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* Tripoli Violence. Observers warn the conflict in Syria may be spreading over its borders as sectarian clashes erupt in Lebanon.
* Stephen Harper Nude. A portrait of the PM is causing a stir at the Kingston Public Library because of the artist's liberal use of flesh-coloured paint.
* TB: Fist Pumping Champ. AIH listeners were pumped by our conversation with world champion Ray Slater.

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* Wage Scales Gone. NDP MP Pat Martin says the budget bill includes a clause that would harm Canada's construction industry. Then reaction from industy.
* Iceland Elf Boulder. MP Arni Johnsen moves a boulder he believes houses a family elves to his yard.

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* SOD: Edmonton Transit. A tour of the unique and mundane items in the Edmonton Transit lost and found office.
* Slave Lake Report. The Alberta government released a report on the response to the fires. Committee chair, Bill Sweeney, shares the findings.

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* Quebec Student. University Student Association president, Martine Desjardins, is concerned emergency legislation may spark more violence.
* Fist Pumper Record. Ray Slater has achieved ultimate glory, by setting a world record for fist-pumping for 17 hours straight.

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* G20 Questions. Lawyer Howard Morton says 2 reports on the G20 Summit don't answer key questions, including who was responsible for the human rights violations.
* Donna Summer Obituary. She was the Hot Stuff that Loved to Love You. The Queen of Disco died today at the age of 63.

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* Gulf Shipwreck Found. While mapping a poorly-explored region of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor, oceanographers find a sunken ship and 200-year-old artifacts.
* Mike McGrady Obituary: Remembering an excellent writer whose most enduring legacy is a truly terrible book. We'll review the highs and low of the U.S. newspaperman.

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They were not impressed.  Even before the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, wrapped up his 11-stop Canadian tour, two Conservative cabinet ministers let him know they weren't happy with his work. You can hear Minister Jason Kenney's response, here.

The Special Rapporteur had set out to examine whether Canada's poor have adequate diets and if social programs guarantee an equitable access to healthy foodstuffs.

His findings suggest that our 'True North Strong and Free' may not be as far up the food chain, as we may like to think, so to speak.

The Rapporteur estimates 2 to 3 million Canadians can't afford healthy diets and that more than a million aboriginal people are in a "desperate situation".

Listen to Olivier De Schutter's explanation of his report.

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* Ratko Mladic Trial. The leader of the Serbian army stood today in the prisoner's box. We hear from a lawyer representing victims' families of the 1995 massacre of Srebrenica.
* Irish Pound. Rejecting the Euro, a small town in Ireland has brought back the Irish pound - or punt - as its currency.

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* NRTEE Scrapped. David McLaughlin, CEO of the National Round Table on the Enivronment and Economy, responds to Ottawa's funding cut.
* Field of nightmares. A Human Rights Watch report finds women working as immigrant farm workers in the U.S. face harassment and sexual violence.

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* Euro and Greece. Political instability is raising fears that Greece could leave the Eurozone. Herman Von Rompuy, special advisor to European Council President, is our guest.
* Pros and Conservatory. It's the hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary of the Royal Conservatory of Music -- and things are going south, in a good way.

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William Pryor-Bennett grew up hearing stories about his Uncle Denis. He never met his mother's little brother. His uncle was a RAF pilot who went missing during the Second World War.

But now the plane Flight Sergeant Denis Copping was flying over Egypt when he disappeared in 1942 has been unearthed in the Sahara. A Polish oil worker discovered the Kittyhawk perfectly intact, except for the damage caused when it crashed.

It was the first news of Mr. Pryor-Bennett's uncle in seventy years. We reached William Pryor-Bennett in Kinsale, Ireland.

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* Greece Talks Fail. Greeks will be returning to the polls, after a final attempt to form a coalition government falls flat. We speak to a representative of the Syriza Party.
* Slaughter House Changes: Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and NDP critic Malcolm Allen discuss a proposal to allow slaughterhouses to process already dead animals.

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* Slave Lake Anniversary. A local radio show host reflects on how people are coping one year after wildfires tore through the community.
* EI Changes. A New Brunswick mayor says Ottawa's plan to tighten rules for collecting EI will unfairly target the most vulnerable workers, including those in her town.

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* Sound of the Day: Sexy Halifax Bridges. A new campaign is using sex to sell safe driving on the city's bridges.
* WWII Egypt Plane. The nephew of a pilot whose plane was discovered in the Sahara talks about his uncle's death, and his hope that his uncle's remains will now be found.

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* G20 - RCMP Cleared. The watchdog that investigated RCMP conduct during the summit in Toronto has cleared the force of any wrongdoing.
* Random Acts of Kindness. Sean O'Connor posted an unusual request online, and so far 1000 kind people have responded.

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* Bill Ackman. The US hedge fund owner and activist shareholder wants to replace half the board of Canadian Pacific.
* Obit: Donald "Duck" Dunn. We pay tribute to the iconic 70-year-old bass player who died last night, while touring with Booker T. and the MGs.

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* Libya NATO Casualties. Human Rights Watch says NATO airstrikes are responsible for the death of dozens of civilians in Libya.
* A conversation with Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan. A young doctor in a war-torn village -- whose approach to medicine, and life, were changed by his work in war zones.

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Foreign interference in Canada's oil economy won't be tolerated.

That's been the message from the Harper Government for the past few months. Specifically, its message to environmental groups who oppose the development of Alberta's oils sands. Several Canadian environmental groups receive donations from people and organizations outside Canada. And, as we've told you on the program before, the Federal Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has repeatedly taken issue with that, saying that it amounts to foreign interference in Canada's affairs.

But a new report has found that there's a double standard when it comes to companies actually doing business in the oil sands.

Nikki Skuce is with the Canadian environmental group, Forest Ethics Advocacy. We reached her in Washington, D.C.

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*Tamil Canadian Murdered: A leader of the Tamil-Canadian community tells us what he know about the murder of Anthonypillai Mahendrarajah, last week in Sri Lanka.

*Picasso Print: Thriftstore hunter Zachary Bodish stumbled upon a signed Picasso Print at his local thrift store, paid $14 for it, and resold it for $7,000.

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*Forest Ethics Report: Forest Ethics finds that over two thirds of oil sands production is owned by foreign companies.

*FTR: Moose Accident: It wasn't good for the moose, but somehow she got to Gander. This week, Michelle Higgins struck a moose with her car. She has no recollection of the collision -- nor of how she managed to drive her almost-destroyed car 40 more kilometres to get to work.

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*Death Row Inmate: Scott Kauffman is continuing to push to clear convicted killer Dennis Lawley's name -- even though his client died of natural causes on death row in March.

*Brown Tree Snakes: Poisoned mice fitted with parachutes are being used to combat the out-of-control population of brown tree snakes on the island nation of Guam.

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The oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude off the coast of Alaska in 1989.

Until a few hours ago, the infamous ship -- which is now known as "The Oriental Nicety", to protect its identity -- was headed to a port in India to be destroyed. But the country's Supreme Court has now ordered it blocked, until it is decontaminated.

Gopal Krisha is an environmental activist who petitioned the court to stop the ship. We reached him in Delhi.

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