and upholds democracy" can be found. He said the new government has no plans to stay in power for more than a year.</div> <bR> <div> "It will take a year to draft a new constitution," he said.</div> <bR> <div> After the Thai people vote on the new constitution through a referendum, he said, a general election would follow.</div> <bR> <div> The coup, the country's first in 15 years, was launched late Tuesday while Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was in New York ahead of a scheduled address this week at the United Nations, an address that was later cancelled.</div> <bR> <div> "I am the one who decided to stage the coup. No one supported me," Sondhi said.</div> <bR> <div> The comment was interpreted to mean that Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej did not instruct him to oust Thaksin.</div> <bR> <div> Immediately following the coup, martial law was put in place and Sondhi declared that the provisional authority would be loyal to the Thai king. Government offices, banks, schools and the stock market were closed on Wednesday. Television and radio stations were seized.</div> <bR> <div> Sondhi said the coup was necessary to heal rifts within Thailand and restore the country to a more normal state.</div> <bR> <div> Asked about corruption in the previous government, he said: "Those who have committed wrongdoings have to be prosecuted according to the law."</div> <bR> <div> The coup, executed without a single shot being fired, began late Tuesday when tanks rolled through the capital's commercial district and surrounded government headquarters. Soldiers quickly seized control of the television stations.</div> <bR> <div> Sondhi, 59, was selected last year to head the army partly because it was felt he was the best commander to deal with Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand.</div> <bR> <div> Thaksin is expected to arrive in London for a private visit on Wednesday, according to the British foreign office. His daughter Pinthongta is a student in London and Thaksin is believed to own property in the city.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="suspicious_package_grounds_air_india_flight_in_t_o_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 159 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Suspicious package grounds Air India flight in T.O.</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 19 2006  07:25:00 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 19th, 2006</div> <div> <B>An Air India Flight was turned back to Toronto's Pearson International airport Monday night after reports that a suspicious package was found on board.</B></div> <bR> <div> Peel Regional Police confirmed the Air India flight 188 was turned back around an hour after take-off from Toronto.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa37a06e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Air India flight 188 sits on a runway after landing at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 182 WIDTH="707"><div> The plane was sitting on the tarmac early Tuesday morning as CTV camera crew arrived at the scene.</div> <bR> <div> The flight reportedly took off at around 9:30 pm ET Monday night en route to Delhi, India, with a planned stop over in Birmingham, England.</div> <bR> <div> After being diverted back to Pearson, around 140 passengers were taken off at around 11 p.m. ET, the <I>Toronto Star</I> reports.</div> <bR> <div> A package was found on board, but police have declined to reveal the contents, the <I>Star</I> reports.</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="coffee_drinks_loaded_with_fat_and_calories_report"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 362 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Coffee drinks loaded with fat and calories: report</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 18 2006  08:08:37 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 18th, 2006</div> <div> <B>A regular latte or cappuccino from a Canadian coffee shop packs a punch in fat and calories, a new report shows.</B></div> <bR> <div> The Centre for Science in the Public Interest took a close look at the offerings from Canada's big three coffee chains, Tim Hortons, Starbucks and the Second Cup.</div> <bR> <div> Starbucks' blueberry green tea Frappuccino was the worst, weighing in at 560 calories and nine grams of fat per 16-ounce serving.</div> <bR> <div> A Tim Hortons double-double — with two creams and two sugars — has 160 calories per 10-ounce cup. A black coffee had about 10 calories and no fat.</div> <bR> <div> "We're concerned about the public health implications of people consuming food products or beverages that can adversely affect their health," said Bill Jeffery of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest in Ottawa.</div> <bR> <div> One drink could pack the 500 to 600 calories of a healthy dinner of chicken breast, rice and</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa2da0150.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="277" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Starbucks started the sweet trend to lure people who don't necessarily like plain coffee. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 402 WIDTH="707"><div> vegetables, said Dana Wilkinson, nutrition research co-ordinator at the University of Alberta.</div> <bR> <div> Starbucks declined to comment on the report's findings. In a statement, the company said they offer "a wide variety of options."</div> <bR> <div> Starbucks started the sweet trend to lure people who don't necessarily like plain coffee, said coffee lover and freelance writer Gilbert Bouchard of Edmonton.</div> <bR> <div> The strategy introduces people to coffee culture through a form they're already familiar with, such as milkshakes and soft drinks, Bouchard said.</div> <bR> <div> The strategy worked, and the high-calorie drinks are among the most popular at coffee kiosks across Canada.</div> <bR> <div> But a single beverage can represent a quarter of your recommended daily caloric intake, with little nutritional value.</div> <bR> <div> A daily double-double or low-fat latte adds up to an extra 17 pounds of fat in one year.</div> <bR> <div> The report's authors recommend avoiding whipped cream and extra sugar and suggest asking for skim milk.</div> <bR> <div> The report, called "Good Cup, Bad Cup," also includes the saturated and trans fat content of the beverages.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="nato_ends_offensive_in_southern_afghanistan_hailing_success"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 55 ><NOBR><div> <B>NATO ends offensive in southern Afghanistan, hailing success</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept. 17 2006  09:44:35 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 17th, 2006</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="55" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="165" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 409 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Operation Medusa, the Canadian-led NATO mission set up to drive Taliban fighters out of the volatile Panjwaii district of southern Afghanistan has ended after two weeks, military officials announced on Sunday.</B></div> <bR> <div> Brig.-Gen. David Fraser, the Canadian commander in charge of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, called the mission southwest of Kandahar a success and said it will make the country's second-largest city safer.</div> <bR> <div> NATO forces drove about 700 insurgents from the district, he said.</div> <bR> <div> The Canadians carried out what was described as one of their biggest battles since the Second World War. With the support of Afghan, Dutch, British and U.S. units, they used air strikes and artillery in one of the most intense military clashes in southern Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban government for harbouring al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.