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Editor’s Notes — 449 words.
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Booming Russian auto industry is siren call
for Frank Stronach of Magna International
While Belinda of Aisle Crossing, flounders in shallow water on the Hill, her father, Frank Stronach, with an eye ever on the bottom line, is grazing in greener pastures with his new buddy,
Vladimir Putin. Thousands of Canadian workers can kiss their jobs goodbye. — 370 words.
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Polishing the shop window
Behind nuclear tumult and shouting Iran wants
more foreign investment in its oil and gas industry
The recent drive to attract international oil companies (IOCs) to commit themselves to major new investments in Iran's oil and gas sector has come after a prolonged period of stagnation, owing
to political ructions within Iran and to the gathering storm over the country's nuclear programme. Such investments are vital if Iran is to realise its previously stated ambition of increasing oil
output, rather than struggling to stem depletion, and of becoming a player in the global gas market. Getting foreign oil companies more deeply involved could also help to strengthen Iran's hand in
the dispute over its nuclear programme. – 823 words.
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Macao bank defends
North Korean dealings
The Macao bank accused by the United States of distributing counterfeit currency for North Korea has defended its dealings, saying that it had relied on the global banking giant HSBC to
authenticate big deposits of U.S. currency from North Korean customers. — 1,178 words.
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In Washington, contractors
take on biggest role ever
"There's something civil servants have that the private sector doesn't," Mr. Walker said in an interview. "And that is the duty of loyalty to the greater good — the duty of loyalty to the
collective best interest of all rather than the interest of a few. Companies have duties of loyalty to their shareholders, not to the country." — 2,450 words.
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Medical know-how
boosts Cuba's wealth
Tom Fawthrop of BBC News reports that Cuba - so long dependent on tourism, the export of cigars and nickel for its survival - has quietly built an impressive healthcare sector that could
transform its troubled economy.
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True North Canuck Fact of the Day
The boys who took prairie rock to the world.
When the Guess Who recorded These Eyes, they had to be convinced to release it as a single. Guitarist Randy Bachman remembers “we didn’t want to be a ballad band. We wanted to take prairie rock to the world.” The song hit the Top 10 and has since become one of the most performed Canadian songs on the airwaves ever.
Trivia compiled by Randy Ray and Mark Kearney. Visit their Web site at: www.triviaguys.com
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Harold Wright, True North's Doctor of Punology, says, "I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me."
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