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Friday, June 19, 2015

Harper 'will change his opinion' on Russia in G8 if U.S. tells him to, Putin says

Putin

Russia appears to be angling to make it the G-8 once again and President Vladimir Putin suggests it’s something Prime Minister Stephen Harper will just have to accept.

Nanny provides new details of alleged assault by Nashville Predators centre Mike Ribeiro

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The complaint filed Thursday in the Eastern District of the U.S. District Court in Texas says the then-18-year-old woman was asked to help the Ribeiro family settle into their new Virginia home in August 2012 after working as their babysitter for six years.

NRA official blames slain minister for Charleston church shooting


meeting in Houston in May 2013. The lobbying group, which once helped draft common-sense gun laws, now rejects virtually any restrictions.


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A Houston attorney on the National Rifle Association’s board of directors is blaming the deadly Charleston church shooting on slain pastor Clementa Pinckney, who had opposed concealed-carry legislation in his role as a state senator.

Prosecution set to rest case in Colorado theatre massacre

James Holmes

Prosecutors in the Colorado theatre shooting trial were wrapping up their case Friday against James Holmes after eight weeks of testimony in which they sought to show that the former neuroscience student meticulously planned and carried out the 2012 massacre while knowing it was wrong.

Charles Correa, dead at 84, designed one of Toronto’s architectural jewels

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The Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum are located in Toronto within a 6.8-hectare park. Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki designed the museum, while the late Indian architect Charles Correa designed the Ismaili Centre. The park’s formal garden was designed by Vladimir Djurovic of Lebanon.


Ivory goods destroyed in Times Square protest

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More than a tonne of confiscated ivory was crushed in Times Square on Friday to highlight the illegal trade that activists say threatens the survival of African elephants.

Terrorism deaths spiked in 2014: U.S. State Department

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Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria were behind a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the U.S State Department.