</div> <bR> <div> Alliance soldiers now occupy parts of Panjwaii and neighbouring Zhari district and have reopened a section of a main highway that had been closed to civilian traffic during the operation, NATO said.</div> <bR> <div> During the offensive, four Canadian soldiers were killed by insurgents. In another setback, a U.S. warplane mistakenly fired on a group of Canadians, killing one soldier and injuring more than 30 others.</div> <bR> <div> More than 30 NATO troops were killed in Operation Medusa, while the military alliance estimated more than 500 militants died.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Suicide bomber injures 3 Canadians</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="707"><div> On Sunday, a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden vehicle into a Canadian military convoy west of the city of Kandahar, killing himself and one civilian.</div> <bR> <div> Three Canadian soldiers were slightly wounded, a NATO spokesman said. Eight civilians were also hurt in the blast, police said.</div> <bR> <div> One Canadian military vehicle was slightly damaged and the bomber's vehicle was destroyed, said an Associated Press reporter at the scene.</div> <bR> <div> NATO's top commander, Gen. James Jones, recently said the conflict in southern Afghanistan would drag on unless other countries in the alliance provide more assistance.</div> <bR> <div> Gordon O'Connor, Canada's defence minister, has said he will raise the issue of the military burden being borne by Canadian troops at a NATO defence ministers meeting in Slovenia that begins Sept. 28.</div> <bR> <div> NATO is asking for up to 2,500 more troops as well as additional planes and helicopters to overcome resistance from a resurgent Taliban that is preventing NATO's 20,000 troops in Afghanistan from engaging in reconstruction and peacekeeping in the restive southern provinces.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="don_t_eat_fresh_spinach_imported_from_u_s_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 211 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Don't eat fresh spinach imported from U.S.</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 15 2006  23:47:09 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 16th, 2006</div> <div> <B>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat fresh spinach imported from the United States.</B></div> <bR> <div> The warning comes in the wake of an E. coli outbreak in 19 states that has killed one person and sickened nearly 100 others. Twenty-nine people have been hospitalized, 14 of them with kidney failure.</div> <bR> <div> No cases have been reported in Canada.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa23a0940.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="148" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat fresh spinach imported from the United States. (CBC)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 269 WIDTH="707"><div> Washing the spinach won't make it safe because the E. coli sticks to the leaves tightly. "If you wash it, it is not going to get rid of it," Robert Brackett, of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, told the Associated Press on Friday.</div> <bR> <div> Supermarkets across the U.S. have pulled spinach from shelves, and consumers have tossed out the leafy green.</div> <bR> <div> The outbreak was traced to Natural Selection Foods, based in California, and the company has voluntarily recalled products containing spinach.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Link established</B></div> <bR> <div> FDA officials stressed that the bacteria had not been isolated in products sold by Natural Selection Foods but that the link had been established by patient accounts of what they had eaten before becoming ill.</div> <bR> <div> An investigation was continuing.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 302 WIDTH="707"><div> "It is possible that the recall and the information will extend beyond Natural Selection Foods and involve other brands and other companies, at other dates," said Dr. David Acheson, the chief medical officer with the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.</div> <bR> <div> Natural Selection Foods LLC said in a statement that it was co-operating with federal and state health officials to identify the source of the contamination and had stopped shipping all fresh spinach products. They are sold under the brand names Rave Spinach, Natural Selection Foods, Dole, Earthbound Farm, Trader Joe's, Ready Pac and Green Harvest.</div> <bR> <div> The FDA said the outbreak involves O157:H7, the same E. coli strain that killed seven people in Walkerton, Ont., in 2000.</div> <bR> <div> There is no indication that E. coli has contaminated spinach in Canada, said René Cardinal, CFIA's acting national manager for fresh fruits and vegetables. The FDA will keep the Canadian agency informed of the progress of its investigation.</div> <bR> <div> The main problem appears to be in Wisconsin, which reported 29 illnesses, about one-third of the cases, including the only death.</div> <bR> <div> <B>More states added to list</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 302 WIDTH="707"><div> Other states affected include California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</div> <bR> <div> E. coli is the short term for <I>Escherichia coli</I>, an umbrella term for a species of bacteria that resides in the intestines of mammals.</div> <bR> <div> It causes an estimated 61 deaths a year out of 73,000 cases of infection in the United States, the CDC website says.</div> <bR> <div> "Most illness has been associated with eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef. Person-to-person contact in families and child-care centres is also an important mode of transmission. Infection can also occur after drinking raw milk, and after swimming in or drinking sewage-contaminated water," the site says.</div> <bR> <div> In another development, the CFIA warned Friday that Homestyle Garlic Croutons sold by Wendy's restaurants in Ontario and Quebec may be contaminated with salmonella, and has issued a recall.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="ford_to_cut_10000_more_salaried_jobs_close_ontario_plant"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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>Ford to cut 10,000 more salaried jobs, close Ontario plant</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 15 2006  9:24:49 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 15th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Ford Motor Co. will cut an additional 10,000 salaried jobs in North America and close a Windsor, Ont., engine plant next year as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving the troubled automaker.</B></div> <bR> <div> The company made the announcement before markets opened Friday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Ford said it would also go ahead with previously announced plans to close a casting plant in Windsor, and confirmed earlier reports that it will cut the St. Thomas, Ont. plant to one shift next year.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="aa15a08f0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kimveer Gill, 25, the man who</div> <div> shot dead a young woman and wounded 19 more.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 393 WIDTH="707"><div> The company has already announced plans to cut 25,000 to 30,000 hourly jobs and 4,000 salaried jobs across the continent by the end of 2012. On Friday, it said that schedule has now been moved ahead by four years.</div> <bR> <div> Friday's announcement brings Ford's total number of white-collar job cuts to 14,000, or one-third of its salaried workforce in North America.</div> <bR> <div> Reductions to Ford's U.S. workforce will be made through early retirements, voluntary separations, buy-outs and, "if necessary, involuntary separations," the company said.</div> <bR> <div> Ford did not specify how many jobs would be lost in Canada. Those numbers will be announced by mid-October.