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Montreal's first baby of 2011 born at stroke of midnight

Talasan Abdi Omar came into the world at exactly midnight, Jan. 1, 2011, in St. Mary's hospital.

Talasan Abdi Omar has great timing, arriving exactly at midnight at St. Mary's hospital

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Greek restaurant in Plateau damaged by fire

The Brochetterie Alexandre, on Duluth St. near Châteaubriand, went up in flames around 7:50 a.m., said a spokesperson for the fire department. About 30 firefighters were called in to extinguish the blaze, which damaged both levels of the Greek restaurant. No one was injured.

First ship in Port of Montreal is M.V. Power

The first vessel of the year to reach the Port of Montreal was the M.V. Power, a container ship that reached the boundary of the port, about 70 kilometres east in Sorel, at 1:01 a.m.

Naomi Bronstein remembered

Naomi Bronstein was remembered Friday as a great humanitarian whose quest to save the world’s children at times turned her own family’s life upside-down.

One man stabbed in east-end fight

Two men were in a hospital Saturday following an armed assault in Montreal’s east-end in which one man was stabbed in the abdomen and the other was beaten on the head.

Pedestrian, hit by taxi, seriously hurt

A 40-year-old pedestrian was in serious but stable condition Saturday after being struck by a taxi in the Rosemont/Petite Patrie Borough.

Former Alouette Proudfoot loses battle with ALS

The start of Tony Proudfoot’s Canadian Football League career with the Alouettes was hardly auspicious, giving no indication of the greatness that was to come.

Mourners told to forgive at Deyan Perisic's funeral

Several hundred mourners, each holding a lit candle, said goodbye on Thursday to Deyan Perisic, a 10-year-old Montreal boy shot to death in Texas on Dec. 13, allegedly by his father in a cross-border custody dispute.

McGill prof helps us see the future

McGill University ethics teacher Norman Miller spent nearly 30 years teaching visualization techniques to help students with exam phobia, self-esteem issues and career choices.

Three arrested after brawl in N.D.G.

Three men were arrested after a fight in N.D.G. early Friday morning.

2010 warmest year on record for Quebec, Canada

2010 has turned out to be the warmest year for Quebec and the rest of Canada since Environment Canada began keeping records 63 years ago.

Environment Canada’s top weather stories of 2010

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Street signs submerged in flood waters are seen in Kendall Street in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia on December 31.

'Biblical' Australian floods claim first victim

"Biblical" floods in northeastern Australia claimed their first victim Sunday, with the body of a missing woman recovered as the surging waters continued to rise.

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Afghan envoys head to Pakistan for new stage in peace talks

Afghan efforts to broker peace with the Taliban enter a new phase this week with the first scheduled visit of envoys to Islamabad, part of a growing recognition that the process hinges on Pakistan.

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Egyptians transport the body of a Christian worshipper

Suspected suicide bomber kills 21 at Egypt church

Egypt officials said a suicide bomber killed 21 people and wounded 79 others outside a Coptic church on Saturday, in an attack the country’s president said was the work of "foreign hands."

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Robert Semrau and wife, Amelie, arrive at the Asticou Centre in this file photo. The judge said, at the sentencing of the first Canadian soldier to stand trial for a battlefield shooting, that Semrau ignored the laws that govern warfare and applied his own morality in deciding to shoot an unarmed insurgent.

No appeal for soldier convicted of shooting wounded Taliban fighter

The Canadian military will not appeal the sentence handed to former captain Robert Semrau in his unprecedented court martial.

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Semrau booted from military for Afghan battlefield shooting

Woman charged in baby abduction denied bail

A young American woman charged after a bizarre child abduction in Toronto that saw a baby go missing from a casting call for several hours was denied bail Saturday.

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U.S. woman charged after Toronto baby abducted

Mexican teen to be deported

An 18-year-old refugee claimant who says his life could be at risk if he's sent back to Mexico was to be deported Saturday - amid what his lawyer called an unusually high degree of secrecy.

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Canadian 12th in line to throne

Autumn Phillips, a Pointe Claire native and a graduateof McGill University, gave birth to Queen Elizabeth's first great-grandchild on Wednesday, a gift that monarchists here hope will strengthen...

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