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Greek Parliament starts debate on austerity laws
Last Updated: February 12 2012, 11:50 AM
Greek Parliament starts debate on austerity laws
ATHENS, Greece - Greek lawmakers on Sunday began debating legislation introducing severe austerity measures necessary for the country to secure a €130 billion ($171.46 billion) bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund and stave off bankruptcy.
Last Updated: February 12 2012, 6:50 AM
New spill reported on Eni oil well in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria - An environmental group says there is a new spill on an oil well run by Italian firm Eni SpA in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta.
Last Updated: February 12 2012, 4:00 AM
B.C. First Nation reviews its Enbridge deal
VICTORIA - A second British Columbia First Nation says it has signed on to a sharing agreement with Enbridge Inc., (TSX:ENB) in exchange for its support for the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, but just as the first deal was nullified after an internal fight, this second one, too, appears in jeopardy after the chief that signed the agreement was turfed and a new band council looks at whether they can get out of it.
Europeans gather to champion Internet freedoms
Last Updated: February 11 2012, 12:40 PM
Europeans gather to champion Internet freedoms
WARSAW, Poland - Protesters took to the freezing cold streets of Berlin, Helsinki and many other European cities Saturday to voice anger at an international copyright treaty they fear will lead to censorship and a loss of privacy on the Internet.
Greece`s coalition party leaders back bailout deal
Last Updated: February 11 2012, 10:50 AM
Greece's coalition party leaders back bailout deal
ATHENS, Greece - The leaders of the two parties backing Greece's coalition government made dramatic appeals to their deputies Saturday to back legislation that calls for harsh new austerity measures - essential if Greece is to get a new bailout deal worth €130 billion ($171.6 billion) and stave off bankruptcy.
Last Updated: February 11 2012, 9:35 AM
South Africa bills to bear Nelson Mandela's image
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's president says new bank notes will bear Nelson Mandela's image.
Air Canada agents process passengers at the airport in Halifax on June 10, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Last Updated: February 11 2012, 9:32 AM
Air Canada reaches deal with crew schedulers
TORONTO - Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) has reached a tentative contract agreement with its 75 flight crew schedulers.
Last Updated: February 11 2012, 7:30 AM
Bankruptcy files badly administered: audit
OTTAWA - They're the financial files from hell - bankruptcies so badly administered that federal bureaucrats have to step in to salvage them.
Harper talks oil, human rights on China trip
Last Updated: February 10 2012, 11:48 PM
Harper talks oil, human rights on China trip
GUANGZHOU, China - Stephen Harper left the old political world of Beijing for a new industrial capital of China to deliver his strongest words yet on human rights and oil.