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metronews.ca NEWS 03
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Edmonton students contribute
‘Very encouraging’
Iveson excited about
their share to Haiyan relief
federal LRT funding
The federal government is
sending positive signals that
there could be more money
for the city’s Southeast LRT Students at an Edmonton ele- er Lisa Camarta, the group province to the Red Cross for
project. mentary school had to put of students organized a flea relief efforts.
Minister Rona Ambrose their thinking caps on when market for their school, Members of Edmonton’s
was in Edmonton Friday it came to thinking of ways Sweet Grass Elementary. Filipino Community said the
and told Mayor Don Iveson they could support victims of “All of my students wanted gifts were both fantastic. N
that the government could Typhoon Haiyan. to do something,” Camarta “I can’t describe in words
soon be accepting applica- “We just knew we had to said, adding the market in- how thankful the Filipino
tions for projects through do something,” 10-year-old cluded stands for crafts, community (is) knowing that
its Building Canada grant Makenna Tallygraham said baked goods and books. (people came) together to
program. about the natural disaster In total, the group raised help a small place,” said Man-
Iveson said it was a very that rocked parts of the Phil- $1,200 for the relief effort. dy Servito, president of the E
positive meeting. Students from Sweet Grass ippines late last year. At a media event Monday, Council of Edmonton Filipino
“It was a very encour- Elementary with Minister of “We just started brain- Alberta’s Minister of Culture Association, who started to
aging conversation with Culture Heather Klimchuk. storming ideas.” Heather Klimchuk added to choke up during the praise.
Minister Ambrose last week LEAH GERMAIN/METRO Working with their teach- that with $500,000 from the LEAH GERMAIN/METRO
about LRT funding. It’s W
looking like that could be
a real possibility and help ‘It’s frustrating’: Katz
keep the Southeast LRT on
track,” he said.
Iveson said he was also
very pleased to hear that
Ambrose and the federal apologizes to Oilers fans
government would push S
the province to come on
board as well.
“I was thrilled to hear
her comments that she is
willing to help us press the Falling fl at. Fans and perspective,” said Katz,
province, to make sure we unimpressed with letter adding that Lowe has been a
have the partner funding in major part of Hockey Canada
place and she doesn’t want from team owner for several years.
to miss another construc- Oiler fan and blogger Ryan
tion season either,” he said. Batty said he doesn’t know
The federal government what to make of the letter.
RYAN
has already committed “That letter does nothing
TUMILTY
$250 million to the $1.8- [email protected] to make anybody feel better.
billion project, along with It doesn’t address any of the
the city’s $800 million. As Daryl Katz apologized to Oilers questions,” he said, adding that
proposed the project would fans Monday in an open letter it shows any hope fans have of
need an additional $150 promising that the struggling real change is too much to ask
million from the federal team will get better. for. “You can’t continue to roll
government and a total “We all thought this was out a similar roster and assume
of $600 million from the going to be the year the Oilers you are going to get better re-
province. turned the corner. Obviously, sults, just because everyone is a
Iveson said that while he that hasn’t happened, and it year older.”
doesn’t know how long the hurts. It’s frustrating — for all Daniel Huber, co-owner of
application process for the of us,” reads the letter, posted the Pourhouse on Whyte Av-
grant would take, it’s nice on the Oilers website. enue, who has been helping
to know they have political Katz also took direct aim at sell Lowe Must Go stickers and
support. “It is good to have the calls for Oilers president T-shirts, said the letter won’t
political support, that just Kevin Lowe to be fired. change people’s opinions.
makes the paperwork move “Kevin is a big part of our or- “This level of incompetence Oilers owner Daryl Katz apologized to fans in an open letter posted on the
faster.” RYAN TUMILTY/METRO ganization, and it’s not just the wouldn’t last a manager a week team’s website Monday. The team’s owner said he is disappointed the team
Oilers that value his knowledge at one of (Katz’s) pharmacies.” will likely miss the playoff s for an eighth year in a row. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
04 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Cops tell sex workers they KARE
Still KARE-ing after 12 years
It’s been 12 years since
Project KARE first started in
the Edmonton area and has
Building trust. evolved into an important
Proactive unit looks to unit for the K Division.
