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GeneralPolice violated rights, used violence at G20 summit: reportPolice working Toronto’s G20 summit committed systemic civil rights violations, resorted to violence and blindly followed...
GeneralRomania’s science minister copies other people’s science, resignsIoan Mang, the education and research minister in Romania’s new government, resigned Tuesday after allegations surfaced that at...
GeneralFacebook doubles down on IPO; Yahoo gets compared to a leaky sewage pipeFacebook is moving to increase the size of its initial public offering by 25 per cent, a source has told Reuters, a move that...
GeneralAlberta may join Ontario in fight against doctors’ fees Ontario may soon have allies in its fight to claw back fees for some physicians. Alberta, which recently gave doctors an $181...
GeneralTrial begins for the ’Butcher of Srebenica’The trial of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian-Serb general who helped plan and oversee the Siege of Sarajevo, is underway in The...
GeneralChinese telecom’s Canadian ties raise security fearsA former top U.S. intelligence official is sounding the alarm about a Chinese tech firm’s entrance into the Canadian telecom...
GeneralGM drops Facebook ads days before IPOGeneral Motors announced plans to stop advertising on Facebook Tuesday, just days before shares in the social media giant are set...
GeneralDid Texas execute another innocent man?A new investigative report by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review is providing the best evidence yet for what many have long...
GeneralEU dodges recession; Greece stumbles toward new voteThe EU and the Eurozone narrowly dodged a second recession in three years, with better than expected growth in Germany masking...