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As It Happens for Thursday, November 19, 2009 * FTR: Afghan Torture QP * Af

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Capturing a lightning rod in a bottle. We'll find out more about Richard Colvin -- the Canadian diplomat whose testimony about torture in Afghanistan has shocked the country. Close encounters of the fourth-estate kind. A feature interview with Lydia Cacho -- a Mexican journalist who defied beatings and death threats to tell her stories. Once more unto the breach. An American judge finds The Army Corps of Engineers responsible for levee failures during Hurricane Katrina.

As It Happens for Wednesday, November 18, 2009 * FTR: Richard Colvin * Afgh

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Bearing unbearable witness. A Canadian intelligence officer says it's likely that all detainees transferred to Afghan prisons by Canadians were tortured. Necessity puts the mother in detention. An American soldier refuses to go to Afghanistan because she can't find a babysitter -- and is promptly arrested. Keep terrorism suspects at Bay. American officials are seeking a new home for Guantanamo detainees -- but one Congressman says, "Not in my back yard."

As It Happens for Tuesday, November 17, 2009 * Clayton Willey Case * Mammog

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What's wrong with these pictures. A B.C. Grand Chief demands the RCMP release video footage showing the death of Clayton Willey in custody. Sore luger. A back-and-forth with the man who's carrying all of India's Winter Olympic hopes on his slender shoulders. What's a woman to do? Officials with American Preventive Services cause an uproar with their conclusions on mammograms

As it Happens for Monday, November 16, 2009 * New Greenpeace Head * CRTC He

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Greenpeace de resistance. The new head of the conservation group makes saving humanity from itself his top priority. Two sorry situations. Australia apologies to its mistreated British "home children" -- but Canada has no plans to do the same. The truth will set your fees. The CRTC prepares to decide who's right in the battle between cable providers and broadcast networks.

As It Happens for Monday, November 13, 2009 * Khadr Trial * German Killers

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No trial by jury. The U.S. rules that Omar Khadr will face a military commission, rather than a trial in a civilian court. The loot of all evil. At long last, British museums prepare to return artifacts stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners. And...out of the belly of a whale. At one point, the future looked black for killer whales near B.C. -- but thanks to a surprise birth, it's now looking black and white.

As It Happens for Thursday, November 12, 2009 * Priest Released * Medvedev

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Tonight:No longer a voice crying in the wilderness. After thirty-two days in captivity in the Philippines, a seventy-nine-year-old Irish priest is freed. The oyster was their world. The American Food and Drug Administration bans Gulf Coast oysters -- leaving the people who farm them high and dry. Putin, his feet to the fire. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev goes ballistic about his country's "primitive economy" -- right in front of its former president.

As It Happens for Wednesday, November 11, 2009 * NB Cenotaph on Remembrance

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A monumental victory. Despite a devastating act of vandalism on a cenotaph, veterans and citizens turn out en masse for Remembrance Day. Stream of consciousness. A feature interview with John Irving about his reflections on his country, our country, and his new novel Last Night in Twisted River. And...most stories, we're not married to. But in this case, we're espousing more than the Giller-winning book The Bishop's Man -- Carol has espoused its author, Linden MacIntyre.

As It Happens for Tuesday, November 10, 2009 * Ice Floe Rescue * Emma Thomp

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The guys who came in from the cold. We'll talk to one of three men who leaped from a plane to rescue a teenager trapped on an ice floe in Nunavut. A defendant's defiance. In The Hague, the prosecution begins its cross-examination of Charles Taylor -- who stands accused of war crimes. And...Hitting below the pelt. An infestation leads the government of Saskatchewan to put a bounty on the head of every wild canine in the province.

As It Happens for Monday, November 9, 2009 * Destroyed Cenotaph * El Salvad

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Service and disservice. Just before Remembrance Day, vandals inflict heartbreaking damage on a cenotaph in Fredericton. For good and ill. President Obama's health care bill passes after a close vote -- but the legislation is compromised by some pre-existing conditions. A flood of tears. Hurricane Ida unleashes torrential rains and mudslides on El Salvador -- killing more than a hundred-and-twenty people.

