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An Israeli soldier fires a rubber bullet at Palestinians during clashes at Atara checkpoint north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday.
CNIB workers picket
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Striking employees with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind walk the picket line at 1080 Portage Ave. this morning.
Toews talks
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Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, who represents the Manitoba riding of Provencher, announces the Federal Emergency Response Plan in Ottawa on Monday.
'Really good, regular guy'
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Olympic gold medalist Jon Montgomery greets fans as he enters the Mission Accomplished celebration following a parade in his honour in Russell on Sunday.
Bangkok dangerous
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Thai explosive ordinance disposal officers investigate area after four grenades exploded at the 1st Infantry Regiment in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday. In the first reported violence of the protests, two soldiers were wounded when four grenades exploded inside the compound of the 1st Infantry Regiment, known as the King's Own Bodyguard, said army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd.
Anti-seal hunt
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Three women painted in colors of Canadian flag hold a banner as they take part in a PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) picket outside the Canadian Embassy in Moscow on Monday, protesting against seal culling in Canada.
Nepal living goddess
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Nepal's living goddess Matani Shakya looks on as she is carried on a palanquin escorted by priests and devotees to attend the horse race festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday. She is worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists as an incarnation of the powerful Hindu deity Taleju.
Indonesia Obama protest
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Indonesian protesters display posters during a protest against U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday. Obama is scheduled to travel later this month to the world's most populous Muslim country where he lived as a boy.
Shell shock
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A shell is fired from an M777 155mm Howitzer of the U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Division, 11th Marines, Camp Pendleton, Calif., during the annual joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between the United States and South Korea, at the U.S. Army's Rodriguez Range in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea, Monday.
Gunfire in Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi villagers carry an injured farmer to a hospital after border guards of India and Bangladesh exchanged gunfire on Jaintapur border in Sylhet district, about 155 kilometres northeast from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. Border guards from Bangladesh and India traded gunfire, leaving at least eight Bangladeshi villagers wounded and hundreds of villagers fleeing in panic, a Bangladeshi commander said Monday.
US demanding cancellation of contentious east Jerusalem building plan at centre of dispute
JERUSALEM - The U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years, American and Israeli officials said Monday.
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Ohio woman: US doctor botched breast surgery, used wrong implants
PITTSBURGH - An Ohio woman claims in a lawsuit that a Pennsylvania plastic surgeon used the wrong kind of breast implants on her, then kept her knocked out longer than necessary and continued with the botched operation on the advice of her fiance.
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CNIB workers hit the picket line
Nurses and social workers who assist Winnipeg’s blind community will walk the picket line this morning.
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Jets guitar signed by Young, Hull to be auctioned
Jets fans, get your paddles ready.
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Professional, helpful, brave
He was revered by his photographers, respected for his low-key bravery during a long cancer battle and not above some competitive mischief in his day.
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Stocks lose ground, Moody's warns risks growing for countries with top rating
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Hometown basks in hero's glow
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Vic Toews announces national emergency response plan
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Toronto funeral home says it is helping Haim family cope with memorial costs
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Black Eyed Peas tickets on sale Saturday
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After Thai PM refuses to call new elections, protesters threaten to pour blood on seat of gov't
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Edwards mistress says they are still in love; 'I believe that will be till death do us part'
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Nepal, in late-blooming sexual revolution, beckons gay tourism market
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600 feet (183 metres) below Antarctic ice where nothing should live, NASA catches a shrimp
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WSO, Ehnes to perform at Ottawa festival
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CNIB workers hit the picket line
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Jets guitar signed by Young, Hull to be auctioned
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Hometown basks in hero's glow
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Mild again, but enjoy it while it lasts
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Bobcat machine under ice
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Taking aim at misperceptions
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Arbitration for warring chaplains
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Manitoba vehicle sales drop slightly
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Underage suspect allegedly served in Belleville, Ont., bar before 2 slayings
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Vic Toews announces national emergency response plan
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CREA says February existing home sales rose 44 per cent from a year earlier
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N.L. premier back on the job, almost six weeks after heart surgery
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Cost of owning a home up slightly in late 2009: RBC Economics
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Afghan troops deliver medical care as means of fighting Taliban influence
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UN rights expert tells North Korea to open farm markets, saying controls are causing hunger
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Edwards mistress says they are still in love; 'I believe that will be till death do us part'
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UN agencies say 170 million fewer people defecating in the open compared with 1990
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94 people living near China lead factory found to have lead poisoning; authorities close plant
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Georgian opposition says TV war hoax is government attempt at information terror
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Frenchwoman on trial accused of killing 6 of her newborns, hiding corpses
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Pakistani doctors studying conjoined twins to see if they can operate
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China gov't official who allegedly kept lurid diary arrested on suspicion of taking bribes
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Malaysian minister urges probe into child marriage claims after 11-year-old allegedly abducted
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WSO, Ehnes to perform at Ottawa festival
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Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell bringing movies to Tribeca Film Festival
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcoming ABBA, Genesis, Hollies and Jimmy Cliff
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Black Eyed Peas tickets on sale Saturday
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Toronto funeral home says it is helping Haim family cope with memorial costs
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Charlie Sheen returning to court in domestic violence case
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New season of 'Celebrity Apprentice' begins with Trump claiming his 1st victim
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Filmmaker gets French honour: Tim Burton made officer of arts and letters
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Polanski's wife says their toughest moments are over, scandal may be over soon
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Nudity still shocks! NYC exhibit with naked performers causes discomfort
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Handy and Harman fine silver quotations Monday: C$18.19 ounce, $584.81 kg.
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Stocks lose ground, Moody's warns risks growing for countries with top rating
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Pacific Rubiales' full-year operating profit drops more than half; revenue up
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Energy prices fall across the board as investors eye weak US demand, Fed meeting
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Air Canada CEO says Montreal should become gateway
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Dundee Corp. ups stake in Dundee Precious Metals to over 24 per cent
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Kyrgyz activists rally in protest at block on US-funded television and radio broadcasts
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Finalists for 2009 National Newspaper Awards named in advance of May 14 awards
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Canada's Joannie Rochette withdraws from world championships, source says
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Lance Armstrong confirms entry into Milan-San Remo single-day classic
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Rest in peace, Jon
Free Press photo editor Jon Thordarson takes a break after completing a long-distance bicycle run in 2007. Thordarson, 59, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer.
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Father and son survive
George Hall IV, left, and his father George Hall III, outside Revelstoke Community Centre Sunday. The pair survived a deadly avalanche.
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Surfin' Alaska
Surfers on Saturday brave the chilly waves near Spruce Cape in Kodiak, Alaska. Air temperatures were at the freezing mark, and a blizzard watch had been issued by the National Weather Service for the afternoon.
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Mission Impossible star dies
Actor Peter Graves, famous for his role in Mission Impossible in the 1960s, died Sunday.
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Building where people live
Qualico land development manager Eric Vogan at the new head office building on Dr. David Friesen Drive.
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Alberta wins Brier
Alberta's Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen mob each other after Koe's winning shot in the 11th end clinched the Brier title.
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Fitness training
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- Ice-cutting machine to stay submerged until spring
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