Canadian cultural milestones and uranium mine discovery note
Weather mixed with historical notes recounts Marie Antoinette's marriage in 1770, Canada's confederation milestone, Frantz Jehin Prume's Montreal farewell in 1896, his influence, the 1930 Ontario uranium discovery tied to WWII, and Ontario's uranium mines history.
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Frantz Jehin- Prume
Canada
Montreal
Victoria Cartier
Jehin-Prume
Belgium
Ontario
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Timeline of notable music and entertainment events
A historical snapshot notes various moments from 1951 to 1998, including the Canadian League of Composers debut in Toronto, Pete Townshend’s New York jail night during a Fillmore East show, Michael Jackson’s Motown 25 moonwalk, Jim Henson’s death, the Titanic soundtrack chart change, and Keith Richards injuring himself leading to tour postponement.
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Canadian League of Composers
Royal Conservatory of Music
Toronto
Pete Townshend
The
Who
New York
Fillmore East
Townshend
Bodies found in Baghdad area raise insurgent toll
In Baghdad over the weekend 38 men were executed and dumped at three sites while at least eight others died in ongoing insurgent attacks. The death toll in the two weeks since Prime Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari's cabinet took office nears 450 amid efforts to curb the violence. Green party leaders in Wellington discuss boycotting Japanese products to protest Tokyo's plan for a expanded whaling program. Japan seeks to widen research whaling in the Antarctic, potentially doubling the annual minke whale quota to about 800.
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Baghdad
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Wellington
New Zealand
Green Party
Tokyo
Jeanette Fitzsimons
National Radio
Bob Brown
Japan
International Whaling Commission
Antarctic
Commission
South Korea
Newsweek apologizes for Qur alphabet desecration story errors
Newsweek issued a formal apology for errors in a report alleging Qur'an desecration by Guantanamo interrogators. The piece spurred Afghan protests, left fifteen dead and many injured, and prompted U S investigations and condemnation. Editor Mark Whitaker expressed regret and sympathies to victims and soldiers.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Afghanistan
Washington
Neweek
Mark Whitaker
India delays aid for tsunami relief plan stalled
Political squabbling and government indecision slow reconstruction across Aceh and other coastlines. Donor agencies pause nearly 9 billion Canadian dollars in relief as Indonesia seeks a solid nationwide plan. Concrete agreements are signed only reluctantly after five months, leaving survivors to fend for themselves.
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Deah Geulumpang
Indonesia
Indian Ocean
Aceh
Sumatra
Amber Alert case ends as boy found unharmed in Toronto
Police say two year old Sammy, focal point of provincewide Amber Alert, was located safe in another home. Father Amin Kassim, 30, is charged with first degree murder in the death of his estranged wife Muluka Hassan-Ali, 23. Det. Kathryn Martin confirmed the arrest and discovery late Sunday.
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Toronto
Tot
Amin Mohammed Kassim
Muluka Hassan-Ali
Kassim
Kathryn Martin
Sammy
Edmonton police shooting estranges mother from daughter in hospital
Brenda Cummings, 42, laments police barriers preventing visits to her daughter, three days after police shot a 23-year-old in a stolen car during a west end chase. Cummings slept in her car outside the hospital after the emergency rush.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brenda Cummings
Cummings
West End
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Marie Antoinette
France
Louis XVI
B.C
Tueday
Wolo
City
Wi Lavan
Lac la Biche
Cok Lake
Llayetminster
Cranbrook
Medicina Hat
Missoula
Fort McMurray
Place River
Grande Prairie
Red Deer
Great Falls
Fovermere
Slave Lake
Kalispell
Swett Current
Fillmore
Bill Graham
Michael Jackson
Billie Jean
NBC
Jim Henson
Keith Richards
Connecticut
Rolling Stones
Excel
Michelle
Gloom
Lear
Lee
Corlaine Gardner
Police Point Park
Natureline
India
Lan
Sation Logan Jaume
Ue M&m
Grahn' Colitis Foundation of Canada Medical Research
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