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‘Europe has shown it wants to be a supersize Switzerland’

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Europe’s hopes of translating its economic power into global political clout have suffered a severe setback as a result of the timid choices on new leadership made this week, analysts, officials, and diplomats conceded yesterday.
Others countered, however,...

Time for talking to stop as Oprah announces the end of her show

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

For television talk show fans, it will be the end of an era. After two decades at the top of the ratings list, The Oprah Winfrey Show is drawing to a close. The programme, which has turned its host into one of the world’s most influential people, has been screened in 145 countries and is watched by an estimated 42 million viewers a week in the US alone...

Sleight of hand

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:27:00 GMT

THE BITTER disappointment on Wednesday night was all the greater because the Irish football team had risen to the occasion like never before. The match aftermath has seen an uncontrollable rage across the airwaves and internet that suggests Ireland has lost...

KEANE: IRELAND DESERVED FATE

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

REPUBLIC of Ireland legend Roy Keane last night blasted the FAI and told them: ‘France are going to the World Cup — get over it!’ The real culprits of the Republic’s controversial exit were the players, insisted the former Ireland captain, and he singled out Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given as the main culprit...

Bad blood between Egypt and Algeria runs deeper than football

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

CAIRO Residents of Cairo’s upmarket neighbourhood of Zamalek awoke yesterday morning to see their leafy streets under a state of siege, as hundreds of riot police held positions throughout the capital’s embassy district to quell a spat of violence that broke out Thursday night, just streets from the Algerian Embassy....

Editorial Truth and torture

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

Disturbing allegations by former diplomat Richard Colvin that Canada was complicit in the torture of detainees in Afghanistan were followed up Thursday, as expected, by government denials. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Colvin’s allega t i o n s were u n p r ove n ...

Canadian viewers deserve better

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:21:00 GMT

Canadian consumers cannot win in the showdown between television broadcasters and the cable/satellite industry.
If there was ever a war where the audience — us — should be cheering for both sides to lose, it’s the one now being fought in the media and before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission....

Worker finds it hard to be sympathetic for boss facing surgery who still lives unhealthy lifestyle

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMT

DEAR ABBY: A year ago, my boss was diagnosed with cancer. She had major surgery and a round of radiation therapy. Last week, her doctor discovered a mass, and after biopsy, she may be going in for more surgery.
I am finding it difficult to show much empathy for my boss...

PM accused of flogging dead parrot

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT

KEVIN Rudd has been attacked as a compulsive embroiderer of the truth and pathologically unable to answer straight questions on issues such as border security.
The opposition yesterday likened the Prime Minister to a character in a Monty Python sketch as he...

IT’S CAPTAIN AMERICA

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

THERE is something disconcerting about hearing an Englishman say: ‘I love playing soccer.’ Not just any old Englishman. In fact, the country’s most-capped outfield player of all time and a f ormer England captain — David Beckham.
When Beckham announced his decision to join America’s Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy in January 2007, the football world did a double take....

Reid lays out $849B Senate health care legislation

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled an $849 billion health care bill Wednesday that advanced President Obama’s broad vision to revamp the health insurance market but left key moderate Democrats uncommitted.
Introduction of the bill — which...

Finance minister proposes code of conduct for credit-and debit-card companies

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMT

OTTAWA ( The Canadian Press) — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is proposing a voluntary code of conduct for credit-and debit-card companies that he says will “ level the playing field” for consumers and small businesses alike.
The code is intended to help reduce...

The torture and the paper trail

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

The testimony of Richard Colvin to a House of Commons committee on Wednesday strongly suggests a stubborn indifference to the fate of the Afghan detainees, on the part of a number of key institutions of the Canadian government – not only politicians, but also...

Karzai signals end of troops

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:00 GMT

PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan signalled the beginning of the end of foreign military intervention in his country yesterday when he pledged that Afghan security forces would take the lead in fighting the Taleban over the next three to five years.
In an eagerly awaited inauguration speech, he told dozens of visiting foreign dignitaries what they wanted to hear...

Pa rker Flip-flop on mammograms like egg debate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

Calm. That’s not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report in the United States on breast cancer screening.
Released Monday, the report has caused a stir with its recommendation that women in their...

Pacquiao-Mayweather fight eyed at 147 lbs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:46:00 GMT

NEW YORK—TOP RANK PROmoter Bob Arum is ready to begin negotiations for a megafight between Manny Pacquiao and FloydMayweather Jr.
Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, said on Thursday his Filipino star was willing to fight at 147 pounds (67 kilograms).
Arum was waiting...

H1N1 vaccine manufacturer asks for batch causing allergic reactions to be held back

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMT

WINNIPEG (The Canadian Press)— Health officials across Canada are being asked to hold back a batch of H1N1 flu vaccine that appears to be causing higher rates of severe allergic reactions.
The vaccine’s manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, is asking governments to stop using vaccine doses from one particular lot shipment issued in late October...

Putin, Tymoshenko in Yalta for Gas Talks

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Tymoshenko, began talks Thursday that the European Union hopes will avert a possible new conflict disrupting supplies of Russian gas to EU consumers.
Even before they met, the Kremlin snubbed...

Salam Fayyad builds Palestine

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:03:00 GMT

To one side stood Sen. Joe Lieberman, the former vice presidential candidate. To the other stood Rep. Howard Berman, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. And as these two staunch Jewish supporters of Israel nodded their encouragement, the Palestinian...

Bomber kills 19 in Pakistan

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

A suicide bomber struck a court in Peshawar on Thursday killing 19 people, the sixth attack on the city in 11 days as Pakistan presses a major offensive against the Taliban.
The bomber hit at the main gate of the building, near the five-star Pearl Continental...