As It Happens for Friday, November 6, 2009 * Fort Hood: Soldier * FTR: Gord

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They were preparing to take fire overseas -- but not at home. An American soldier opens fire on his colleagues at Fort Hood -- and we'll talk to a soldier who was on the base when it happened. Casting their net wide to shrink yours. An international anti-counterfeiting conference may turn your computer use upside-download. De Soto voce. We hear from an American archaeologist who's found evidence of the travels of sixteenth-century explorer Hernando de Soto.

As It Happens for Thursday, November 5 * Fort Hood Shooting * BC Salmon Inq

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One of their own. A shooting a Fort Hood Military Base in Texas leaves several soldiers dead. Sole survivor. The only man to live through a Newfoundland helicopter crash finally tells his story. And...where the gills are. If you think sharks don't cruise around near public beaches -- well, nothing could be closer to the tooth.

As It Happens for Wednesday, November 4, 2009 * H1N1: First Nations * TB -

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As It Happens for Tuesday, November 3, 2009 * Fletcher on Euthanasia * Euth

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The right to die. MP Steven Fletcher -- who was paralyzed in a car accident -- tells us why he'll abstain from a Parliamentary vote on legalizing euthanasia. Reaching a conclusion about reaching conclusions. After years of discussion, the Quebec College of Physicians conditionally endorses euthanasia. It is the best of times, it is the Worcestershire of times. A list of the mystery ingredients in the popular brown sauce proves it is, in part, a labour of cloves.

As It Happens for Monday, November 2, 2009 * Afghan Election Reaction * Afg

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Still Karzai after all these years. When a run-off election is cancelled in Afghanistan, the West has to cope with a controversial run-on presidency. Mob vaccine. A shortage of shots causes health officials in Winnipeg to close clinics completely. Taking their words for it. Thousands of languages are endangered -- but a team of linguists works to keep the dialects from dying.

As it Happens for Friday, October 30, 2009 * FTR: Daphne Coffin * Breast Ca

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Resolution of a testing issue. Victims of Newfoundland and Labrador's breast cancer exam scandal accept a multi-million-dollar settlement. In charge again? Ousted president Manuel Zelaya may just get his job back -- as negotiations to return him to power conclude. And this proves it's the principal that counts. For nineteen years, a headmaster in Scotland presides over a school -- without a single pupil.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 29 * Nowak Deported * NB Power Sale * F

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A guest gets second-guessed. U.N. torture investigator Manfred Nowak arrives for an assignment in Zimbabwe -- and is promptly given the boot. Life after deaths. A Quebec Superior Court judge hands Desire Munyaneza the maximum sentence possible for his role in the Rwandan genocide. Do unto otters as you would have them do unto you. An animal behaviourist explains his theory that animals are capable of "moral intelligence".

As it Happens for Wednesday, October 28, 2009 * UN Kabul Attack * Zimbabwe

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Anarchy in Afghanistan. A Taliban attack on a U.N. guesthouse, the death of another Canadian soldier -- and ten days until Afghanistan's run-off election. Thinking better of a look at their worst. The Zimbabwean government invites an expert to investigate torture claims -- and then abruptly rescinds the invitation. And...we've all seen cats on rugs. But thanks to the efforts of feline wigmaker Julie Jackson, we can now see rugs on cats.

As It Happens for Tuesday, October 27 * Mi'q Maq Choir Minister * Mi'q Maq

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As It Happens Daily: 2009-10-26

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As It Happens for Monday, October 26 * End of Sanctuary* Baghdad Bombing* FTR: Paul Quarrington* Greek Empire* Hillier's Legacy* TB Mi'k Maq Choir* 100 Canadian Photos*

As It Happens for Friday, October 23 * Olympics: Mi'q Maq Choir * FTR: Sand

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Hitting a choral reef. The hopes of a young Mi'kmaq choir are sunk, when an invitation to perform at the Olympics is abruptly retracted. Over and Unger. Kyle Unger's fourteen-year nightmare comes to an end, when he's acquitted of a 1990 murder. And go fly a gemtlichkeit. Some wealthy Germans are suffering an embarrassment of riches -- and they demand to be taxed.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 22 * SCOC: Bill 104 Lawyer * FTR: Quebe

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Les mots injuste. A Supreme Court ruling on English-language schools in Quebec provokes a cri de coeur from French-language watchdogs. The stuff that nightmares are made of. A new ad campaign urges caveat emptor -- because the items we buy may have been the product of human trafficking. And...O ye of litter faith! A British museum calls on the public to decide which elements of its collection are invaluable, and which are unvaluable.

