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Young activist shot
ISLAMABAD -- A 14-year-old girl who became a national heroine when she protested the Pakistani Taliban's ban on education for girls in her home district was shot in the head Tuesday as she waited for a ride home from her beloved school, officials and witnesses said.
Malala Yousufzai, who was only 11 when she stood up to the Taliban over their ban, was sitting in a school van in Swat with other students, waiting to go home, when an assailant approached, asked which student was Malala, then opened fire. She was airlifted to a hospital in the provincial capital, where she was reported in critical condition. Fortunately, doctors said, the bullet did not enter her brain.
Extreme skydive cancelled
ROSWELL, N.M. -- Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner cancelled his planned death-defying 37.01-kilometre free fall Tuesday because of high winds, the second time this week he was forced to postpone his quest to be the first supersonic skydiver.
The former military parachutist from Austria had planned to ride a pressurized capsule carried aloft by a 55-storey, ultra-thin helium balloon into the stratosphere and then jump in a specially designed suit.
But high winds led to the decision shortly after 11:30 a.m. to abort. Because the balloon is so delicate, it could only take flight if winds were 3.2 km/h or below.
XL welcomes inspectors
EDMONTON -- The owners of the Alberta plant involved in the massive recall of beef products says it has fixed all the problems that forced food safety officials to shut it down.
Brian Nilsson, CEO of XL Foods Inc., said it welcomes Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspectors who were in Brooks, Alta., Tuesday for a pre-inspection of the facility, which processes more than one-third of Canada's beef. Nilsson said XL Foods has completed all the corrective actions the agency requested since it was closed on Sept. 27 due to problems including the management of E. coli risk, maintenance and sanitation.
Canada joins partnership
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is announcing it has formally joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks and will be at the table for the next full round in December.
The invitation to join the club of 11 Pacific nations was first announced in July, but all governments needed to ratify the inclusion.
The U.S. completed its 90-day Congressional consultation on Monday, the last hurdle in the process.
Heated race for president
WASHINGTON -- With less than a month before Americans head to the polls, the 2012 U.S. presidential race has turned into a thrill-a-minute roller-coaster ride as Mitt Romney -- reportedly thrown a lifeline by his wife and son -- coasts past Barack Obama in a pair of public opinion polls.
Romney's decisive thrashing of the president in last week's first debate, and his step to the centre of the political spectrum, has propelled him past Obama nationally in a pair of new polls.
-- from the news services
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 10, 2012 A12
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