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    Russia supplies nuclear fuel to Iran

    Russia Supplies Nuclear Fuel to Iran 2007-12-17 16:03:37 Xinhua Russia on Monday supplied the first batch of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant (NPP) that was contracted by a Russian company, news agencies reported, citing the contractor company Atomstroiexport. A total...
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    C

    Could someone tell me what is a good brand and model for a wireless headset? For my grandson.........gaming and music... Thanks
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    Judge orders maximum sentence

    Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Relatives cheer as judge orders serial-killer Pickton to serve at least 25 years Stephanie Levitz And Greg Joyce, THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The families of serial killer Robert Pickton's victims cheered Tuesday when a...
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    Girl dead for not wearing burka

    Peel Regional Police on Tuesday released the name of a 16-year-old Mississauga teen who died after allegedly being attacked by her father. Aqsa Parvez was found in her Longhorn Trail home on Monday morning without any vital signs. Paramedics managed to revive her and took her to Toronto's...
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    Punishment should fit the crime

    An impaired truck driver hit a car and killed a whole family. In light of how our court system extracted the last drop of blood from Robert Latimer recently, can we expect this guy to serve some serious time? Home...
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    This is really stupid

    American Exception Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers Oscar Sosa for The New York Times Ryan Holle, 25, convicted of murder, is serving life without the chance of parole at the Wakulla Correctional Institution in Florida...
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    Snow, Winter Wonderland and all that &%#

    We have snow in Nanaimo. We have about eight or nine inches but we are getting more today. We are promised a bit of warmer weather on Monday and Tuesday and some rain but today, I have to shovel the driveway. The snowplows have built a virtual mountain across my driveway at the street that...
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    Movies

    If anyone here hasn't yet seen Oceans 13, I would suggest it's a waste of time. The movie had Brad Pitt and George Clooney and Elliot Gould, and others, but it just never got going. I enjoyed the first one but by the time this movie was about half finished I no longer cared what happened
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    Does this sound like an attempted cover-up?

    Justice Minister says he can't delay Schreiber extradition...
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    Dreadful Scam

    Hey just a quick heads up about a possible scam! A "heads up" for you and any of your friends who may be regular Canadian Tire customers. Over the last month I became the victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get hardware supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic...
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    The Amazing Lyrebird

    The Lyrebird is truly amazing. Somebody posted this a year or so ago. I think it is time to have it back.
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    Pot Roast to die for

    This was our Sunday dinner. It started with a 6 and a half pound boneless blade roast. I browned the roast on all sides, including the ends in hot fat in a deep skillet. I then nestled the roast in a deep roasting pan with a lid that would just barely hold the roast. Where I could find space...
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    New Grandson

    His name is Malcolm and we've be waiting for a while now. He arrived about three days late but who's counting, 7 lbs. 12 ounces is very respectable and we couldn't be happier. Pictures to follow.
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    How many here use a breadmaker?

    A couple or three years ago we bought ourselves a Black & Decker breadmaker for Christmas. We have hardly bought a loaf of bread since. The bread they turn out is great. The only criticism I can think of is the size and shape of the loaf.......Not a big problem since you can bake the bread in...
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    Nanaimo water waste?

    It has just been reported that Nanaimo residents use almost double the national per capita average for water usage. This seems strange because we are all on a water meter. Yet we use about 600 litres per capita/day when the national average daily use is 326 litres per capita...
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    Global Warming a Little Closer to Home

    Beating a hasty retreat DAWN WALTON From Saturday's Globe and Mail...
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    Israel detroys suspected nuclear reactor in Syria

    By DAVID E. SANGER and MARK MAZZETTI Published: October 14, 2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 — Israel’s air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one...
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    Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize

    World document.write(dateTranslator.displayLong('October 12, 2007 12:00:00 AM MDT')); Friday, October 12, 2007 Al Gore, UN agency win Nobel Peace Prize for work on global warming Doug Mellgren, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OSLO...
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    Liberals win another majority in Ontario

    Almost opposite to the Newfoundland results, Ontario re-elects the liberals in a landslide. John Tory failed to hold his seat. http://tinyurl.com/4c4a2
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    Restoration of Vulcan bomber

    Any airshow fans out there? A British group has been restoring a Vulcan bomber for quite some time and they are almost ready for the test flight. Ordinarily this wouldn't be a big deal, but we are talking about a four engined, near sonic, jet bomber. At Abbotsford where it visited often, it...