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...Although the leaders spoke at the summit about how their pact would boost annual commerce between Canada and the E.U. by around $27 billion, they were also contemplating that the seal ban could lead to a major trade tiff. Canada has already promised to challenge the ban at the World Trade Organization - and stands a good chance of overturning it, since WTO rules only allow prohibitions based on health and safety...
...Mumbai at the time of last November's attacks. The Indian government has also offered to provide paramilitary forces if required, even though the country will be holding general elections over six weeks coinciding with the tournament. IPL president Lalit Modi has been in a running tiff with the government over dates and venues for his tournament, and it is a measure of the importance of cricket to India that the IPL's request to be provided additional security during the time of general elections was not only made but also entertained. The joke in India is that more people...
...Dubai tennis tiff could very well be just the beginning of a serious downward spiral in diplomatic relations between Israel and the rest of the Middle East. After years of gradually easing tensions following the Camp David accords, Israel's relations with even moderate Arab countries have become increasingly brittle since the Gaza conflict and could easily worsen. (See pictures of Gaza border tension...
...month ago, one of the Harvard Shuttle buses collided with a biker at 1 a.m. A few weeks later, another shuttle broke down in the middle of the Quad and had to be towed. And recently, one driver erupted in a public tiff with a DHL delivery man who had parked his van slightly in the shuttle’s way. Something is definitely going on with the shuttle these days. “I’ve seen so many ridiculous things happen on the shuttle,” says Sara M. Flood ’10, a Pforzheimer...
...over. This weekend the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival concluded its 10-day grande bouffe of celebrity sightings, endless queues and 312 features. The People's Choice prize, voted by the TIFF audiences, went to Danny Boyle's Bollywood saga Slumdog Millionaire, which will hit real theaters in November. But there are plenty of movies still to consider - some awaiting theatrical release, some hoping for a distributor. Here are five, of varying quality, that you'll be hearing about...