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  Humane societies in Alberta warn pet owners about dangers of hot weather

  July 29th, 2010 - 17 h 02

  CALGARY - Humane societies in Alberta are warning dog owners to beware of how hot weather can hurt or even kill their pet. The Calgary Humane Society and city bylaw services have issued a Pet Heat Alert to warn against leaving pets unattended...

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  Inexperience or truth-teller? Cameron starts new chapter in less-than-polite British diplomacy

  July 29th, 2010 - 17 h 02

  LONDON - In just a few days, new Prime Minister David Cameron has openly declared Britain is no more than the "junior partner" of the U.S., irritated Israelis by calling Gaza a prison camp and enraged Pakistanis by suggesting their country exports...

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  Cdn army turns to CSI methods to attack bomb-making networks in Afghanistan

  July 29th, 2010 - 17 h 01

  OTTAWA - The Canadian army is dramatically upping the ante in its fight against networks that plant roadside bombs and booby traps in Afghanistan. National Defence has advertised for a company to train bomb-disposal technicians and intelligence...

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  Senate intelligence panel unanimously approves James Clapper, who now faces full US Senate

  July 29th, 2010 - 16 h 57

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Clapper's nomination now goes to the full Senate, where his confirmation may...

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  UNESCO adds cathedral, monastery in nation of Georgia to its list of endangered sites

  July 29th, 2010 - 16 h 47

  RIO DE JANEIRO - UNESCO officials meeting in Brazil have added a cathedral and monastery in the nation of Georgia to a list of endangered World Heritage sites. A UNESCO committee made the decision Thursday based on concern about a reconstruction...

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  Anne Rice, who spurned Catholicism then returned to it, quits Christianity

  July 29th, 2010 - 16 h 42

  NEW YORK, N.Y. - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian. The 68-year-old author wrote Wednesday on her Facebook page that she refuses to be "anti-gay ... anti-feminist," and "anti-artificial birth birth control." She...

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  Study: US losing its ability to investigate nuclear blasts amid lack of funding, organization

  July 29th, 2010 - 15 h 48

  WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is slowly losing its ability to investigate a nuclear blast and quickly determine who was responsible and whether more bombs are out there, experts said in a report released Thursday. While the nation has a vast...

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  Pentagon warns leak of secret Afghan war files has put troops, Afghan informants at risk

  July 29th, 2010 - 15 h 43

  WASHINGTON - The Defence Department's top officials are warning that the leak of some 91,000 secret war files has put U.S. troops and Afghan informants at risk. Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told reporters that the U.S. had a "moral...

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  UN says missing Russian pilot found in Darfur and returned to UN-African Union base

  July 29th, 2010 - 15 h 37

  The U.N. says a missing Russian helicopter pilot has been found in southern Darfur. U.N. associate spokesman Farhan Haq said Thursday the pilot, who works for the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force, was now back in Nyala, the capital of South...

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  US Army report finds alarming rise in drug abuse, other factors alongside record suicides

  July 29th, 2010 - 15 h 27

  WASHINGTON - A U.S. Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend is part of a rise in risky behaviour including drunk driving and drug abuse in a military stretched to the breaking point by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq....

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