The composite leading index rose 0.4% in July, after small declines in May and June were revised up to no change. The increase in July was the first advance since August 2008, just before the turmoil in global financial markets deteriorated significantly.
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Consumer prices fell 0.9% in July 2009 compared with July 2008, following a 0.3% decrease in June.
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Travel between Canada and other countries decreased in June compared with May, led by a decline in trips between Canada and the United States.
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The passport which stranded a Toronto woman in Kenya for months is now at the centre of a standoff between the federal government and the lawyer representing Suaad Hagi Mohamud in Canada.
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After being held hostage for nine months, the two French women and two men from Belgium and Bulgaria, who had worked for French charity ACF (Action Against Hunger) together with two abducted Kenyan pilots boarded a plane and were flown out of Somalia last week.
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After more than six months of fighting pirates and delivering humanitarian aid, HMCS Winnipeg is coming home.
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The Reliant Mermaid military exercise to be conducted by Turkey, Israel and the USA begins today. Though the press in Turkey slides around the matter, the exercise annoys all the countries in the region.
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Sweden assumes the presidency of the EU and will head the Union for the next six months *. With the presidency, Sweden is responsible for moving forward important EU issues and has already emphasised that defence policy issues will have a high priority. In view of the upcoming, challenging tasks, the Swedish government recently issued a factsheet describing the defence policy issues that are to be dealt with during its presidency.
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At a ceremony in the Red Sea onboard the EU NAVFOR Spanish warship Numancia Force Commander Captain (N) Juan Garat Caramé, handed over Command of the FHQ to Commodore Pieter Bindt of the Netherlands.
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The Louise-Marie, a Belgian marine frigate, is leaving the Port of Zeebruges on its way to the Horn of Africa. From 1 September until 13 December the warship will accompany cargo ships to protect them from pirates.
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