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A pro-government Somali militia group has rescued four aid-workers abducted in Kenya last week.

In a report by CBC News, the group announced on Monday morning that one militant was killed and three managed to flee the fire fight. The rescue operation occurred thirty-five kilometers from the Kenyan border in Somalia.

The four released hostages included one Norwegian, one Filipino and two Canadians. They were flown to Nairobi and are said to be in good condition.

The union leader of the psychiatry ward staff at CHUM hospitals said that recent budget cuts are to blame for the recent deaths of two patients.

Guy Brochu told the Gazette on Thursday that nurses and other primary health care workers are working long hours. He also said that fatigue could have caused a patient in the psychiatry ward to kill two and wound another of his fellow patients.

The union expressed concern over seven million dollars in cuts to the CHUM budget last year but the pleas fell on deaf ears.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the President Barack Obama’s health care law on Thursday.

According to CBC News, the top court in the U.S. upheld the law in five to four ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts was the decisive fifth vote in favour.

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Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi is calling for national unity following his election win.

According to BBC News, the Muslim Brotherhood member won with around fifty two percent of the vote, beating former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik.

It’s been the summer of change for the Montreal Canadiens organization, as the cliché “out with the old, in with the new” was literally put into action.

A fresh round of protests has once again erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

In a report by the BBC, the protesters made their way to the famed square to express their outrage towards Egypt’s ruling generals.

Quebec’s anti-corruption squad’s latest raid resulted in eleven new arrests.

In a report by CTV News, the raids were carried out in and around Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The arrests are in relation to the cracking of a collusion ring believed to have committed fraud of one million dollars. The fraud was found to have been committed mostly in the installation of water mains and sewage.

The UPAC also issued warnings on Thursday to nine companies that they are now the subject of a criminal investigation.

Canada was officially welcomed to join negotiations on a new major international free-trade agreement.  According to Postmedia News Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday that Canada was given the go ahead to join Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.

The TPP trade bloc is comprised of nine members states whose goal is to ease Asia-Pacific trade.  Canadian business groups have come out in support of the move that will give them access  to a market of over six hundred million people.

The weekend saw crucial elections in the Middle East and Europe, reports BBC news.

Greece’s pro-bailout New Democracy party narrowly beat the anti-bailout Syriza party.

This comes as a sigh of relief for world leaders as the threat of Greece potentially leaving the euro loomed.

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