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Suspect Lived in Same Building as Webcam Murder Victim
By not in system - AOL NewsTORONTO -- A man charged with murdering a Chinese woman whose struggle with her assailant was seen on webcam by her helpless boyfriend in China lives in the same building as the victim, police said, hours after relatives of the victim visited the coroner's office. The body of York University student Liu Qian, 23, of Beijing, was found Friday in her Toronto apartment a few hours after her boyfriend witnessed the attack via streaming video, police said. Police refused to publicly release any details about the crime or its possible motive. Liu was found naked from the waist down but there were ...
Despite Pleas, Quebec to Fund Canada's Last Asbestos Mine
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsThe government of Quebec has decided to ignore the pleas of human rights advocates, hundreds of public health experts worldwide and one of the province's largest unions and says it will fund the expansion of Canada's last asbestos mine. The chrysotile asbestos from that mine will be shipped almost exclusively to Third World nations where asbestos cement plants are being constructed. Axel Drainville, Flickr Pictured is a the tower at Jeffrey Mine in Quebec. The province's government says it will fund the expansion of Canada's last asbestos mine despite widespread ...
Thunderstorms, Possible Tornadoes Threaten Plains and East Coast
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsA powerful spring storm system will spawn dangerous thunderstorms over a large area from the Plains to the East Coast, starting later Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The system includes the threat of large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The storm will also produce more late-season snow in the Northern Plains and cause additional flooding problems from the Plains to the East. The stretch from Chicago southward to Dallas will be the region at risk for dangerous thunderstorms from later Sunday through Sunday night, with the greatest risk area in Illinois, Missouri and ...
Student Punished for Outing School Secretary as Porn Star
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsA Canadian high school student has been suspended from classes after confronting a school secretary about her extracurricular work as a porn star. A 14-year-old student at Etchemins Secondary School in Levis, Quebec, has been disciplined after asking the office worker and adult film star for her autograph. The clerical worker -- who acted under the name Samantha Ardente -- refused to give the student an autograph and reportedly urged him to keep quiet about her roles in films like "Serial Abusers 2," The Toronto Star reports. But the student did the opposite, reportedly creating a Facebook ...
G-7 Countries Announce Joint Currency Intervention
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Finance officials from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries on Thursday agreed on a coordinated effort to weaken the Japanese yen, which has surged to record levels following last week's earthquake and tsunami. A super-strong yen could cripple Japanese exports, further worsen the economic impact of the disaster that killed thousands and triggered an unfolding nuclear crisis. The coordinated intervention in international currency markets would be the first by the G-7 countries since the fall of 2000, when the G-7 intervened in an effort to bolster the euro. ...
Canadian Unions Say No to Sending Deadly Asbestos Overseas
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsChildren protesting in the streets of Indian villages and outrage by physicians and human rights activists worldwide didn't seem to be able to stop Canada from shipping deadly asbestos to developing countries. But one of Quebec's most powerful unions says it will no longer support the province's lethal trade. In a overwhelming voice vote today, representatives of the 300,000-member Confederation of National Trade Unions voted against the planned expansion of Canada's last asbestos mine in the town of Asbestos, Quebec, union communications director Michelle Filteau told AOL News. "This is a ...
Dov Charney: 5 Facts About the American Apparel Founder Facing a $260 Million Sex Lawsuit
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsDov Charney, founder of the Los Angeles-based clothing company American Apparel, has been hit with a $260 million lawsuit by a former employee who claims he forced her into having sex. The New York Daily News reports that the suit, filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court, alleges that for eight months in 2008 Charney forced Irene Morales, then 18 years old, to perform various sex acts against her will. Morales' suit claims that on one occasion she was "held prisoner" in Charney's Manhattan apartment for several hours. Morales eventually left her job with the company. In the suit, she says she ...
Former Canadian Defense Official Blasts US on UFO Cover-Up
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsIf a previous minister of national defense of a big country started talking publicly about his belief that some UFOs are interplanetary vehicles carrying visitors to Earth, would you believe him or not? Well, stepping up to the plate is the Honorable Paul Hellyer, a former deputy prime minister of Canada and the longest serving current member -- ahead of Prince Philip -- of the Queen's Privy Council, which is made up of "prominent Canadians appointed to advise the queen on issues of importance to the country." As Canadian minister of national defense in 1963, Hellyer was responsible for ...
Opinion: Will Egypt's Revolution Be in Vain?
By not in system - AOL NewsIn my native Egypt, my eyes were covered, my clothes ripped off. I was anchored in a dark room reciting Koranic verses to myself with a tone of desperation. That was when I had consciousness, because for a lot of the time I was there, but not there. I'm talking about my time in prison. I was questioned by interrogators, deprived of sleep and food, beaten. The Mubarak regime had decided that I was a threat to the state because I had spoken out for gay rights and human rights. They decided that I had to be broken. Perhaps they succeeded, because, when they released me from prison and sent me ...
Maria Aragon: Canada's Latest Cute YouTube Phenomenon [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsO, Canada, how do you produce so many young YouTube singing sensations? Justin Bieber is the best-known example of the breed, but last week we got to know Heather Russell, the 10-year-old Toronto girl who's got a range to rival Mariah Carey's. Now here's a third entrant on the scene: 10-year-old Maria Aragon from Winnipeg. Aragon's cover of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" became an instant hit when she posted it on the video site last week. Two days later, Maria was on the phone with Gaga herself. On Tuesday, Maria dropped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Lady Gaga isn't the first ...
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