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Saturday, November 22, 2014 marked the 51st anniversary of the assassination of United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) in Dallas, Texas. He was fatally shot by a sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, while travelling in a presidential motorcade with his wife, Jacqueline, and Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie Connally. |
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Today is Sunday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2014. There are 24 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. 1815 - France's Marshal Ney is shot after a treason trial for aiding Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo. |
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Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bshara Butros al-Rai, stated Saturday that "violation of the Constitution and failure to elect a new President cannot be accepted this easily." Al-Rai's words came during the general assembly held by the youth parish bureau at the Patriarchal Seat in Bkirki, in presence.... |
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The Series So Far. Back on Oct. 11, a Mika Zibanejad shootout goal decided it, giving Ottawa a 3-2 win in Tampa. One talented Tampa Bay Lightning player the Senators may not have to deal with in the rematch on Saturday is defenceman Victor Hedman. The 23-year-old Swede, who broke out for 55 points.... |
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There will be periods of snow in the morning, but the rest of Saturday will be cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of a drizzle and a high of 6 C. Winds will be blowing south at 30 km/h, and gusting up to 50 km/h.
Flights out of Billy Bishop are operating on schedule. There are a few cancellations and delays out of Pearson , but no major disruptions. |
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LONDON — Composers’ lives are usually less interesting than lore has it, amounting to long hours at a desk, putting ideas on paper. But one relatively recent life reads like a John le Carré Cold War thriller. It is the story of Andrzej Panufnik , who was born into the Polish middle class in 1914,.... |
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Lord King, former governor of the Bank of England will use his show to revisit his old school in Wolverhampton, mark next year’s bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and ponder the question of whether German footballers are cleverer than their English counterparts. |
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The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. Times of Malta leads with the words of caution by the European Commission about Malta’s Budget. The Malta Independent also highlights how the government may not be able to meet its financial targets next year. |
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25 Nov 2014 Religious leaders in Guinea explained to hundreds of local residents the dangers of traditional burial practices. Photo UNDP Guinea. With support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), religious leaders in N'Zérékoré, in the heart of Guinea’s forest region where the West.... |
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Thompson, 48, died at his home in Mapps, St Philip, at 2:10 a.m., surrounded by his wife and their three children, along with a few confidants and religious intercessors Senator Rev. David Durant and Apostle Eliseus Joseph. After a valiant and courageous fight against pancreatic cancer Thompson.... |
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The questions. 1 “I have seen the future, and it works” was Lincoln Steffens’ verdict in 1919 on what? 2 Who was anointed by Nathan and Zadok? 3 Which sportsman was the subject of Johnny Wakelin’s song Black Superman? 4 François Hollande and Joan-Enric Vives Sicilia are co-princes of where? 5 Which.... |
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