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An interesting article from Australia about mining activities there and the similarities with our case:

Canada has deported hundreds of people to countries designated too dangerous for civilians, with more than half of those people being sent back to Iraq, according to government data obtained by Reuters.

Social sciences and institutions, private of public, have always played and will, no doubt, continue play a very important role in studying, researching and analysing trends in societies and proposing solutions or necessary courses of actions to move forward. But for all their hard work and dedication they sometimes miss the mark, by more than a mile.

Canada’s federal government has finalised the details of an additional import quota that will allow 18,500 tonnes of European cheese to enter Canada, but EU dairy producers aren’t happy. EURACTIV Italy reports.

The quota is part of the CETA trade agreement between Canada and the EU, which will enter into force on 21 September.

By James George Jatras*

Every living nation needs symbols. They tell us who we are as one people, in what we believe, and on what basis we organize our common life.

Insolvent German airline Air Berlin hopes to complete its sale by September, the group's chief executive said, as government officials fended off accusations of favoring Lufthansa in the bankruptcy process.

"We want to settle the sale in September at the latest, otherwise customers' trust in the airline will vanish," chief executive Thomas Winkelmann told newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

The Federal Government has released a “tool kit” for venue operators to assess the vulnerability of their site and better protect it against a potential terrorist attack.
It outlined a blueprint for “layered security” at venues, including CCTV, X-ray screening and physical barriers like bollards to prevent vehicle attacks at crowded places like shopping centres and sports stadiums.

The number of asylum seekers who illegally crossed the United States border into Canada more than tripled last month, according to Canadian government data released on Aug. 17, as migrants worried about the U.S. administration's immigration crackdown head north.

A group of Californians has submitted yet another initiative to secede from the United States as the country is gripped by one of its worst political crisis in recent history.

Berlin wants to make a payment of 660 million euros to Greece, according to German media reports this week.

"The federal government is ready to pay a total of 660 million euros to Greece when it meets certain requirements," daily newspaper Die Welt said.

Citing the German Treasury, it said this amount concerns interest earnings on Greek bonds.