Mission Statement – True North is not for erveryone
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No mystery to Quebec elections — the Liberals will win
I’ve been planning to write a piece on the Quebec elections but haven’t found the time. So I decided to start off Editor’s Notes with a few words that will put the question in
perspective. — 896 words.
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Laughter in the court
of Judge Harold Wright
Passive-aggressive in 98 words.
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The plan: for buddies of Dick Cheney
Vice president of Oil and Munitions
Antonia Juhasz of the International Herald Tribune says “Today more than three-quarters of the world's oil is owned and controlled by governments. It wasn't always this way. Until about 35
years ago, the world's oil was largely in the hands of seven corporations based in the United States and Europe. Those seven have since merged into four: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP. They are
among the world's largest and most powerful financial empires. But ever since they lost their exclusive control of the oil to the governments, the companies have been trying to get it back. . . .
Iraq's five trade union federations, representing hundreds of thousands of workers, released a statement opposing the law and rejecting ‘the handing of control over oil to foreign companies,
which would undermine the sovereignty of the state and the dignity of the Iraqi people.’" — 829 words.
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Editorial
International Herald Tribune
A handshake can still trump a videoconference. The energy services giant Halliburton announced on Sunday that it will move its corporate headquarters and its chief executive, David Lesar, from
the old boomtown of Houston (Texas) to the rising boomtown of Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The move sends the message that even in the new economy, some of the old rules still apply —
including that location matters. — 300 words.
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While the Bush administration works to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, Iranian air conditioners fill Iraqi appliance stores, Iranian tomatoes ripen on the window sills of kitchens here and
white Iranian-made Peugeots sit in Iraqi driveways. . . . The economies of Iraq and Iran, the largest Shiite countries in the world, are becoming closely intertwined, with Iranian goods flooding
Iraqi markets and Iraqi cities looking to Iran for basic services. — 1,250 words.
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One woman’s heroic fight to rescue
boys and girls sold into slavery
A thriving commerce in human beings is taking place behind the facade of most major cities and towns in the U.S. and worldwide. Activists are pushing back, but they need reinforcements. —
2,133 words.
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A summary of what's in
the major U.S. newspapers
31 Plots
Everybody leads with news that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed that he organized those attacks, and quite a few more, at a military hearing on
Saturday at Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon released a transcript of the closed hearing last night. "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z," Mohammed told the panel. Mohammed listed 31
terrorist plots he claimed to be "responsible" for as al-Qaida's "military operational commander for all foreign operations around the world." — 910 words.
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True North Canuck Fact of the Day
It’s mostly a matter of averages that keep increasing
The average height of Canadian women is 163 centimeters, or 5 feet 4 inches Their average weight is 65.8 kg, or 145 pounds. The average height of Canadian men is 178 centimeters, or 5 feet 10 inches. Their average weight is 83.2 kg, or 183 pounds.
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, “Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.”
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