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  UN children's convention at 20: Indian boy embodies the plight of millions of downtrodden kids

  November 19th, 2009 - 23 h 45

  NEW DELHI - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police. He was only 11. Today, at 13, he shares a cramped, dingy shelter...

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  Synchro swimmers use Habs-Nordiques rivalry to spruce up routine for World Trophy

  November 19th, 2009 - 20 h 22

  MONTREAL - Canada's synchronized swimming team didn't have to think long about a theme that represents their country for one of the top acts at the upcoming FINA World Trophy competition - hockey. And so they split into two six-player groups...

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  Opposition Tories say power deal with Quebec would compromise future of N.B.

  November 19th, 2009 - 19 h 58

  FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Conservative Opposition leader says he will do everything he can to block the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec. In his response to the provincial government's throne speech earlier this week, David Alward...

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  EU's low-profile new president made biggest splash for reading own haiku at press conference

  November 19th, 2009 - 16 h 40

  BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's new president is a soft-spoken figure with a penchant for haiku poetry who spent most of his career in the background of Belgian politics. A technocrat with a professorial air, Herman Van Rompuy became...

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  Pedro Almodovar discusses childhood, influences and what he won't put on film

  November 19th, 2009 - 16 h 23

  NEW YORK - Sex, drugs, prostitution, pedophilia, rape: Pedro Almodovar has been able to translate some of the most delicate subjects to the big screen with grace and humour. But the acclaimed master of Spanish cinema - who claims he has gone...

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  Regional report: Climate change will have severe impact on Arab states, urgent action needed

  November 19th, 2009 - 15 h 32

  BEIRUT - Global warming will have a severe impact on Arab states where water is already scarce, a regional report warned Thursday ahead of next month's Copenhagen environment summit. Some of the most feared effects include depletion of...

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  It's almost over: 'Jon&Kate Plus 8' to end stormy run with Monday's finale

  November 19th, 2009 - 15 h 28

  NEW YORK - You might say our national nightmare is over. Or is it just a TV series? In any case, TLC's reality show "Jon&Kate Plus 8" will end its spectacular but stormy run Monday at 9 p.m. EST. During this final hour, Jon and Kate...

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  Nearly a third of the members of Parliament are on Twitter bandwagon

  November 19th, 2009 - 15 h 21

  OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are scrambling to climb aboard the Twitter bandwagon - and getting elbowed by controversial, satirical and even phoney postings. Victims of fake Twitter accounts now include Prime Minister Stephen Harper and...

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  Indigestion at dinner: EU leaders deadlocked over new EU president, foreign policy chief

  November 19th, 2009 - 12 h 44

  BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's 27 leaders were facing an all-nighter Thursday as a bruising battle loomed over naming the bloc's first full-time president and new foreign policy chief. Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt,...

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  Despite political unrest, a relaxing vacation in beautiful Honduras is possible

  November 19th, 2009 - 7 h 05

  ROATAN, Honduras - "The president's been arrested already this morning," hotel owner Jeff Kuken told me and my wife one Sunday morning in late June. We had spent months planning a vacation across Honduras, but now Latin America's first...

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