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Egypt names interim Prime Minister & Vice-President
The Egyptian army has ended days of inactivity in naming top officials in parliament as they named an interim prime minister & vice-president on Tuesday.
CBC News reports that economist, Hazem el-Biblawi & former Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mohamed ElBaradei were named Egyptian prime minister & vice-president respectively.
The announcement made by the military backed interim president is one of many initiatives taken to bring stability back to the most populous country in the Arab League.
An outline to elect a new president and to draft a new constitution was presented with an ambitious view to resolve this instability within the next year.
Islamists, however, continue to take to the streets protesting the military's ousting of now former president Mohammed Morsi.
Anti-Morsi supporters claim the change was a result of a popular uprising and not a military coup.
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Female inmates in California, sterilized without approval
The Center for Investigative Reporting has discovered that almost one hundred and fifty female inmates of California prisons have been sterilized without proper approval.
The two prisons are the California Institution for Women in Corona, and the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, which has since become a men's prison.
According to the Sacramento Bee, at least one hundred and forty eight inmates have received tubal ligations between 2006 and 2010.
State laws stipulate that such procedures require approval from a health care committee.
No requests have been presented to the committee, although records show that the California Prison Health Care Receivership Corp was aware that sterilizations were being undertaken.
Doctor James Heinrich, Valley State Prison's OB-GYN, said that tubal ligations were only offered to inmates having had at least three C-sections. Interviews with former inmates contest this allegation.
Forced sterilization of prisoners has been outlawed in California since 1979.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: Kristóbal M. Eugenio
CJLO News - July 8 2013
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North and South Korea agree to reopen Kaesong Industrial Zone
North and South Korea have agreed to restart regular operations at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Zone after 16 hours of intense talks on Sunday.
Suh Ho, South Korea’s chief delegate stated that the North seemed very willing to rapidly resolve the Kaesong issue.
The Kaesong Industrial Zone is a source of much needed revenues for cash-strapped North Korea.
According to Al Jazeera news, Seoul is pressing Pyongyang to guarantee that stoppages at the facility will not be used as a political bargaining chip in the future, and that operations at Kaesong will only resume if North Korea can agree to such terms.
The two Koreas will meet again on July 10th at the facility to hold inspections and prevent future suspensions in operation.
North Korea unilaterally closed the Kaesong Industrial Zone three months ago, withdrawing all 53,000 workers and stopping all incoming supplies from the South at the height of tensions between the two Koreas.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: SPOON JUNG
Lac-Megantic events to be revealed by recorder recovered
Investigators in Lac-Mégantic have recovered the derailed train’s event recorder in the hopes of learning what happened leading up to the deadly explosion.
The Gazette is reporting the death toll has risen to 5. Police confirm 40 people are missing.
Over 150 people spent the night in a local high school in the small eastern Quebec town.
A Red Cross spokesperson says 500 people are on the waitlist for a bed.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: NATASHA TAGGART
Salvation from Sin presents Arden Arapyan
On Friday July 12th, DJ Michael Terzian, a.k.a. Sinister, is proud to present a live in-studio interview with 2008 Montreal International Jazz Festival GRAND PRIX winner Arden Arapyan, only on Salvation From Sin, Friday night from midnight to 3am.
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CJLO News - July 5 2013
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CJLO News - July 3 2013
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Stories by: Kristobal M. Eugenio, Saturn De Los Angeles & Carlo Spiridigliozzi
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Morsi to make decision on outbreak of violence
Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi is facing a similar situation that his predessor, Hosni Mubarek is facing one year after being elected into office.
According to the BBC, violence has sprung up once again when pro and anti Morsi protestors clashed in Tahrir Square overnight on Tuesday.
The Egyptian army has acted swiftly and imposed a deadline for the president to decide how to act on the situation. Morsi in a passionate speech told supporters he would shed blood to protect Egypt. The army meanwhile has vowed to deal with any terrorist or radical by any means.
Protestors gathered to show respect or their disdain on the one year anniversary of Morsi election into power. The Military has stated that the president's power keeps waning with every passing minute that he allows these protests to grip the country, just like they did 2 years ago.
Fresh clashes claimed the lives of at least 16 pro-Morsi supporters at a demonstration at Cairo University.
Montréal to welcome more anglophones into civil service
Montréal will be making new efforts to hire more anglophone civil servants.
According to the Gazette, Montréal's director of human resources has outlined the measures the city will be undertaking.
In a meeting organized by City councillor Marvin Rotrand in June, many anglophone citizens expressed frustration at feeling discriminated against when applying for city jobs.
In response to this outcry, the difficulty of written French tests will be lessened. The importance of written French proficiency may also be lessened for certain jobs, such as blue-collar jobs.
The city also plans to become more involved in anglophone community groups and English-speaking schools.
Furthermore, the city will attempt to increase the number of black anglophone civil servants in its employ. Rotrand said that "figures from the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough suggest that the group is one of the most under-represented in the borough’s employ".
These measures are to be implemented starting in the fall.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: Kristóbal M. Eugenio
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