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Divers have resumed the search for 21 people still missing after the cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a rock and foundered near the island of Giglio off the Tuscan coast.

They were scouring the submerged area of the ship once officials determined it had stabilized after shifting on the rocks a day earlier.

Rough seas were forecast for later…[Read more]

Schettino has since been allowed to leave jail, but remains under house arrest at his home near Naples. sacoche chanel pas cher His employer, Costa Crociere, blamed him for risking the lives of more than 4,200 passengers and crew on the $450-million US ship.

Schettino’s wife was besieged by media as she returned home early Wednesday morning,…[Read more]

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To start off, a quiz. sacoche chanel pas cher Which prominent Liberal vowed to “put an end to leader-appointed candidates and have open nominations across Canada”? Who argued “it does not make sense to allow non-party members to elect a leader of our party”? Who complained that “election platforms are devised largely independent of the policy…[Read more]

President Barack Obama and Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney are essentially tied in a hypothetical general election matchup.sacoche chanel pas cher Still, Obama’s support is stronger and more positive than Romney’s.

That’s according to a Fox News poll released Monday.

In a potential Obama-Romney election, 46 percent of voters would back Obama…[Read more]

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Prosecutor Gerard Laar-huis was putting to Tooba Mohammad Yahya some of what she had told police in earlier videotaped statements.

This is an absolute staple of cross-examination, its purpose to establish the witness is contradicting herself. Such contra-dictions are called…[Read more]

The Montreal mother accused in the deaths of her three daughters and her husband’s first wife will return to the witness box Thursday afternoon for another day of intense questioning by the prosecution in Kingston, sacoche chanel pas cher Ont.

Tooba Yahya, 41, was set to begin testimony at 10 a.m. ET, but treacherous weather has delayed the…[Read more]

We always anticipated that Blue Ivy Carter was destined for greatness,sacoche chanel pas cher but this is beyond impressive.

The famous baby girl of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who entered the world on Jan. 7, has claimed the title as the youngest person to ever appear on the Billboard charts.

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Alongside the dozens of razor-thin TV sets and ultra-fast smartphones populating Samsung’s booth at the world’s largest technology trade show are a couple of washers and dryers. sacoche chanel pas cher The company hopes you’ll buy them in part because they come with a nifty perk: You can control them from your Samsung phone.

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Israel is preparing for Iran to become a nuclear power and has accepted it may happen within a year,sacoche chanel the London Times reported on Monday citing an Israeli security report.

The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) think-tank prepared scenarios for the day after an Iranian nuclear weapons test at the request of former…[Read more]

A biologist,sacoche chanel pas cher an energy lawyer and an aboriginal geologist will sit down Tuesday in a recreation centre in the wilderness of northern British Columbia to initiate what could be the fiercest environmental standoff ever seen in Canada.

Before the hearings in B.C. and Alberta are completed next year, more than 4,000 people are…[Read more]

Dismayed by the prospect of Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee, sacoche chanel pas cher conservative Christian leaders are intensifying discussions about jointly backing an alternative candidate from a field reshaped by Rick Santorum’s strong performance in Iowa.

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Mitt Romney escaped Iowa by the skin of his teeth – his eight-vote victory over Rick Santorum in the state’s presidential caucuses looking less Wednesday like a momentum-building triumph than a timid endorsement of a weak Republican front-runner.

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Canada’s defence minister tied the knot Wednesday way south of the border, sacoche chanel pas cher according to his website.

Peter MacKay married Nazanin Afshin-Jam in a private ceremony reported to have taken place in Mexico.

Afshin-Jam is Iranian-born and a former Miss Canada World who has since become a high-profile human rights activist.…[Read more]

The man accused of setting more than 50 Los Angeles fires and causing more than $3-million in damage “is not stable mentally,”sacoche chanel pas cher says a note from his doctor that was submitted in a Vancouver court case.

Harry Burkhart is accused of starting the arson rampage two days after his mother was taken into custody by U.S.…[Read more]

Tens of thousands of protesters poured into streets across Syria on Friday, braving a government onslaught of tear gas,sacoche chanel pas cher nail bombs and gunfire that activists said killed at least 16 people. The demonstrations marked a display of renewed vigor for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, who are eager to make their case…[Read more]

The US State Department expressed caution Thursday over Arab League monitors in Syria as criticism mounted elsewhere that they were not doing enough to curb violence.

Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the United States was concerned that violence was continuing despite the presence of the monitors,sacoche chanel pas cher but that ultimately…[Read more]

The official mourning period for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is due to end after an elaborate funeral was staged in the capital,sacoche chanel pas cher Pyongyang.

Regime officials will join his son and anointed successor Kim Jong-un at a national memorial service.

Thursday’s final stage will be preceded by a three-minute silence,…[Read more]

Crown prosecutors have laid more charges in connection with the riots that rocked Vancouver after the Stanley Cup final last June.

Vancouver police announced Tuesday that a 17-year-old boy from B.C.sacoche chanel pas cher ‘s Lower Mainland has been charged with taking part in a riot and three counts of arson.

His identity is protected under the…[Read more]

Funeral services for Maxime Dion, sacoche chanel pas cher the 6-year-old boy who drowned near his home in Upton in Quebec’s Eastern Townships Dec. 19, will be held in the first or second week of January, family members said Monday.

Maxime had been playing with his older brother and a friend when he slipped into the water. Despite the efforts…[Read more]