</div> <bR> <div> These cuts are designed to reduce the company's operating budget by $5 billion US a year by the end of 2008. Even with these cuts, Ford does not expect to make a profit in North America until 2009, one year later than expected.</div> <bR> <div> "Rapid shifts in consumer demand that affect our product mix and continued high prices for commodities mean we must continue working quickly and decisively to fix our business," chairman Bill Ford said in an announcement Friday.</div> <bR> <div> Alan Mulally, who succeeded Bill Ford as the automaker's chief executive officer last week, added that the cuts "are clearly needed to ensure the ultimate turnaround of the business in Ford's biggest and most important market."</div> <bR> <div> But Ford had some good news for Ontario workers. It plans to move production of the Lincoln Town Car from the Wixom plant in Michigan to St. Thomas, Ont., where the Lincoln will be built beside its venerable Crown Victoria.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 327 WIDTH="707"><div> Ford will also add production at its huge plant in Oakville, Ont. The company said that plant will produce an all-new full-sized crossover, based on the Ford Fairlane concept. The seven-passenger vehicle will go on sale in 2008.</div> <bR> <div> Company officials have scheduled a news conference for later Friday.</div> <bR> <div> The announcement followed board meetings on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the cost-cutting plan, which was first outlined in January.</div> <bR> <div> Called "The Way Forward," the plan called for up to 30,000 job cuts and the closure of 14 plants by 2012.</div> <bR> <div> The Detroit News reported Thursday that Ford could post a pre-tax loss of $8 billion US to $9 billion US this year, much worse than analysts had expected.</div> <bR> <div> Ford lost $1.4 billion US in the first six months of the year.</div> <bR> <div> The newspaper cited a leaked Sept. 6 internal report prepared by Ford's chief financial officer.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="gunman_in_montreal_college"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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 COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 26 ><NOBR><div> <B>Gunman in Montreal college shooting called himself 'angel of death'</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 172 WIDTH="540"><div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 14 2006  7:06:28 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 14th, 2006</div> <div> <B>The gunman who went on a shooting spree at a Montreal college on Wednesday left an online journal with chilling comments and photos of himself brandishing a semi-automatic rifle.</B></div> <bR> <div> Kimveer Gill, who was identified by several publications as the man who shot dead a young woman and wounded 19 more, left behind a web diary at the website vampirefreaks.com.</div> <bR> <div> Gill, 25, a resident of Laval, a community north of Montreal, arrived at the downtown school</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9fe9f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kimveer Gill, 25, the man who</div> <div> shot dead a young woman and wounded 19 more.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> dressed entirely in black, wearing a trench coat and carrying an automatic gun when he opened fire.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 275 WIDTH="540"><div> Of the 19 people injured, at least five are in critical condition. Montreal police said the victims are all in their early 20s.</div> <bR> <div> According to published reports, the dead student was an 18-year-old resident of Montreal. Police have not yet released her name.</div> <bR> <div> In his profile on vampirefreaks.com, a website devoted to goth culture, Gill calls himself "Trench," saying: "You will come to know him as the Angel of Death."</div> <bR> <div> "Work sucks… School sucks… Life sucks… What else can I say," he writes. "Metal and Goth kick ass. Life is like a video game, you gotta die sometime."</div> <bR> <div> A photo gallery that accompanies the profile includes photos that show Gill brandishing a Barretta CX4 Storm semi-automatic rifle. In the last seven photos, he is wearing a black trench coat and holding the rifle. The caption below the last photo reads: "Ready for Action."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9ffa0c70.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> One young woman was killed on Wednesday when a 25-year-old man opened fire at a downtown Montreal college. (Peter McCabe / Canadian Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 232 WIDTH="707"><div> Dawson College, where the shooting occurred, is closed until Monday.</div> <bR> <div> Students ran into the streets of Montreal on Wednesday right after the shooting rampage began. Police killed the gunman after an exchange of gunfire.</div> <bR> <div> Dawson is a junior college with about 7,000 students. Students attend the college after Grade 11 because there is no Grade 12 in Quebec. Students at the college are usually enrolled in a two-year pre-university program or a three-year technical program.</div> <bR> <div> The investigation into the shooting has been turned over to the Quebec provincial police because their officers were the ones who shot the gunman. Police have searched Gill's apartment.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="canadian_astronaut_takes_care_of_business_in_space"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian astronaut takes care of business in space</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Sept. 13 2006  7:40:20 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 13th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Astronaut Steve MacLean became the second Canadian to walk in space early Wednesday when he stepped outside the International Space Station.</B></div> <bR> <div> MacLean, 51, and fellow astronaut Daniel Burbank were expected to continue installing a new addition — a 16-tonne truss — to the station during their walk in space. The second spacewalk for the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis began at 5:05 a.m. ET and is expected to last about 6½ hours.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9f59f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mission Specialist Steve MacLean installs solar arrays on the International Space Station on Wednesday. (NASA TV/ Associated Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 582 WIDTH="707"><div> MacLean and Burbank floated in their space suits outside the station after spending a night in an airlock on the station to prepare themselves for the trip outside. Air pressure is thinner in the airlock.</div> <bR> <div> "Steve and Dan, have a great time out there," Atlantis commander Brent Jett said, according to the Associated Press.</div> <bR> <div> Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to walk in space in 2001. Hadfield is now chief of space station operations for the U.S. space agency NASA.</div> <bR> <div> Two other members of the Atlantis crew, Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, began work on the addition to the station on Tuesday, connecting wires and tubes and loosening and tightening bolts. They lost a bolt during their spacewalk on Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> Three spacewalks are planned for the 11-day mission.</div> <bR> <div> The addition to the station includes two electricity generating solar arrays, which are expected to be unfurled on Thursday. MacLean and Burbank will focus on preparing a rotary joint on the truss, a joint that will help turn the solar arrays.</div> <bR> <div> As a wake-up song for MacLean and Burbank, Mission Control played <I>Taking' Care of Business</I>.</div> <bR> <div> "We'll be taking care of business getting the solar arrays prepared," MacLean said in response.</div> <bR> <div> The third spacewalk is planned for Friday. Atlantis is scheduled to leave the station Sunday and return to Earth on Sept. 20.</div> <bR> <div> Originally from Ottawa, MacLean has been training for four years for the work he is expected to do during Atlantis mission.