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CHRISTIE 21ST, IRISH RIDERS HIT BY ILLNESS IN CANADA By Shane Stokes Jun 6, 2010,     Just one of the five Irish riders who started the Ville de Saguenay under 23 Nations Cup race in Canada remain in the event, with the rest of the squad being forced out with stomach problems. Marcus Christie finished a solid 21st on yesterday’s stage to Kenogami,... 

  By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union on Tuesday lent support to a mediation agreement between Eritrea and Djibouti, whose bitter border standoff is seen as potentially destabilising for the Horn of Africa region. The Red Sea nations, who share a coastline on a crucial shipping lane linking Asia to Europe, clashed over their border several times in 2008 and... 

09 Jun 2010 Cruising Helmsman – May 2008 Destination: Red Sea Christopher and Jill Chambers join friends for the adventure of a lifetime in the notorious Red Sea, one of the most dangerous stretches of ocean in the world. Christopher tells the story. "Wake up!" cried Andy, our skipper. "There are two boats approaching fast." It was 3.30am. We were four days out from... 

(RTTNews) -  The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has wound up its operations in Libya following a directive from the Muammar Gadaffi government to leave the country, an UNHCR spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Melissa Fleming said Tripoli had informed the UNHCR last week that it must go without setting a deadline or specifying the reasons which prompted the decision. "They made it... 

Ogilvy Renault LLP Gregory O. Somers Canada June 1 2010 The Canadian government is empowered to implement economic sanctions under three statutes:     The United Nations Act enables the Canadian government to give effect to decisions passed by the United Nations Security Council ("UNSC") under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The Act allows the government to impose...