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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Bell and Telus on sidelines with some high-performing phones due to networks

Marijuana mavericks Cheech & Chong return to the stage after more than 25 years

Tories hack Telefilm's $14.5M new media fund

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Minorities Get Little Respect On The Big Screen

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Asian alliance rebuffs Russian plea for support of actions in Georgia

Report says Alberta, B.C., Sask, have best labour markets; Atlantic worst

Shanghai World Financial Centre, China's tallest building, opens Saturday

Saturday, August 23, 2008

'Too sexy' Avril Lavigne show back on in Malaysia

Canada finishes its Olympic competition with 18-medal performance

Musicians fret over arts cuts

Quebec, Ontario culture ministers blast Tory arts cuts

Singapore to loosen restrictions on Films Act

Tibet album triggers iTunes firewall in China

Vancouver could use Beijing traffic plan: Olympics CEO

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

GM trails Toyota in 2008 global sales race

Household debt now rising faster than wealth: CIBC

Maple Leaf expands recall of packaged meats, temporarily closes plant

North Korea vows to boost war deterrent amid U.S. exercises

Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao as China's leader, dead at 87

Three Canadian cities to be featured on latest global Monopoly game

Apple releases software fix for iPhone 3G connectivity woes

Activists promote safe sex in India with cellphone 'Condom, condom!' ring tones

South Korean police arrest 157 at anti-U.S. beef rally

China raises power prices amid shortages

Mutated fish caught in lake downstream of Alberta's oilsands

Chinatown leaders eye council runs

David Suzuki: new science looks at big picture for global future

Carol Huynh's gold medal is good news for Vietnamese Canadians

Monday, August 18, 2008

Chretien blasts Harper for skipping Beijing

Pakistan celebrates as Musharraf quits

Household debt climbing faster than wealth: CIBC

Magazine-sharing site may violate copyright

Xbox 360 beats PS3 in Japan

Canada's poorest postal code in for an Olympic clean-up?

Is Avril Lavigne too sexy?

Friday, August 15, 2008

Tories to axe five more arts and culture programs

B.C. Premier seeks 'culture of sport' for Canada

Mekong hits highest level in 100 years

Japanese PM skips visit to war shrine

Chinese-Canadian diaspora fostering bond

Woman wrestler guarantees Canada its first medal

CRTC approves first homegrown adult entertainment TV channel: Northern Peaks

Housing starts will slip this year: CMHC

Social networking is spreading worldwide as Facebook and others adapt locally

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Condoms plentiful in Beijing

PM weighs in on Canada's medal drought at the Beijing Olympics

IOC says China should not prevent media from reporting events

Facebook dethrones MySpace as top social network

Canadians slow to change driving habits despite higher gas prices: study

BMW recalls 200,000 vehicles to fix possible airbag flaw

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

China Justifies Cheating During Opening Ceremonies

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Ottawa expands temporary foreign worker protection program to Saskatchewan

Japan, NKorea agree to reinvestigate abductions

Korean provincial government to invest in movies

Sweden relaxes rules on naming children; 'Budweiser' and 'Metallica' allowed

Empty seats, lack of buzz at Beijing

Ottawa axes second arts subsidy in two weeks

Magazine newsstand sales plummet

Vietnam flood toll hits 112, more rains forecast

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was warned of apology backlash

From Bollywood to Amal, it’s all about acting to Seema Biswas

Photographer finds home with Taiwanese squatters

The Odd Couple Opens in Vancouver on Wednesday, August 13th

Zhang Huan suffers costs of his art

Olympics transform life in Beijing

Grace Park to play Homeland Security agent in CBC crime drama 'The Border'

Facilities storing hazardous materials pose danger across Canada, say experts

Industry groups say Americans still travelling this summer but not to Canada

WTO and India call for resumption of stalled global trade talks

Montreal riot raises questions about police tactics as anger simmers

Rogers Video stores to change name to Rogers Plus over next few months

Single bunch of new premium grapes auctioned for $910 in Japan

China arrests 90 Uighurs after bombs: activist

Poverty, addiction won't be what world sees at 2010 Games, B.C. premier says

Card-counting whiz eyes Facebook football fantasy

Virus hits Facebook, MySpace social networking sites with bogus emails

Ainu rise up from the margins of Japanese society

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