The third task force of RF Navy Pacific Fleet has set off from Vladivostok to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy. The task force comprises big anti-submarine ship “Admiral Tributs”, tanker “Boris Butoma” and tugboat “MB-99”.
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HMCS Winnipeg officially wrapped up a nine-week counter-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend and should be home in British Columbia by late August.
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Tourism spending in Canada declined 1.3% in real terms in the first quarter of 2009, as outlays by both Canadians and international visitors fell.
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Immigrants accounted for 5.3% of the population living in Canada's rural and small town areas in 2006, or 312,555 people. In contrast, immigrants represented about one-quarter of the total population living in census metropolitan areas.
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Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a new task force led by a missile destroyer with two helicopters to the Gulf of Aden on June 29, a fleet spokesman said on Friday.
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The world's eight most powerful industrialized nations will support the training of coast guards from the Gulf of Aden in a bid to fight piracy, G8 foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in the Italian port of Trieste on Friday
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US to bolster efforts to train Somali forces, provide arms to foil Islamic rebels. U.S. officials say the Obama administration has decided to bolster efforts to support Somalia's embattled government.
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San Francisco, CA - ORAM, a groundbreaking international refugee advocacy organization, announced its launch recently. The Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration is the first non-governmental organization (NGO) to focus exclusively on refugees and asylum seekers fleeing sexual and gender based violence.
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In 2008, 84% of Canadians aged 12 or older reported that they had a regular medical doctor, down from 86% in 2003. Between 2005 and 2008, the rate of Canadians who reported high blood pressure, diabetes and influenza immunization increased. The reported prevalence of asthma remained stable over this period.
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Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American aid worker shot dead in Mauritania, al-Jazeera TV reports.
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