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US: Utah Imagine being forced to skip your senior year of high school. Or having the option. If you live in Utah, that could become a reality. In an effort to bridge a $700 million budget shortfall, Republican state Sen. Chris Buttars has put forth a plan to eliminate 12th grade in high school, the Los Angeles [...]
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Canadian customs refuse to disclose laptop border search policy

BoingBoing/Cory Doctorow Greg from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association sez, It’s not just the U.S. border guards who want to search the files on your laptop and cellphone. The Canada Border Services Agency has been doing the same thing for years. From U.S. journalist Amy Goodman to a Canadian gay couple whose collection of porn got [...]
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Arnold Schwarzenegger to carry torch in Stanley Park

Jonathan Fowlie with John Mackie, Vancouver Sun Califonria Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was in B.C. in May of 2007 to tour the Canada Line with Premier Gordon Campbell, will carry the Olympic torch in Stanley Park. Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Files Former film actor and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will run with the Olympic torch [...]
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RCMP can’t confirm missing explosive chemical found

Katie Mercer, Canwest News Service VANCOUVER — With less than a month until the world’s eyes are B.C., Mounties are still trying to account for missing ammonium nitrate. Two tonnes of the chemical compound, which has been used in several terrorist bombings, was originally reported missing to the RCMP on Jan. 6.
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Yemen Yemen’s government is to allow the US to set up a military base on its territory, a political analyst says. The US can no longer rely on Yemen’s government to fight al-Qaeda because it is losing its legitimacy and becoming weaker, Ali Al-Ahmed, a political analyst, told Press TV on Wednesday. Al-Ahmed added that his [...]
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Venezuela and Colombia The Colombian government has announced it is building a new military base on its border with Venezuela and has activated six new airborne battalions. Mexico Mexico City lawmakers have become the first in Latin America to legalize gay marriage. Canada: Vancouver Wearing video cameras will be routine for Vancouver police officers in the next few years, says [...]
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Massive fire destroys Vancouver businesses

CBC A fire has destroyed several businesses near the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in Vancouver early Thursday morning. The fire broke out in a sushi restaurant on the southwest corner of the intersection around 4 a.m.
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Sonic crowd control device for Vancouver police

Police say long range acoustic device only for communication CBC Vancouver police have a new crowd control device capable of emitting painfully loud blasts of sound, just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, CBC News has learned. The long range acoustic device (LRAD) can use sound as a weapon, emitting levels that cross the human threshold [...]
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