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The Day of the Dead celebration began on Saturday as hundreds of Mexican-Canadians roamed around the Harborfront Center to enjoy "grave" festivities.
Published 6 hours ago by ■ Andrew Moran in Arts
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Local reports from Brazil say a 58-year-old man left his family and friends stunned after he appeared at his own funeral.
Published Nov 5, 2009 by ■ Jane Fazackarley in World
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World renowned anthropologist and intellectual Claude Levi-Strauss has died at the age of 100, his publisher in Paris has announced.
Published Nov 3, 2009 by ■ Gemma Fox in World
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In a move that has attracted the hostility of some of its fellow South American countries Colombia, on Friday, signed a pact that will allow U.S. forces increased access to seven of its military bases.
Published Oct 31, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in World
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No country is free of “a woman’s problem,” be it full legal rights, maternity care, access to birth control, religious representation, political leadership, civil liberties, education opportunities, pay equality or protection from sexual violence.
Published Oct 28, 2009 by ■ Talia Carner in World
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At a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday senior officials from India and China signed a five-year agreement to cooperate in the fight against climate change.
Published Oct 21, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in Environment
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India, home to over one third of the world's hungry, has been criticized in a report by an international anti-poverty agency over its efforts to tackle the problem of hunger within its population.
Published Oct 17, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in Health
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Over $8 billion has been raised by the Brazilian unit of the Spanish banking giant Santander after the largest share offering ever in the Latin American country and the world's largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) since March 2008.
Published Oct 7, 2009 by ■ Chris Dade in Business
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Oil producing nations along with China, Russia, Japan, France and others have had meetings to plan an end to using the American dollar as the currency to buy and sell oil.
Published Oct 6, 2009 by ■ Kevin Jess in Business
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Senior White House advisor David Axelrod blames internal politics within the International Olympic Committee for Chicago's loss to host the 2016 summer olympics.
Published Oct 2, 2009 by ■ Andrew Moran in Politics
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