Quebec Roundup: Seccession Debate Follows Big Election
A sweeping political summary notes Quebec separatists rebounded in local polls, while Canada’s federal results delivered a conservative majority and a reshuffled opposition. It also covers a droppped harassment case in Colorado, a North Korea release of an American, and the death of actor Jeff Conaway in California.
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ACLU
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Boor
Beijing
North Korea
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Washington
Robert King
Eddie Jun
Pyongyang
Jun
United States
California
North
Korean Central
Egypt opens Rafah border easing Gaza travel restraints
Egypt ends a four year blockade of Gaza at Rafah crossing, allowing virtually all Palestinians to travel. The move boosts Hamas control while easing medical, business, and family trips. 410 crossed to Egypt by 5 p.m. and 150 entered Gaza, with officials aiming for 1,000 daily travelers.
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Hamas
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Palestinian Health Ministry
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Hosni Mubarak
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Rami Arafat
Cairo
Algeria
Khaled Halaweh
Alexandria University
Halaweh
Salama Baraka
Baraka
Obama calls for Middle East democracy support from allies
President Obama urged Western allies and Americans to back democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. He said aid remains vital, stressing that leadership for freedom benefits global security and prosperity, noting foreign aid accounts for under one percent of the budget. He met Polish leaders in Warsaw after discussing democracy with Solidarity veterans.
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Poland
Barack Obama
Middle East
North Africa
Obama
Europe
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America
Bronislaw Komorowski
Solidarity Movement
Tunisia
UNICEF reveals vaccine price lists to spur global price competition
UNICEF for the first time posts the actual prices it paid to 16 vaccine makers over a decade, aiming to drive price competition. Major firms like Novartis and Merck declined to publish their prices, while UNICEF notes rising costs and disparities between Western and Indian Indonesian suppliers.
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Merck & Co
Shanelle Hall
India
Indonesia
Suicide bomber in police uniform targets Afghan meeting
A suicide bomber in a police uniform struck a governor’s complex in Takhar province as Afghan and international officials met there. Senior police commanders Gen Daud Daud and Gen Shah Jahan Noori died, NATO commander Gen Markus Kneip and two German troops were wounded, and the Taliban claimed responsibility. The attack precedes a planned July drawdown of U.S. forces.
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Tawhedi
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al-Qaida
Shah Jahan Noori
Markus Kneip
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Berlin
Kneip
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Uzbekistan
de Maiziere
Angela Merkel
Barack Obama
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Haqqani Network
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Islamic Movement of
Kunduz
Mohammad Omar
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