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier this week, he manipulated the robotic Canadarm 2 on the station in preparation for the installing of the solar panels. </div> <div> MacLean, a laser physicist, first flew to space in 1992 aboard the space shuttle Columbia.</div> <bR> <div> His wife Nadine Wielgopolski, and three children, Jean-Phillippe, 16, Catherine 14, and Michele, 13, were planning to watch the spacewalk from Montreal.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="3_dead_after_u_s__embassy_attack_in_syria"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 196 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>3 dead after U.S. Embassy attack in Syria</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 12 2006  7:53:20 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 12th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Syrian forces killed three armed men and wounded another on Tuesday after an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Damascus in which a car was blown up and gunfire exchanged with guards.</B></div> <bR> <div> Syrian Interior Bassam Abdel Majid, in a report carried on state run television, said the incident appears to have been a "terrorist attack" aimed at the U.S. Embassy. The Interior Ministry oversees police forces in Syria.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9e4a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Gunmen blew up a car outside the U.S. Embassy and exchanged fire with Syrian guards on Tuesday. (Syrian TV via APTN/Associated Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 432 WIDTH="707"><div> "Investigations are underway to find out more details," Majid told Syrian Television.</div> <bR> <div> There were no American deaths in the attack, according to a Syrian who works at the U.S. Embassy, but a stray bullet injured a Chinese diplomat who was standing on top of the Chinese Embassy building nearby, the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency reported.</div> <bR> <div> The diplomat was taken to hospital for treatment. Both embassies are in the diplomatic district of the Syrian capital.</div> <bR> <div> In Washington, the U.S. State Department confirmed that an attack occurred on the U.S. Embassy, saying the people involved were "unknown assailants" and the incident is over.</div> <bR> <div> "Local authorities have responded and are on the scene," said Kurtis Cooper, a State Department spokesperson.</div> <div> Television footage of the scene showed a bombed out car.</div> <bR> <div> A witness who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Associated Press that two armed men stopped a car on the street in front of the embassy, got out of the car, shot at the Syrian guards in front of the entrance to the embassy and then blew up the car.</div> <bR> <div> The guards shot back, and security forces in the area moved quickly to the street, said the witness.</div> <bR> <div> The Canadian Embassy is about two kilometres away from the American building. A Canadian official said embassy employees are assessing the situation.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="united_states_marks_fifth_anniversary_of_911"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 183 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>United States marks fifth anniversary of 9/11</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 11 2006  7:38:00 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 11th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Five years after terrorists hijacked planes and carried out suicide missions inside the United States, claiming nearly 3,000 lives, the nation will remember the tragedy Monday with solemn ceremonies and silent reflection.</B></div> <bR> <div> At the site where the World Trade Center once stood, four moments of silence are planned at 8:46, 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m., the times when jetliners struck the twin towers, and when each tower fell.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9dba0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York in this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo. (AP / Carmen Taylor)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 54 ><NOBR><div> Relatives of those who died in the attacks will gather in New York to read out the names of the victims and lay flowers.</div> <bR> <div> President George Bush and his wife Laura began the commemorations Sunday by laying a wreath at ground zero.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 442 WIDTH="540"><div> On Monday Bush plans to visit the two other attack sites: Shanksville, Pa., where 40 people were killed when a jet crashed into an open field, and the Pentagon in Arlington, VA., where 184 died when a plane slammed into an open field.</div> <bR> <div> The four co-ordinated al Qaeda-led attacks are the worst acts of terrorism on U.S. soil.</div> <bR> <div> Bush plans a prime-time address from the Oval Office at 9 p.m. ET.</div> <bR> <div> "This is not a political speech. There are not going to be any calls to action for Congress," said White House press secretary Tony Snow.</div> <bR> <div> "It will be a reflection of what September 11th has meant to the president and to the country, the realities that it has brought to all of our attention, and how we can move forward together to try to win the war on terror."</div> <bR> <div> As the U.S. began the anniversary, a new video surfaced featuring Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. He urged Muslims to intensify their resistance against the U.S. and warned of new terror strikes.</div> <bR> <div> Moments of silence are also planned at 8:46 a.m. in the American and United terminals of Logan International Airport in Boston, where American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 took off from before slamming into the towers.</div> <bR> <div> After the terrorist attacks, Bush's approval ratings soared after he stood in the towers' ruins and delivered a rallying speech by bullhorn.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9dca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Flags wave in the wind from the World Financial Center as dawn breaks over ground zero on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Monday in New York. (AP / Mary Altaffer)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="a9dda0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Visitors and relatives of the passengers of United Flight 93 participate in a memorial ceremony at sunset in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (AP / Gene J. Puskar)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="707"><div> But his popularity has declined significantly since, as the country became divided over his administration's conduct in the war on terrorism and the U.S. invasion of Iraq.</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="ndp_backs_layton_s_call_to_pull_troops_from_afghanistan"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 58 ><NOBR><div> <B>NDP backs Layton's call to pull troops from Afghanistan</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 09 2006  18:38:56 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 10th, 2006</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="58" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="165" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 269 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Members of the federal New Democratic Party on Saturday overwhelmingly endorsed party leader Jack Layton's call to pull Canadian troops from Afghanistan.</B></div> <bR> <div> The vote came during the national party's convention in Quebec City, where the mission in Afghanistan has dominated discussions and debates.</div> <bR> <div> Although a number of delegates rose to speak strongly against the motion, it easily passed when put to a vote, which means it is now official NDP policy.</div> <bR> <div> An estimated 90 per cent of delegates voted in favour of the resolution from Layton.