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...Mezer is from Hebron, a Hamas stronghold on the West Bank, and was detained several days for rock throwing during the intifadeh. Arrested at the Canadian border in January as he tried to enter the U.S. illegally, he was detained until Feb. 6, when he posted a $5,000 bond. Some reports said Abu Mezer's alleged bombmaking was sped by news of the Hamas attack in Jerusalem. On Saturday, though, Hamas released a statement denying involvement in the Brooklyn plot. It declared, "Our battlefield is Palestine...
Today's New England Journal of Medicine reports that Canadian doctors have found that the controversial drug probucol halves the need for repeat angioplasties, which are given to 20 percent of the 1 million people who undergo the proceedure each year. The $16,000 surgery is often repeated within a few months because of reclogging...
Earlier this year, the Canadian company Bre-X created a scandal when it reported that the 200 million oz. of gold it had "discovered" were a hoax. That may not be all bad: investors don't have much use for the stuff anyway. Recently Australia, the world's third largest producer, confirmed the sale of about two-thirds of its holdings. The $1.87 billion gold dump followed sell-offs by Belgium and the Netherlands and reports that others would follow. Australia's sale sent the price sinking to $314.60 per troy oz., a 12-year low, before it recovered...
...great songs were islands in a sea of banality, and the new record suffers from the same inconsistency. It starts off well with a stirring workout called Carolina Blues, but the rest of the album is long on harmonica solos and short on melodies. The songs aren't bad--Canadian Rose, Felicia and Most Precarious are modestly entertaining--but they aren't exactly good either...
PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia: The blockade of an Alaskan ferry ended today after the Canadian government promised disgruntled fishermen in British Columbia that it would pressure the United States to reopen negotiations on Pacific salmon. As the 300-boat blockade broke apart, the ferry Malaspina departed the harbor with a blast of its horns, ending a siege which kept about 135 passengers captive since Saturday. The ferry had been held hostage by Canadian fishermen who claim U.S. fishing fleets are violating a 1985 treaty on salmon fishing by netting the choicest fish in the ocean as they swim to Canada...