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  Feds appeal order to bring Khadr home

  June 24th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  The courts should not force Canada to ask the United States to return Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay, federal lawyers argued Tuesday. The federal government has filed an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that it seek the return of Khadr, 22, from...

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  Flak-jacketed soldiers hold charity run in Afghanistan

  June 22nd, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Father's Day brought heightened memories of home for many Canadian soldiers Sunday, while others arose early for a different kind of mission, a charity run around part of Kandahar Airfield. The soldiers, most from Quebec, have been in Afghanistan...

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  Tail rotor failure

  June 19th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Cougar Helicopters Flight 491 lost power in its tail rotor drive - but not its main rotor - about a minute before it crashed into the ocean off Newfoundland on March 12 killing 17 of the 18 people on board. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB)...

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  Update: Faulty tail rotor, inflation system in deadly chopper crash, probe finds

  June 18th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  A helicopter that crashed off Newfoundland's east coast earlier this year, killing 17 people, lost control because of a faulty tail rotor and its inflation collar system did not work when it slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, federal investigators...

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  TSB releases update on Cougar crash

  June 18th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  The Transportation Safety Board says the floats on Cougar Helicopters' Flight 491 did not deploy when the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean March 12. "The Sikorsky S-92A flotation system activation switch was found in the armed position...

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  Families of passengers on downed Cougar chopper file lawsuit in U.S. court

  June 17th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  The families of 15 passengers who died in the crash of a Sikorsky helicopter off Newfoundland and the sole survivor of the tragedy are suing a subsidiary of the company in the United States. Martin Brigham, a Philadelphia lawyer, says he has...

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  Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan

  June 15th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  A Canadian combat engineer, described as a great guy to be around, was killed in southern Afghanistan on Sunday when one of two roadside bombs he was trying to defuse exploded. Cpl. Martin Dube, 35, was the second Canadian soldier to die in...

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  Actor's death questioned

  June 12th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Los Angeles - The forensics expert hired by David Carradine's family has concluded that the "Kung Fu" actor did not commit suicide, but said that more information was needed from Thai investigators before the cause of death could be determined. ...

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  Canadian soldier killed by explosive starts long trip home

  June 10th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Kandahar, Afghanistan - The body of Canada's latest victim of Afghanistan's insurgency began its long journey home Tuesday after soldiers gathered for a grim ceremony at Kandahar Airfield. Despite the loss, the military declared the operation in...

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  Family of dead Canadian soldier says he didnt die in vain

  June 9th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  The family of the most recent Canadian soldier to lose his life in Afghanistan says his death was not in vain. "It's obviously with deep sadness that we greeted the news yesterday (Monday) of our son Alexandre's death," said a statement issued...

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