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May 16, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Thursday, May 17, 2012 * Quebec Students * TB and Email: UN Food Rep * CP Board Resignations * Fist Pumper Record * China Agricultural Land * G20 Questions and Misconduct Charges * Donna Summer Obit
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Extra-curricular activity. Quebec's National Assembly prepares an emergency law to end the tuition strikes -- but one student leader says the law could cause an emergency. An explosive story. In southwestern China, the details surrounding a suicide bombing are revealed, retracted, changed, and debated. End of the line. Several members of CP Rail's board -- including the company's CEO -- resign, allowing an activist shareholder to fast-track his plans to remake the railway.
May 15, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Wednesday, May 16, 2012 * Mladic Trial: Lawyer * Quebec Classrooms Raided * UN Rapp on Food * Irish Pound * Independent G20 Report * NRTEE Scrapped * Immigrant Farm Workers
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Ratko Mladic on trial. The former commander-in-chief of the Bosnian Serb Army goes on trial for war crimes -- including the massacre at Srebrenica. From badge to worse. The latest report on the G20 summit in Toronto finds that the police provided as much chaos as order. Clearing the Table. The National Roundtable was set up to help us have a sustainable economy -- but now the government has announced it won't be sustaining the National Roundtable.
May 14, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Tuesday, May 15, 2012 * Greece Talks Fail * Slaughter House Changes * G20 Activist Acquitted * Sandwich Anniversary * Slave Lake Anniversary * Aussie Jumper * EI Changes: Mayor
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Greeks bearing grudges. An anti-austerity party does its part to make sure coalition talks fall through in Greece -- and that party may just win the upcoming election. Rising from the ashes. It's been a year since the fire that laid waste to one-third of the town of Slave Lake -- and residents are still struggling to rebuild. Dead on arrival. The federal government wants to allow slaughterhouses to process dead animals -- which critics say could contaminate the food supply.
May 13, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Monday, May 14, 2012 * JP Morgan: Senator * FTR: Jean Charest * G20: RCMP Cleared * Random Acts of Kindness * Bill Ackman * FTR: Cowichan Suicides
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A Colossus's losses. Financial firm JP Morgan is hemorrhaging money after some risky trading -- and one U.S. Senator takes the opportunity to push for greater oversight. He's been workin' on the railroad. Peter talks with Bill Ackman, the activist shareholder who's trying to use his clout to restructure the management of Canadian Pacific Railway. Uniformly blameless. Toronto's G20 summit had some serious problems -- but according to a new report, the RCMP wasn't one of them.
May 10, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Friday May 11* Tamil Cdn Murdered * TB: Montreal Students * Picasso Print * Libya Mission Costs * FTR: Cdn France Candidate * Tymoshenko: Gov't * FTR: Moose Accident
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Killed in his birthplace. A Tamil Canadian man is murdered after returning to Sri Lanka to reclaim family land lost during the war. Well, someone's guilty of "abuse of power". That's the charge that put former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko in prison, where she says she's being abused -- and tonight, a government spokesperson responds. Your contribution to Canada's contribution. The Department of National Defence reveals that the total cost of the Libyan mission is double what Peter MacKay said it would be.
May 09, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Thursday, May 10, 2012 * Damascus Attack * Quebec Students * Italy Soccer Match Fixing * Prince Charles Weather * Chen Family Harassed * Stouffville 1812 * Exxon Valdez Future
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So much for peace. Two bombs kill dozens of people in Damascus -- and shatter any remaining illusion that the violence has stopped. Relatively dangerous. Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says the government is exacting retribution for his very public escape -- by going after his family. Class struggle. When smoke bombs shut down the Montreal Métro, the public blames student protests -- and calls for the protesters to knock it off.
May 08, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for May 9, 2012 * Obama Endorses Same Sex Marriage * Obit: Vidal Sasson * Quebec Credit Card Bust * A Knight's Tale * Stouffville 1812: MP * Tymoshenko Doctor *
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He decided to speak now, rather than forever hold his peace. Under pressure, U.S. President Barack Obama endorses same-sex marriage. Taking all the credit. Police in Quebec bust a credit and debit card cloning ring -- one with tentacles that reach across the country and around the world. The war of the War of 1812. We've heard from an opponent to a military celebration in Stouffville, Ontario -- now we'll hear from a local MP who opposes the opponents.
May 07, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Tuesday, May 8, 2012 * Langridge Case: Mother * Ontario Doctors * Environment Report Card * Science Student Winner * Jeff Rubin
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A mother's battle. Sheila Fynes continues to push the Canadian military to explain its mishandling of her son's death by suicide. Well, someone's trying to clear the air. But, as Canada's Environmental Commissioner points out, it's not the federal government. Growth misconduct. Economist Jeff Rubin joins Carol for a feature interview about his latest book, The End of Growth.
May 06, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Monday, May 7, 2012 * Ontario Doctors Cuts * Iran Hiker Wedding * Greek Election MP * Senator Smith * Ronnie The Rooster * 1812 Stouffville Pacifists * Martin Brodeur * McDonald's Massacre
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Cut fees -- and cut the conversation. The Ontario government says negotiations with the province's doctors have failed -- so they're chopping away at medical fees. It wasn't a battleground back then -- but it is now. The town of Stouffville is scheduled to host a War of 1812 commemorative celebration -- but some of its peace-loving residents are fighting back. Politely. A disunity government. Greeks vote against austerity -- but the mishmash of politicians they vote for can't form a coalition.
May 03, 2012
23:00
As It Happens for Friday, May 4, 2012 * David Smith * Tim Hortons Update * Romeo Dallaire Suicides * Hobo Cops * Lost Budgie * John Irving
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A Dave that will live in infamy. Someone named David Smith is on the No-Fly List -- which is causing problems for Senator David Smith. Small cuts, but deep. Senator Romeo Dallaire says that, for soldiers suffering Post Traumatic Stress, the positions being eliminated at the Defence Department are anything but redundant. Investigating a "sexual suspect". A feature interview with John Irving, whose new novel In One Person is the story of a man coming to terms with his bisexuality.

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