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- Italian court convicts 2 in asbestos-linked deaths
- At least 1 dead after storm hits Nigerian city
- Obstacles remain for Greek bailout deal
- Bombers target Israeli diplomats in Georgia, India
- Officials: Iraqi policeman killed by insurgents
- Greece surveys riots damage after austerity vote
- Rain could slow search in serial killings
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February 02, 2012
CAIRO - At least 74 people have been killed and hundreds injured after soccer fans rushed the field in the seaside city of Port Said following an upset victory by the home team over Egypt's top club, setting off clashes and a stampede as riot police largely failed to intervene.
February 01, 2012
BEIRUT - Throughout 40 years of Assad family dictatorship, one thing united Syrians — the culture of self-censorship, fear and paranoia.
January 09, 2012
Israeli politician Anastassia Michaeli is hot water after giving her colleague a cold bath following a heated argument.
January 09, 2012
A little more than four months after her return from Libya, HMCS Charlottetown is Mediterranean-bound.
In Pictures: Egyptians clash with security forces in a reignited Tahrir Square
November 22, 2011
Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicentre for Egypt's contribution to the Arab Spring, has once again become a flashpoint in a country that appears to be struggling with its transition from the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak.
Egyptian activist's nude blog sparks uproar
November 17, 2011
CAIRO, Egypt - A woman activist who posted nude pictures of herself on her blog to protest limits on free expression has triggered an uproar in Egypt, drawing condemnations from conservatives and liberals alike.
Video: Iran soccer players suspended for 'immoral' goal celebration
October 31, 2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian state TV says two players have been suspended from the country's professional football league for an “immoral” goal-scoring celebration.
UN body approves Palestine membership, despite U.S. funding threat
October 31, 2011
PARIS - The U.N. cultural agency has admitted Palestine as a full member in a highly divisive bid that opponents say could harm renewed peace efforts.
Video: Yemeni forces open fire on protesters
October 25, 2011
SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni troops loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire Tuesday at thousands of protesters calling for his ouster in the capital Sanaa, killing two, a medical official said.
Video: The rapper whose words helped spark the Arab spring
October 06, 2011
Meet 22-year-old rapper Hamada Ben Amor, a.k.a. "El Général," whose lyrics help inspire the revolutions that gripped the Arab world. Metro sat down with the young musician to discuss the events of the past year.
Video: ‘Pure bliss’ to be home again for HMCS Charlottetown crew
September 02, 2011
Lt.-Cmdr. Matthew Coates has some diaper changes to catch up on. He met his son on the jetty at Halifax navy dockyard on Friday morning after the HMCS Charlottetown arrived home from a six-month mission to Libya. Now that they’re home, sailors and their families have set their minds to how they’re going to enjoy the last of the summer in Halifax.
More Libyan massacre sites found
August 31, 2011
The room of some 40 skulls and charred remains the Toronto Star found in southern Tripoli last week had been a kill site for several days, according to survivors and eyewitnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch.
Strong words, warning from Iranian leaders
August 31, 2011
Iran’s top leader warned the Arab world yesterday not to allow Western powers and Israel to “confiscate” the region’s pro-reform uprisings.
Evidence mounts Gadhafi may have lied about baby daughter's death
August 30, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya - Since the rebel takeover of Tripoli, evidence has been mounting that Moammar Gadhafi may have lied about the death of his adopted baby daughter Hana in a 1986 American airstrike.
HMCS Charlottetown winding down mission
July 06, 2011
Life is slowly returning to normal in Misrata, Libya. Halifax-based HMCS Charlottetown has boarded three vessels in the past two weeks in a bid to enforce the UN arms embargo. Previously, boardings had been rare.
Ship’s return racing due date
July 06, 2011
There’s a bet on board the HMCS Charlottetown: Just when Lt.-Cmdr. Matthew Coates’ baby will be born.
Rockets fired at HMCS Charlottetown
June 03, 2011
About a dozen rockets were fired at HMCS Charlottetown off the coast of Libya Monday.
Twelve rockets fired at HMCS Charlottetown off Libya
June 02, 2011
A dozen rockets were fired at the HMCS Charlottetown off the coast of Libya on Monday, Metro Halifax reported first on Thursday.
Crew morale for Charlottetown remains ‘very high’
June 02, 2011
HMCS Charlottetown has spent the spring helping clear anti-ship mines and taking fire off the coast of Libya. The ship sailed on little notice from Halifax on March 2 as Canada’s contribution to the NATO mission.
NATO to continue mission in Libya
June 02, 2011
NATO and its partners decided yesterday in Brussels to extend their mission for 90 days.
Tempers flare as local Syrians let voices be heard
April 11, 2011
Two sides faced off yesterday afternoon as escalating political protests in Syria resulted in some heated moments at Victoria Park.
Mad cow fears put Saudi Arabia on Canadian Blood Services exclusion list
April 04, 2011
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says it will begin excluding potential blood donors if they spent a total of six months or more in Saudi Arabia between 1980 and 1996.
Protesters support uprising in Syria
March 28, 2011
Chants of “Bashar has to go” and “no more killing” could be heard as about 40 protesters displayed their anger towards the Syria government outside the Spring Garden Road public library yesterday afternoon.
Canadian warship on the ready
March 21, 2011
Halifax-based HMCS Charlottetown is patrolling the waters north of Libya as air strikes enforcing a UN no-fly zone heat up.
Pop stars aren't the only ones doing business with Gadhafi
March 09, 2011
Hypocrisy is a tricky trait. We’re more likely to spot it in others than in ourselves.
'You can smell your own fear' in notorious Iranian prison
March 08, 2011
Sentenced to eight years for espionage, American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi was held in a notorious Iranian prison for 100 days in 2009.
Much ado about oil prices
March 08, 2011
Great economic data continues to be released in North America.
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