As It Happens for Wednesday, October 21 * H1N1 Vaccine Priorities * H1N1 Pr

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H-One-N-One flu over the cuckoo's nest. Pregnant women are a particular swine-flu risk -- but the new, approved vaccine hasn't been tested on pregnant women. Cease and de-Sister Sledge. A singing Scottish store clerk is told to stop filling the world with silly love songs -- or cough up a fine. And...it wasn't just his poll numbers that sagged. Scientists discover that, if you supported John McCain in the U.S. election, your testosterone levels are Palin in comparison.

As It Happens for Tuesday, October 20 * Afghan Runoff * Iraq Deserter Sanct

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Point of new returns. There will be a run-off election in Afghanistan -- but the new start comes with problems old and new. Fighting battles to avenge the war. Militants attack a university in Islamabad, in retribution for the Pakistani Army's offensive in South Waziristan. A momentary apse. An American Iraq War deserter seeks sanctuary in a church on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

As It Happens for Monday, October 19 * Afghan Election Results * Galbraith

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Results have varied. Evidence of widespread fraud should force a run-off election in Afghanistan -- but so far, the next step is unknown. They didn't have a chance in hull. The RCMP seize a mystery ship full of would-be immigrants, off the coast of British Columbia. And...P.S. My ear hurts. A new exhibition combines Vincent Van Gogh's letters to family and friends with the art those letters refer to.

As It Happens for Friday, October 16, 2009 * Afghan Prisoner's: Commission

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Redact two letters from "commission" and you get "omission". An inquiry into the treatment of Afghan prisoners is repeatedly stonewalled by the federal government. The 'Nam comes around. How one former military man applies the lessons of a South Asian quagmire to the current Central Asian quagmire. Getting their fifteen minutes of flame. A documentarian finds a surprisingly volatile subject coming out of people's taps in Colorado.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 15, 2009 * Lahore Attacks: Reporter * L

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Pakistan under attack. Militants stage at least five separate attacks on Peshawar and Lahore -- killing dozens, and creating fears of a guerrilla war. Violent partner. The storm in Pakistan puts a black cloud over its already-shaky alliance with the United States. Giving away The Games. A new exhibit gathers the stories of the Canadians who went to the 1936 Berlin Olympics -- and those who chose to stay home.

As It Happens for Wednesday, October 14, 2009 * British Iraq Inquiry * FTR:

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In the casus belli of the beast. The father of a soldier killed in Iraq tells us what he thinks of an extremely wide-ranging British inquiry into the prosecution of the war. Ninety-nine problems? Well, Peter Pocklington has made his share of mistakes over the years -- but he maintains that trading Gretzky ain't one. Maybe it's a tribute to the smashing job he did of starting a country. The Glasgow birthplace of John A. Macdonald faces demolition.

As It Happens for Tuesday October 13, 2009 * Brit MPs Expense * FTR: Braidw

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Running on MPs. England's endless expenses scandal keeps on giving -- with a new requirement that some members will have to start giving back. Nothing to be veinglorious about. A new report reveals that, when it comes to blood donation, most Canadians are out of circulation. Veni vidi Vinci. A Montreal forensics expert came, saw, and offered the opinion that the fingerprint on a portrait is that of the great Leonardo.

As It Happens for Monday, October 12 * Pakistan Attacks * TB & Email: Cowic

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Militants in Pakistan stage their fourth attack in a week, killing dozens of people in a suicide car bombing. Two kinds of rats inhabit the British Isles -- and they could explain the divide between the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons. A new book that looks back on one of the biggest moment's in our hockey history -- the day Wayne Gretzky left Edmonton for L.A. And, squash tournament. They were pie-eyed and bushel-tailed in Windsor, Nova Scotia this weekend for the town's annual pumpkin boat race.

As It Happens for Friday, October 9th * Obama Wins Nobel * Iranian Death Se

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President Obama's in the middle of a mess of conflicts -- but the Nobel committee still sees fit to award him the 2009 Peace Prize. Scientists find a powerful new measurement of climate change in the logbooks of vessels from centuries gone by. An Iranian court sentences a dissident to death for his role in post-election demonstrations. A New Brunswick man loses his pointer -- and works to fix his digital deficit in a strictly analog fashion.

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