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PM lands investor protection deal, raises human rights in China
mark mackinnon BEIJING— From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012 9:58PM EST Last updated Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012 11:01PM EST Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada’s ...
Former RIM co-CEO donating $21-million to University of Waterloo
Mike Lazaridis is donating another $21-million to his alma mater, the University of Waterloo, showing no signs of tightening his philanthropic purse strings after a ...
Canadian banks call truce in easy-money mortgage battle
Canada’s mortgage party has come to an abrupt halt. The bonanza of dirt-cheap mortgages offered by some of the country’s biggest lenders in recent weeks has ...
The woman at the centre of a trading probe
Eda Marie Agueci climbed her way from a childhood in a rough end of Toronto to a post at a blue-chip Bay Street firm that ...
MERCY JOHNSON AND RAMSEY NUOAH FOUGHT ALLEGED SCAMMER OVER N30MILLION
Saturday January, 28, 2012 would have been a very blissful day for top actors Ramsey Nuoah and Mercy Johnson Okojie as they got to the ...
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Mali 0-1 Ivory Coast
By Piers Edwards BBC Sport Ivory Coast will meet Zambia in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final after beating Mali 1-0 in Libreville. Gervinho settled a tight ...
Devolution team cries foul over changes to law
FILE | NATION Mutakha Kangu (right), Miguna Miguna (centre) and Mugambi Imanyara during a meeting on devolution at Leisure Lodge in Diani last year. By ALPHONCE ...
CJ defends judges on rulings
Alternative text.By JOHN NGIRACHU jngirachu@ke.nationmedia.comPosted Wednesday, February 8 2012 at 22:30 Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has defended the Judiciary against claims that its rulings and injunctions are blocking ...
Kenya tops in drive against female ‘cut’
Sang'ach traditional dancers from Sigor in Central Pokot District during an anti-Female Genital Mutilation campaign. PHOTO / JARED NYATAYA Kenya tops the list of 15 ...
Religious war over school dress codes
DENNIS OKEYO | NATION Tabitha Wangui whose parents say was chased away from her Chogoria Girls School in Meru for wearing a headscarf as demanded ...
Libya seeks Jordan help in fighting ex-regime officials
Libya wants Amman to help fight remnants of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi's regime if found in Jordan, a government statement said on Wednesday as the ...
Egypt accuses NGOs of meddling in politics
Egyptian judges probing alleged illegal foreign funding of non-governmental organisations accused domestic and foreign groups on Wednesday of illegally meddling in politics, further straining ties ...
Rights group slam revived Uganda anti-gay bill
This picture taken on January 12, 2012 shows a gay couple that fled deadly persecution in their home country due to their sexual-orientation. Gay rights ...
Suicide car bomb kills 11 in Somali capital: officials
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people Wednesday in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near the presidential palace, ...
Nigerian athlete stripped of gold
Commonwealth Games women's 100m winner Damola Osayemi has been stripped of her gold medal after her B sample tested positive for a banned ... Full story
