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VancouverStar.com Friday 3rd September 2010 Volume 8/246
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"This historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. We have now been through nearly a decade of war. We have endured a long and painful recession. And sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation - a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity - may seem beyond our reach"
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US President Obama was making a national address Tuesday to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq

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B.C. towns seek help with overabundant deer, geese
Along with climate change, poverty reduction and arts funding, cities in B.C. are citing two new urgent issues facing the province’s municipalities – deer-ravaged gardens and a deluge of...

Carver shot dead by Seattle police
John T. Williams was often seen in downtown Seattle holding a piece of wood and a knife. A member of Vancouver Island’s Ditidaht First Nation, Mr. Williams was a carver, after all, an...
Three per cent approval: Nowhere to go but up
Hard to imagine the province’s beleaguered Finance Minister, Colin Hansen, being in more of a political pickle than he is right now.Either you don’t believe him, when he says he knew...
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A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island in the early hours of the morning causing some panic but no immediate reports of...

Plane goes down in UAEPlane goes down in UAE
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in AfghanistanUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Afghanistan
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The Dow Jones rose more than 100 points Friday, the third day of gains for the key...

Sexual harassment claims lead to big settlement in USSexual harassment claims lead to big settlement in US
A $5.8 million sexual harassment settlement will be paid by a building maintenance firm in the...
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A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has urged jurors to fight their instincts and resist the temptation to go on the Internet to research the Kanishka (Air India) bombing case of June 1985, as he believes information gleaned could cloud their judgment on the role played by prime accused Inderjit Singh Reyat during the high-profile perjury trial.

In brief opening remarks to the jury Tuesday, Mr. Justice Mark McEwan said doing research on the case would be "absolutely against your oath" and create a problem if the court finds out.

Acknowledging that his admonition was counter-intuitive, he, however, said many people would try to learn more about something new that they were involved in.

"These days, it is so easy to do on the Internet. I tell you in the strongest possible terms to resist the temptation. It is very important to decide only on the basis of evidence in the courtroom," the Globe and Mail quoted Mr. Justice Mark McEwan, as saying.

Nine women and three men have been selected to serve as jury members for the perjury trial.

Reyat is accused of lying under oath 19 times in September 2003, during testimony at the Air India terrorism trial of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, the two British Columbian men who were subsequently acquitted of all charges. The charge of perjury was filed in February 2006. However, the trial has been repeatedly postponed.

The bombing of an Air India flight en route from Toronto to London on June 23, 1985, claimed the lives of 329 people.

The trial is slated to begin on September 9. (ANI)


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