Moscow 'deeply distressed' over missile shield deal: Medvedev
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 | 1:39 PM ET Comments12Recommend13
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev slammed the United States over its plans for a nuclear missile shield in Europe, saying the deal to install part of the system in the Czech Republic "deeply distresses" Moscow.
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Rice lauds Czech deal on U.S. missile shield in Europe
Harper adds it up: developing countries must shoulder more carbon cuts
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 | 6:02 AM ET Comments242Recommend66
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As the Group of Eight summit wrapped up in northern Japan on Wednesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said it's a "mathematical certainty" that developing countries will bear the brunt of the work in lowering global greenhouse gas emissions.
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1 year sentence for HIV-positive woman guilty of assault
Sentence to be served in community because of woman's health, court says
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 | 1:11 PM ET Comments21Recommend18
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A Quebec woman living with AIDS has been given a one-year sentence, to be served in the community, for hiding her HIV status from her former boyfriend.
Quebec Judge Marc Bison handed down the sentence on Tuesday, after the woman was found guilty of aggravated assault against her ex-boyfriend for failing to tell him she was HIV-positive when the two started courting.
The woman acted irresponsibly and committed a serious crime by depriving her ex-lover of the right to decide whether he wanted to have sex with her despite her status, Bison said at the Longueuil courthouse.
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Industry Minister Jim Prentice is calling on the chief executive officers of Bell and Telus to meet with him and explain their decision to charge consumers for incoming text messages.
US war resister granted stay of deportation order
A federal court on Wednesday granted U.S. war resister Corey Glass a stay of removal, allowing him to remain in Canada while his legal case unfolds.
Former NB lieutenant-governor to return Order of Canada in protest
A former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor says he'll return his Order of Canada in protest of Dr. Henry Morgentaler being named to the order.
7 peacekeepers killed in Darfur ambush: UN
Global warming causing California glacier to grow, scientists say
The glaciers on Mount Shasta in California are growing because of global warming, experts say.
Slain Canadian medic returns home from Afghanistan
The body of a Canadian army medic who died after an explosion in southern Afghanistan last weekend has been returned home in an emotional ceremony at a CFB Trenton.
Rogers caves on iPhone pricing, sort of
Rogers has bowed to public pressure and temporarily lowered the price of internet usage on Apple's hotly awaited iPhone, which is being released in Canada on Friday.
Iran tests missiles in Persian Gulf, Hormuz
Hôtel Dieu ER won't take overnight ambulances because of staff crisis
Montreal's Hôtel Dieu Hospital is limiting overnight emergency admissions because of chronic staffing shortages, administrators say.
4 people charged after agent attacked at Quebec-Vermont border
Four people have been charged after a Monday morning altercation with a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Quebec-Vermont border.