register Edmonton’s
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prostitutes and establish (cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:555)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:575)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:266)(cid:3)
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relationships
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STEPHANIE
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DUBOIS
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[email protected] (cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)
(cid:238)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:315)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)
“Hi, my name is Violet and (cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
I’m with Project KARE. Are (cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:575)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:266)(cid:3)
you registered with us?” (cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:575)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:3)
Those are the first words (cid:583)(cid:38)(cid:74)(cid:55)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:585)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)
many of Edmonton’s sex (cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
trade workers hear when (cid:221)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)
Const. Violet MacFarlane (cid:38)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:553)(cid:3)
approaches them on city
streets. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:16)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:229)(cid:289)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:629)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:629)(cid:3)
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MacFarlane works in the
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RCMP “K” Division’s pro-
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active unit known as KARE,
(cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
which registers sex trade
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workers, asking them for
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personal information and a
photo of them in the event
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they go missing.
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Long after most of Ed-
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monton has gone to sleep,
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MacFarlane and her col-
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league Const. Tara St. Denis Const. Tara St. Denis hands items to one of the women spoken to by KARE RCMP members on Jan. 9. STEPHANIE DUBOIS/METRO (cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:268)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:553)
criss-cross the city seeking
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members spoke to on Jan. 9 “The hardest part for the streetwalkers is to KARE officers on Jan. 9 and (cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)
were already registered, but actually accept the help ...” In this four-part series, as- became emotional while (cid:555)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:265)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:559)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:3)
jumped into the vehicle, pects of the Edmonton sex speaking of her run-in with (cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:553)(cid:3)
accepting snacks and con- Const. Violet MacFarlane trade and KARE’s involve- two girls a few days prior.
doms or just a warm cup of ment with the community She told the officer the (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:39)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)
hot chocolate. will be examined as Metro women physically assaulted (cid:289)(cid:279)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:315)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:552)(cid:3)
Once known as Project the proactive team, said the past, it wasn’t a right Edmonton talks to the dif- her and cut off most of her (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:268)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:575)
KARE, the unit has since be- MacFarlane. fit or they weren’t ready ferent stakeholders. hair over a $40 debt. (cid:296)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:243)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:305)(cid:575)
come permanent. “The hardest part for for the change … so they’re “I don’t like working (cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:74)(cid:229)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:583)(cid:5)(cid:55)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:38)(cid:74)(cid:585)(cid:3)
It was designed to help the streetwalkers is to ac- not as open and willing for down here. I don’t like (cid:71)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:265)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)
sex trade workers by inves- tually accept the help be- the help,” said MacFarlane. working period. I’m try- (cid:38)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:583)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:229)(cid:3)
tigating cases, but also by cause whatever resources “(One of the hardest parts of away from the help and you ing to get off the streets so (cid:296)(cid:291)(cid:305)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:585)(cid:553)
building their trust through were available to them in my job) is when they walk know that might be the last bad,” she said.
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06 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Brides to be Swept away
Police. Alcohol and speed
may have been factors in
at Edmonton bridal show
collision following chase: EPS
A 32-year-old Ontario man is in Your help
Boutique experience. Quoted critical condition following a
high-speed chase with Edmon-
Local organizers hope ton police and the Air-1 helicop- Police are asking anyone
I (think) people feel like
to offer newly engaged ter Sunday night. with information on the
they can be a little more Shortly after 11:30 p.m., incident to contact the
a new experience creative with their wed- police attempted to pull over a Edmonton Police Service at
Pontiac Grand Prix with an in- 780-423-4567 or #377 from
ding and more personal.”
correct licence. a mobile phone.
Erin Walker, Edmonton wedding pho- As the officer approached
Erin Walker wants Edmonton tographer the vehicle, the driver acceler-
brides to feel pampered. ated and sped off, police said. rier and collided with the back
With that in mind, the lo- anymore.” The Air-1 helicopter was of a dump truck, police said.
cal journalist turned wedding Planned for Jan. 26, Swept called in to assist with the pur- EPS said they believe alcohol
photographer has teamed takes a traditional bridal suit. As the car accelerated near and speed were factors in the
up with partners Morgan show to the next level, Walk- a 97 Street off-ramp, the car lost collision.