</div> <bR> <div> "Delegates, I urge us all to stand together and reiterate our support for the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces and bring them home," said Layton.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Some vote against resolution</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 418 WIDTH="707"><div> But support for Layton's call to withdraw Canadian troops from Afghanistan was not universal among party members.</div> <bR> <div> "It's up to Canadians to judge us, and they will have a time very soon at the next election to determine if we are right or wrong on these issues," Peter Stoffer, a NDP MP from Nova Scotia, told CBC News.</div> <bR> <div> Stoffer was among those who voted against the resolution, but he said he respects the party's decision and will not quit over it.</div> <bR> <div> Since Canada's military mission started four years ago, 32 soldiers and one diplomat have died in Afghanistan.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, Canada's military chief of NATO said Saturday that more troops and equipment are needed in Afghanistan.</div> <bR> <div> "Afghanistan is the most complex mission NATO has ever undertaken," Gen. Ray Henault told reporters on Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> "Our collective assessment is that we are satisfied with the military-related progress to date, particularly in the north and the west, but less so in the south, where it's been more difficult."</div> <bR> <div> Henault made the remarks at a closed-door meeting of NATO defence chiefs in Warsaw.</div> <bR> <div> He will be attending a NATO council meeting on Monday where he is expected to make a formal appeal to have alliance members contribute an additional 2,000-2,500 more troops.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="atlantis_now_in_orbit_with_canadian"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 127 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Atlantis now in orbit with Canadian Steve MacLean on board</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 09 2006  12:49:55 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 9th, 2006</div> <div> <B>The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., with a crew of six astronauts on board, including Canadian Steve MacLean.</B></div> <bR> <div> The liftoff took place at 11:15 ET through a partly cloudy sky.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="a9d89f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 596 WIDTH="707"><div> "What you saw today was a flawless count, a majestic launch," NASA administrator Michael Griffin told reporters.</div> <bR> <div> Atlantis is in orbit over the earth with no reports of trouble. It's expected to dock with the international space station on Sunday.</div> <bR> <div> On Friday, NASA had to cancel a launch attempt only 45 minutes before it was scheduled to happen. Officials blamed a problem with a sensor on the large external fuel tank, which had also caused the cancellation of two other launch attempts.</div> <bR> <div> Atlantis was originally set to launch on Aug. 27, but was delayed when lightning struck the space centre two days before. The launch was rescheduled, but had to be postponed again because of the approach of tropical storm Ernesto.</div> <bR> <div> It was delayed early Wednesday when a problem with the coolant system on one of the shuttle's fuel cells was found.</div> <bR> <div> MacLean and five other astronauts have been preparing for more than four years to perform construction work on the international space station during a mission that is expected to last 11 days.</div> <bR> <div> <B>MacLean will operate Canadarm 2</B></div> <bR> <div> Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason, who was on hand to comment for NASA from Cape Canaveral, told CBC News that MacLean will play a pivotal role during the Atlantis mission.</div> <bR> <div> "He's going to be operating the Canadarm 2, the robotic arm on the station that Canada provided for the space station program. He'll be the first Canadian astronaut to actually operate that arm on the space station," said Tryggvason.</div> <bR> <div> "Later in the flight after the shuttle detaches from the space station, he will be operating the arm to do the inspection of the space shuttle tiles to make sure that they're all OK for the return to earth in about a week and a bit."</div> <bR> <div> The Canadarm 2 weighs 1,640 kg and is 17.6 metres long when fully extended, with seven motorized joints. It's capable of handling large payloads and helping to dock the space shuttle.</div> <bR> <div> It was installed on the space station in April 2001, when Chris Hadfield became the first Canadian to take a walk in space.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="bin_laden_911_planning_video_aired"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 239 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Bin Laden 9/11 planning video aired</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 07 2006  22:25:12 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 8th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Just days before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a videotape of previously unaired footage of Osama bin Laden and two of the hijackers surfaced Thursday.</B></div> <bR> <div> The videotape, believed to have been shot in Afghanistan in the weeks before the attack, was shown on the Arab television channel Al-Jazeera.</div> <bR> <div> It includes scenes of men handling weapons and box cutters, and training to overpower others physically.</div> <bR> <div> In one scene, bin Laden addresses the camera, calling on followers to support the hijackers.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9c7a0b00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Osama bin Laden speaks in 1998 at a meeting at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 344 WIDTH="707"><div> "I ask you to pray for them and to ask God to make them successful, aim their shots well, set their feet strong and strengthen their hearts," bin Laden said.</div> <bR> <div> While the images aren't new, it's the first time bin Laden has been seen with two men identified as being among the 19 who carried out the attacks.</div> <bR> <div> They are Wael al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi. Both helped provide the muscle on their respective planes — al-Shihri on American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and al-Ghamdi on United Airlines Flight 175, which hit the South Tower.</div> <bR> <div> They are shown videotaping their living wills.</div> <bR> <div> "Don't be afraid, he says, if you're going to glory," al-Shehri says.</div> <bR> <div> Bin Laden is also seen conferring with men identified as former lieutenant Mohammed Atef and Ramzi Binalshibh.</div> <bR> <div> Atef, once dubbed al-Qaeda's No. 3, was killed in a bombing raid in Afghanistan just two months after 9/11.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Binalshibh at Guantanamo</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 376 WIDTH="707"><div> Binalshibh was among five suspected al-Qaeda members handed over to the U.S. by Pakistani officials in early 2002.</div> <bR> <div> It has been alleged that Binalshibh was to be part of the attacks, rounding out to 20 the number of hijackers on the four aircraft.</div> <bR> <div> He attempted to enter the U.S., but the State Department rejected him because he couldn't adequately specificy why he wanted to be in the country, or adequately assure officials that he would leave when the visa expired.</div> <bR> <div> In addition to its timing near the anniversary, the tape's arrival comes one day after U.S. President George W. Bush admitted that terrorist suspects have been held in secret CIA prisons, with Binalshibh said to be in custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, along with other Khalid Sheik Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah.</div> <bR> <div> While it is believed that bin Laden has delivered audio messages in recent months, he has not yet appeared in any video footage after 2004.