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Halifax, NS | Fri, August 8th, 2008

China takes Olympic stage

Photo by DAVID GUTTENFELDER / The Associated Press

Story by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIJING � Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise.

Now ascendent as a global power, China welcomed scores of world leaders to an opening ceremony watched by 91,000 people at the eye-catching National Stadium and a potential audience of four billion worldwide. It was depicted as the largest, costliest extravaganza in Olympic history, bookended by barrages of some 30,000 fireworks.

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Atlantic Liberals ready for election

Cuzner says MPs want Dion to force a fall vote
By STEPHEN MAHER Ottawa Bureau
Fri. Aug 8 - 11:19 AM

OTTAWA — Stephane Dion has little choice but to vote to bring down the Tory government this fall after spending the summer promoting his Green Shift plan, says Rodger Cuzner.

“Do you think Dion might get spooked?” Mr. Cuzner said Thursday. “I’m talking to you in all sincerity here. I think he’s got to pull the pin this time around.”

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Two youths face charges in Halifax holdup

By OUR STAFF
Fri. Aug 8 - 11:18 AM

A man was held up at gunpoint by a gang of people in central Halifax early this morning.

The victim was walking along North and Maynard Streets at about 12:20 a.m. Friday when he was approached by four males and a female � all wearing bandanas to cover their faces.

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Heavy Jesus stolen from grave in rural N.S. cemetery

By The Canadian Press
Fri. Aug 8 - 11:17 AM

MIDDLE STEWIACKE � RCMP in Nova Scotia are investigating the theft of a statue of Jesus from a rural cemetery.

The grave marker was taken from a cemetery plot in Middle Stewiacke.

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N.S. history 'carted away in a Dumpster'

Scholar aghast that Government House�s vintage plaster was replaced with Gyproc
By CHRIS LAMBIE Staff Reporter
Fri. Aug 8 - 5:10 AM

Centuries-old plaster walls at Government House are being replaced with drywall during a $5.7-million renovation project.

The work has raised the ire of a professor at St. Francis Xavier University who recently wrote to the lieutenant-governor�s office, among others, to complain about the situation.

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Close encounter of the weird kind

German tourist spies strange lights over Prospect; navy official says they were just shooting off flares
By JOHN GILLIS Staff Reporter
Fri. Aug 8 - 11:19 AM

MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS spotted over Prospect Bay this week probably weren�t extraterrestrial visitors trying to find their way to Shag Harbour for the upcoming UFO festival.

Heiner Kullack of Hamburg, Germany, went to the village southwest of Halifax on Wednesday night to do some birdwatching. But it wasn�t hummingbirds or cedar waxwings that left an impression.

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It�s all Olympics, all the time � or face the consequences

THE 37-INCH, flat-screen, high-definition TV has been purchased and hooked up with the sports cable package.

The articulating wall arm has been attached to the TV to maximize viewing angles from living room or kitchen.

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