Hrynyk and Hans Kristian er said, by offering patrons a control, struck a concrete bar- METRO
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Redford to take
who hate bridal shows. experience,” she added. “It’s panel discussion that includes
“I (think) people feel like an opportunity to get to on Al Gore Gore on regulatory issues and
they can be a little more cre- know the different vendors climate change at the World
ative with their wedding and that are there.” Alberta Premier Alison Red- Economic Forum in Davos,
more personal,” Walker said The event kicks off on ford is going to get a chance Switzerland.
about how weddings have Sunday at 11 a.m. and will to discuss climate change Redford told reporters she
become less traditional. “For run until 3 p.m. Tickets are with high-profile oilsands will use the opportunity to
a long time it was, ‘Make sure available for $25 online. More critic and former U.S. vice- disabuse Gore of “myths” she
you cut the cake and do the information on Swept can be president Al Gore. says critics use to target the
garter toss.’ found at sweptbridal.com. Edmonton wedding photographer Erin Walker preps a dress made of Redford confirmed industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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metronews.ca NEWS 07
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Edmonton’s temporary flu clinic set
to close, city passed the peak: AHS
Alberta Health Services is clos- at 11 p.m. Monday night after fluenza,” said Sikora, noting it The flu clinic was opened
ing its Edmonton Flu Care treating 266 residents. is unclear what the cost of the Jan. 10 after Alberta Health ran
clinic, because the province’s Sikora noted he would have flu care clinic was after 10 days. out of flu vaccinations thanks
chief medical officer Dr. Chris liked for more people to have “It’s about keeping our to a huge swell in demand
Sikora is confident the city has accessed the clinic, but said population safe, keeping our throughout the province.
passed the peak of influenza he was pleased with the prov- population healthy and re- AHS has not released the
season. ince’s response. ducing the risk of individuals latest figures of how many
Following 10 days of servi- “We are carefully monitor- spreading influenza in our people were affected by the flu
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Anger, applause for PM at Knesset
Israel. Harper receives
Semitic, Harper said, criticism
standing ovations for that targets only Israel while
speech calling Israel’s ignoring violence and oppres-
sion in its neighbours is un-
opponents anti-Semites,
acceptable.
as pair of members “It is, thus, a Canadian
tradition to stand for what is
storm out
principled and just, regardless
of whether it is convenient or
popular,” Harper said. “But, I
Prime Minister Stephen Harp- would argue, support today
er warned Monday of a new for the Jewish state of Israel is
age of anti-Semitism, staking more than a moral imperative.
new ground in his allegiance It is also of strategic import-
to Israel by telling the coun- ance, also a matter of our own,
try’s parliamentarians that long-term interests.”
those who oppose the Jewish Harper said the forces that
state are little more than hate- have threatened Israel “every
ful anti-Semites. single day of its existence”
The loathing for Jews that threaten all countries, “as 9/11
resulted in the “horrors of the graphically showed us.”
death camps” of Nazi Germany The prime minister said he
was crude and ignorant, Harp- Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday. SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS refused to single out Israel for
er said in a historic speech to criticism, saying it is easy to
the Knesset, the first such ad- say they hate and blame the dramatic outburst that served league. refusal in the 1930s to help follow the international crowd
dress before the Israeli parlia- Jews for their own failings or to illustrate the tense relations The pair angrily strode Jewish refugees, something he and focus only on one country
ment by a Canadian prime the problems of the world in- that characterize the Jewish- from the chamber after Harper deemed a “terrible mistake.” — a “go-along-to-get-along” ap-
minister. stead declare their hatred of Is- Arab relationship in the re- assailed the “twisted logic” of He spoke of the founding of proach he described as both
“But in much of the west- rael and blame the only Jewish gion. making such a comparison to Israel as a place where people weak and wrong.
ern world, the old hatred has state for the problems of the “Israel is an apartheid South Africa’s racist regime. could “seek shelter from the But Canada would be quick
been translated into more so- Middle East.” state,” shouted Ahmad Tibi, an Throughout his speech, shadow of the worst racist ex- to welcome a new sovereign
phisticated language for use in Harper’s speech was Arab-Israeli member of parlia- Harper looked back into his- periment in history.” Palestinian state if its leaders
polite society,” he said. greeted by several prolonged ment who then stormed out of tory, touching not just on the While criticism of Israeli chose democracy and peace,
“People who would never standing ovations — and one the Knesset, followed by a col- Holocaust but Canada’s own government policy isn’t anti- he added. THE CANADIAN PRESS
On Sochi’s outskirts, the
Olympic project is no game
A new $635-million highway
on the outskirts of Sochi
stands next to a crumbling
apartment block with a red
“SOS!” banner on its roof.
The residents of 5A
Akatsy St. have lived for
years with no running water
or sewage system. Construc-
tion for the 2014 Winter
Games has made their lives
more miserable. The new
highway has cut them off
from the city centre.