</div> <bR> <div> The channel also broadcast Thursday a videotape allegedly of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who is said to have taken over leadership of al-Qaeda in Iraq after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. air strike in June.</div> <bR> <div> The tape urges Muslims to unify with the insurgents in Iraq and promises that "the war has just begun."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="bodies_of_slain_soldiers_returned_to_canada"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 236 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Bodies of slain soldiers returned to Canada</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Sept. 07 2006  05:48:55 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 7th, 2006</div> <div> <B>The bodies of five Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan were returned home Wednesday and honoured in the largest repatriation ceremony since the mission began.</B></div> <bR> <div> The plane carrying the bodies of Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan, Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish, Sgt. Shane Stachnik, Pte. William Jonathan James Cushley and Pte. Mark Anthony Graham touched down late Wednesday at CFB Trenton.</div> <bR> <div> In five separate solemn processions, military pallbearers slowly carried the flag-draped caskets to five black hearses that had been lined up side by side.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9a4a0840.gif" border=0 width="160" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cpl. Kelly-Ann Dove, wife of Warrant Officer Richard Nolan, blows a kiss toward his casket as it's carried during the repatriation ceremony in Trenton, Ont., on Wednesday. (Tom Hanson/ Canadian Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 538 WIDTH="707"><div> Family members of the fallen soldiers followed, sobbing and holding each other as many placed roses on the caskets.</div> <bR> <div> Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier, Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, Chief of Land Staff Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie and U.S. Air Force Col. David Brackett were among the dignitaries on hand to witness the ceremony.</div> <bR> <div> Nolan, Mellish, Stachnik and Cushley were killed in action Sunday battling Taliban fighters during a major offensive aimed at taking control of two dangerous districts in southern Afghanistan.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Friendly-fire incident</B></div> <bR> <div> Pte. Mark Anthony Graham was killed and about 30 others were wounded Monday when two U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts mistakenly strafed a Canadian platoon. An investigation has been launched into the friendly-fire incident that took his life.</div> <bR> <div> Mellish, 38, who grew up on Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, was married with two children. He joined the military 18 years ago.</div> <bR> <div> Nolan, from Newfoundland, is survived by his common-law partner Kelly, also a soldier in Afghanistan, along with three school-aged sons and teenaged stepdaughter. He had only been in Afghanistan six weeks but was a veteran peacekeeper who had served in Kosovo.</div> <bR> <div> Stachnik, a 30-year-old Alberta native, was to return from Kandahar in February to marry his girlfriend. He was part of the Disaster Assistance Response Team operation following the 2004 Asian tsunami and assisted when flooding plagued southern Manitoba and Winnipeg in 1997.</div> <bR> <div> Cushley, a 21-year-old from Port Lambton, Ont., had planned to build a career in the military.</div> <bR> <div> Graham, 33, from Hamilton, Ont., was an Olympic sprinter and member of Canada's 4x400-metre relay team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where they finished 13th. He joined the military after his track career ended.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="fire_prompts_evacuation_alert_near_b_c__park"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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>Fire prompts evacuation alert near B.C. park</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Wed. Sept. 06 2006  04:31:00 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 6th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Residents who live near Manning Provincial Park in B.C. were placed on evacuation alert late Tuesday after an out-of-control fire crept closer to the edges of the park.</B></div> <bR> <div> B.C. fire officials said Tuesday the Tatoosh fire is burning out of control and continues to expand in size after it crossed the American border into B.C. from Washington State on the weekend.</div> <bR> <div> The evacuation alert covers residents of the communities of Eastgate, Pasayten River Valley</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9829f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The fire covered about 21 square kilometres by late Tuesday, and was threatening to spill into Manning Provincial Park. (CBC)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 575 WIDTH="707"><div> and Manning Park, said Mary Ann Leach, spokesperson for the Kamloops Fire Centre.</div> <bR> <div> "It's just an alert, not an order, to get people ready … in case they do have to leave on short notice," she told the Canadian Press.</div> <bR> <div> RCMP handed out notices of the evacuation alert door to door. Officials said the alert is to put local residents at ease and is not a result of fire conditions deteriorating.</div> <bR> <div> Officials used infrared photography by the U.S. military to estimate late Tuesday that the fire, burning about 200 kilometres southeast of Vancouver, covers 21 square kilometres.</div> <bR> <div> The community of Eastgate is home to about 180 residents, but it is not known how many people in all are affected by the evacuation alert.</div> <bR> <div> The fire started as a lightning strike in Washington state on Aug. 22 and crossed the border over the weekend as a six-kilometre-wide wall of flame.</div> <bR> <div> Thick smoke continued late Tuesday to make firefighting efforts difficult, to hamper attempts to assess the fire and to make conditions for firefighters unsafe. The fire did not threaten any homes or buildings as of late Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> Fire information officer Jeff Moore said on Tuesday the fire was not yet contained in any way.</div> <bR> <div> Winds have blown smoke from the fire into Eastgate and nearby Princeton. Officials have set up an emergency operations centre in Princeton Hospital to answer any questions about smoke from local residents.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, firefighters continued to monitor the Tripod Complex fire about two kilometres south of the border, which is estimated to cover 62,255 hectares in north central Washington state and is more than half contained. It was started on July 24 by lightning.</div> <bR> <div> The Tripod Complex fire has also been sending a steady stream of smoke and ash into Canada.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="australian_political_leaders"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 247 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Australian political leaders pay tribute to Crocodile Hunter</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Sept. 05 2006  07:30:51 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 5th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Australia's Parliament took a break from the business of running the country Tuesday as political leaders paid tribute to a favourite Australian son, Steve Irwin.</B></div> <bR> <div> The man widely known as "The Crocodile Hunter" was praised for such diverse contributions to the country as promoting Australian quarantine regulations and revitalizing an old-fashioned Australian term: "Crikey."</div> <bR> <div> Prime Minister John Howard, who had come to know Irwin personally, described the television presenter and conservationist killed by a stingray on Monday as "a great Australian icon."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a97da0b80.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Steve Irwin, pictured with his American wife, Terri, in 1999 at his Australia Zoo. (AP/Russell McPhedran)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 409 WIDTH="707"><div> "Steve Irwin's death yesterday in bizarre, tragic and in some respects quintessentially Australian circumstances has not only shocked and horrified the people of Australia, but it has brought forth an outpouring of grief and … emotional expressions of regard for this remarkable man around the world," Howard told the Parliament.</div> <bR> <div> "There was nothing contrived; he was a genuine, one-off, remarkable Australian individual and I am distressed at his death," Howard added.</div> <bR> <div> Howard quoted Australian-based New Zealand actor Russell Crowe, whose recent movies include <I>The Cinderella Man</I>, in lauding Irwin's commitment to wildlife and the environment.</div> <bR> <div> "As the Cinderella Man, Russell Crowe put it so well, the Crocodile Man Steve Irwin was the Australian many of us aspire to be," Howard said.</div> <bR> <div> Kim Beazley, leader of the opposition Labour Party, credited Irwin with giving "crikey" a currency in the Australian vernacular that had been lacking for almost 40 years.</div> <bR> <div> "As somebody who loves language, I am sincerely grateful to him for reintroducing that marvellous word into common usage these days," Beazley told Parliament.</div> <bR> <div> "He was not only a great Aussie bloke, he was determined to instil his passion for the environment and its inhabitants in everybody he met and it has to be said that in this, he largely succeeded," Beazley added.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="canadian_killed_in__friendly_fire__incident"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 125 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Canadian killed in 'friendly fire' incident</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Sept. 04 2006  12:20:41 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 4th, 2006</div> <div> <B>Two U.S. fighter jets mistakenly fired on a Canadian platoon taking part in a massive anti-Taliban operation west of Kandahar on Monday, killing one soldier and injuring dozens of others.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="a9739f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="707"><div> The incident occurred at about 5:30 a.m. local time when two U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts, operating under NATO command, responded to a call for support from soldiers trying to take a Taliban stronghold along the Arghandab River.</div> <bR> <div> In a statement, NATO said the aircraft engaged friendly forces during a strafing run, using cannons.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 235 WIDTH="540"><div> The dead Canadian — who is the 33rd to die since the mission started in 2002 — has not been identified.</div> <bR> <div> Five of the 30 soldiers wounded in the attack will be airlifted to hospitals outside of Afghanistan. Their conditions are not known.</div> <bR> <div> Officials said the rest of the wounded soldiers should be back on duty within days.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Soldiers 'grimly determined'</B></div> <bR> <div> Brig.-Gen. David Fraser, the Canadian Armed Forces general who is in charge of the NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, promised the incident would be thoroughly investigated.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a974a0830.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Canadian soldiers wait for orders in Panjwaii, Afghanistan, on Monday after hearing that one of their comrades had been killed in a friendly fire incident a few kilometres away. (Les Perreaux / Canadian Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 701 WIDTH="707"><div> "We've got to find out what were the details there," Fraser said.</div> <bR> <div> "We do have procedures, we do have communications, we do have training and tactics and techniques and procedures to mitigate the risk, but we can't reduce those risks to zero," he said.</div> <bR> <div> NATO spokesperson in Afghanistan Mark Laity said soldiers flew roughly 800 missions in the past month in the country, with about 450 of those involving weapons release.</div> <bR> <div> "It shows you how rare [friendly fire] is," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Laity, who spoke from Kabul, said NATO soliders in the country are "grimly determined" to defeat an enemy that is offering strong resistance.</div> <bR> <div> "The scale and ferocity has been at the upper end of our expectations," said Laity. "I don’t' think we've underestimated them but we do have a very tough fight going on."</div> <bR> <div> It isn't the first time that Canadian troops have died in so-called friendly-fire incidents in Afghanistan. Earlier in August, Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh died after apparently being shot accidentally by a comrade.</div> <bR> <div> However, the friendly-fire case that created the greatest controversy and outrage in Canada came in 2002, when a U.S. fighter jet mistakenly dropped a bomb on Canadian forces as they conducted a training exercise. The bomb killed four Canadians from the Edmonton-based Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and wounded eight others.</div> <bR> <div> <B>4 Canadians killed a day earlier</B></div> <bR> <div> Monday's incident comes less than 24 hours after four Canadian soldiers were killed in the same district while taking part in Operation Medusa, a NATO air-land offensive aimed at purging Taliban militants from the dangerous Panjwaii area.</div> <bR> <div> Two of the four Canadians killed on Sunday have been identified as Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish, who grew up in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, and Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan, from Newfoundland and Labrador</div> <div> The military has not publicly identified the other two soldiers, at the request of their families. Nine other Canadians were injured in the fighting, one seriously.</div> <bR> <div> The military reported about 200 militants had been killed in the fighting.</div> <bR> <div> With the latest deaths, 32 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since Canada's mission began in 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC 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="3_canadians_killed_6_injured"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 224 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>3 Canadians killed, 6 injured near Kandahar, official says</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Sept. 03 2006  10:28:18 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 3rd, 2006</div> <div> <B>Three Canadian soldiers serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan have been killed and six others wounded during a major offensive that killed scores of Taliban fighters, says an unconfirmed report from an Afghan official.</B></div> <bR> <div> Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi also said on Sunday that the deaths occurred during an air and ground offensive by NATO and Afghan forces in southern Kandahar province, according to Reuters news agency.</div> <bR> <div> Azimi also said as many as 89 militants and some civilians had been reported killed.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a9719f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A Canadian soldier calls in an air strike on Saturday, during the first day of Operation Medusa, a mission to retake the volatile Panjwaii area west of Kandahar from Taliban forces. (Canadian Press)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 575 WIDTH="707"><div> The Canadian casualties, which have not been confirmed by the Canadian military or NATO, were reported on the second day of the NATO offensive called Operation Medusa.