The slum is one of the
many facets of a hidden
dark side in the host city of
next month’s Winter Olym-
pics, which stands side-by-
side with the glittering new
construction projects that
President Vladimir Putin is Irina Kharchenko walks away from her house beside the screen separating her
touting as a symbol of Rus- yard and a federal highway in the village of Vesyoloye, outside Sochi, Russia, last
sia’s transformation to a November. As the Winter Games are getting closer, many Sochi residents are
modern economy. complaining that their living conditions are getting worse, and authorities seem
While state-run TV trains deaf to their grievances. ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
its cameras on luxury malls,
sleek stadiums and high- dwellers suffering chronic ing back at those promises,
speed train links, thousands power cuts despite promises many residents, weary from
of ordinary people in the So- to improve electricity. years of living in the midst
chi area put up with squalor Putin promoted the Sochi of Russia’s biggest construc-
and environmental waste: Games, which begin on Feb. 7, tion project in modern his-
Villagers living next to an as a unique opportunity tory, say they have yet to see
illegal dump filled with to bring investment to the any improvement in their
Olympic construction waste, Black Sea resort and im- lives and point to an array of
families whose homes are prove living standards for negative effects.
sinking into the earth, city its 350,000 residents. Look- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metronews.ca NEWS 09
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Noted Canadians supporting Neil Young
Oilsands. Letter to support musician Neil who signed the letter. It
First Nations rights
from artists, authors, Young following his con- says that Young’s tour raised
cert tour to raise money for more than $500,000 to help
scientists calls for a “The time has come for
a First Nation fighting oil- the Athabasca Chipewyan
land where ‘laws are sands expansion in northern Canada to decide if we band pay for a legal attempt
not written by powerful Alberta. want a future where to protect its traditional
The group includes cre- land.
First Nations rights and
oil companies’ ative and performing art- The letter also says that
ists, authors, scientists and a title are honoured.” Canada must decide if it wants
lawyer. to protect the environment.
Excerpt from the letter released Monday.
Actor Neve Campbell, Young played Toronto, Win-
More than 20 notable Can- Booker Prize-winning author cian Gord Downie of the Tra- nipeg, Regina and Calgary.
adians have penned a letter Michael Ondaatje and musi- gically Hip are among those THE CANADIAN PRESS Actress Neve Campbell, one of 20 who gave support. ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAGES
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Mix of chemicals Fredericton
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suffers first-degree following
chemical burns machete attack
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10 NEWS metronews.ca
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
U.S. to ease
C. African Republic Pakistan Warning
in Brussels, international
donors pledged a total of
Woman named Suicide bomber Militants could
$496 million in humanitar- economic
interim president ian assistance and European hits military city seize power: Iraq
Union foreign ministers took
Members of a national a first step toward potentially A Taliban suicide bomber Islamic militants control-
transitional council chose deploying hundreds more blew himself up near ling a mainly Sunni area
sanctions
the female mayor of Central troops to reinforce French Pakistan’s main military west of Baghdad are so
African Republic’s capital to and African peacekeepers to headquarters in Rawalpindi well-armed they could oc-
lead the country out of chaos secure the lawless and violent on Monday, killing 13 cupy the capital, a top Iraqi
Monday, as a top UN official country where nearly one people just a day after the official warned Monday,
urged the international com- million people are displaced. militants killed 26 troops a bleak assessment of the on Iran
munity to keep the nation Bangui Mayor Catherine inside an army compound challenge in routing the in-
from “crossing the tipping- Samba-Panza became the first in the northwest of the surgents, as a new wave of
point into an all-out sectarian female leader in the country’s country, officials said. bombings killed at least 31
conflict.” At two meetings history. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS people. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘An important step evidence needed to conclude
that Iran was holding up its
forward.’ The White end of the agreement.
House applauds The White House, which
has vowed to prevent Iran
Iran’s scale-back of its
from developing nuclear
nuclear program weapons, hailed Iran’s ac-
tions as “an important step
forward.”
The United States will begin The European Union an-
easing economic sanctions nounced earlier Monday it
on Iran after it began shut- was also suspending some of
ting down its most sensitive the sanctions it had imposed
nuclear work on Monday, the on Iran.
White House said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran’s move was part of
After nearly 20 years in business a landmark deal struck late Syrian peace talks
last year with the U.S., five
Michael Anthony Jewellers other world powers and the Iran invitation
European Union to ease con-
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