</div> <bR> <div> Most of the combat units from Canada's 2,200 soldiers in Afghanistan have been fighting alongside Afghan troops as part of the NATO operation, which aims to drive Taliban militants from their strongholds in the Zhari and Panjwaii districts.</div> <bR> <div> At least nine Canadians have died and 38 have been wounded in dozens of bomb attacks, ambushes and pitched battles in the area, about 30 kilometres west of the city of Kandahar.</div> <bR> <div> If Azimi's report is confirmed, it would bring the total number of Canadian deaths to 30 since the mission in Afghanistan began in 2002.</div> <bR> <div> <B>British plane crashes</B></div> <bR> <div> Hours after Operation Medusa began, a British reconnaissance plane supporting the operation crashed in the Panjwaii district, killing all 14 military personnel on board.</div> <bR> <div> A purported Taliban spokesman claimed militants shot the plane down in Kandahar province with a Stinger missile, but British Defence Secretary Des Browne said the crash appeared to be "a terrible accident."</div> <bR> <div> Col. Fred Lewis, the deputy commander of the Canadian contingent of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), told reporters the Taliban "don't have the technical ability to shoot down an aircraft like that."</div> <bR> <div> Thousands of locals have fled villages in Panjwaii district since May following the arrival of hundreds of Taliban fighters still loyal to leaders who were ousted from power by a U.S.-led coalition of troops in late 2001.</div> <bR> <div> Operation Medusa is the largest offensive since NATO took over the mission in Afghanistan earlier in the summer.</div> <bR> <div> NATO commanders have promised to push forward with a reconstruction plan after the operation is over and leave behind troops to help restore infrastructure.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="cruise_makes_nice"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 274 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>Cruise makes nice with Brooke Shields</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Sept. 02 2006  12:06:04 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 2nd, 2006</div> <div> <B>Tom Cruise has backtracked and apologized to Brooke Shields for publicly criticizing her use of antidepressants after the birth of her first daughter.</B></div> <bR> <div> "He came over to my house, and he gave me a heartfelt apology," Shields said Friday during an appearance on <I>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</I>. "And he apologized for bringing me into the whole thing and for everything that happened."</div> <bR> <div> The 41-year-old actress and Cruise had a public dispute last year when the movie superstar condemned her for using Paxil after the birth of her daughter, Rowan. Scientology, the belief system that Cruise practises, holds that depression can be treated with vitamins and counselling.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a96ca0cf0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> From apologies to lost movie deals, Tom Cruise has had a busy week. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 374 WIDTH="707"><div> Shields said Cruise came to her house Thursday night.</div> <bR> <div> "I was so impressed with how heartfelt it was. And I didn't feel at any time that I had to defend myself, nor did I feel that he was trying to convince me of anything other than the fact that he was deeply sorry. And I accepted it."</div> <bR> <div> Cruise's spokesman, Arnold Robinson, confirmed the two had made up but reiterated the actor had not " changed his position about antidepressants," which he still views as "unhealthy."</div> <bR> <div> Shields released a book last year, <I>Down</I> <I>Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression</I>, detailing her struggle with the condition. She dismissed Cruise's claims as “a disservice to mothers everywhere” and wrote a piece for the New York Times.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Psychiatry scorned</B></div> <bR> <div> Cruise did not back down. In an interview on NBC’s <I>Today</I> show, he admonished interviewer Matt Lauer for not doing enough research on psychiatry. Cruise said he thought psychology and psychiatry were bunk, and said he had helped people through drug addiction and depression without the use of medication.</div> <bR> <div> Cruise also told an entertainment news show that Shields’s career was tanking because of her anti-depressant use.</div> <div> "When you talk about emotional, chemical imbalances in people, there is no science behind that … You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things," Cruise said.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 360 WIDTH="707"><div> The actor has been in the news during the past year because of his erratic behaviour. This week, the head of Paramount's parent company, Viacom Inc., announced the studio was ending its 14-year relationship with the <I>Mission Impossible</I> star and his producing partner, Paula Wagner.</div> <bR> <div> Sumner Redstone, the head of Viacom, told the Wall Street Journal: “We don't think that someone who effects creative suicide and costs the company revenue should be on the lot."</div> <bR> <div> Cruise has been promoting his Scientology beliefs with missionary zeal over the past year.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Exuberant behaviour</B></div> <bR> <div> In addition to having a public spat over depression, he has been mocked for his exuberant behaviour in expressing his love for actress Katie Holmes, with whom he had a daughter in April. At the same time, Shields gave birth to a second daughter.</div> <bR> <div> He jumped up and down on Oprah Winfrey's sofa, yelling "I'm in love! I'm in love!" during an appearance on her TV show.</div> <bR> <div> Ticket sales for the summer blockbuster, <I>Mission: Impossible III</I>, were lower than expected. A Gallup poll in May also found that more than half of the people surveyed had developed an "unfavourable" opinion of the star.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="707"><div> =======================</div> <div>  <A NAME="80_die_as_iranian_plane_blows_tire_catches_fire"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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= 147 WIDTH="540"><div> <B>80 die as Iranian plane blows tire, catches fire</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Fri. Sept. 01 2006  08:58:55 EDT</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 1st, 2006</div> <div> <B>A plane caught fire while landing in northeastern Iran on Friday, killing as many as 80 people on board, said state television.</B></div> <bR> <div> Roughly 60 people are reported to have survived the crash, which happened at an airport in the city of Mashad.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="a8269f780.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 195 WIDTH="540"><div> Reports suggest the Russian-made Tupolev TU-154 blew a tire while landing and caught fire.</div> <bR> <div> The Iran Airtour flight had been travelling from the southern city of Bandar Abbas to Mashad, with 147 people on board. It's not clear how many crew members were on board, but none died in the fire, state TV said.</div> <bR> <div> Initial reports said there were 60 dead, but the death toll later rose to 80.</div> <bR> <div> While air crashes are infrequent in Iran, U.S. sanctions against the country have prevented Iran's airlines from receiving new aircraft parts to repair their fleets.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="165"><div> <IMG SRC="a827a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An Iran Airtour flight crashed with 147 people on board. (CBC)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="707"><div> Written by CBC News Staff <I>with files from the Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Sep 06"><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> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>