BORDER

RCMP, US Coast Guard plan joint border patrol [CBC]

Canadian flagged fishing vessel stopped in US waters [military.com]

TRADE/ECONOMY

US unemployment drops as workforce shrinks [NY Times]

After hopeful start, US economy headed for sluggish summer? [Reuters]

Canada’s Flaherty sees moderate growth this year [Reuters]

Alberta leads economic way: report [Calgary Herald]

DEFENSE

US Marines exchange infantry skills with Canadian Forces [dvidshub.net]

Trying to prove 9/11 case, and tribunal’s fairness [NY Times]

Harper government seeks other stealth jet spinoff benefits [CP]

Australia delays F-35 plan orders to help budget [Reuters]

ENERGY

TransCanada reapplies for Keystone XL permit [Bloomberg]

Alberta premier praises decision to resubmit application [Postmedia News]

US announces compromise on fracking disclosure [NY Times]

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BORDER

Cross-border cooperation sought for Bakken crime [Businessweek]

Man arrested at border in double homicide [WBZ Boston]

Mystery rumble from Detroit infuriates Canadians [newser.com]

66 pounds of meth seized near border [Bellingham Herald]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Canada has two kind of trade relationships – with US and rest of world [Conference Board]

Canada business confidence down for first time in 8 months [WSJ]

Startup Canada launch blessed by Harper, Baird [Financial Post]

Canada confident of joining Asia-Pacific trade pact [WSJ]

China’s vanishing trade imbalance [NY Times]

Unemployment reaches record high in Eurozone [NY Times]

DEFENSE

Deadly clashes in Egypt ahead of vote [NY Times]

Obama signs pact in Kabul, turning page on Afghan War [NY Times]

7 die in suicide attacks in Kabul [NY Times]

Obama’s top security official says “rigorous standards’ are used for drone strikes [NY Times]

ENERGY

Montana Gov. Schweitzer bullish on starting Keystone Xl construction in 2013 [Independent Record - Helena, Montana]

Public meetings renew focus on Keystone XL in Nebraska [AP]

Meetings planned for alternate pipeline route [Lincoln Journal Star - Nebraska]

A better case for Keystone XL [Washington Post]

Keystone Xl: Against our national security [The Hill]

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Tightrope walk over Niagara gorge set for June 15 [Globe and Mail]

More Canadians surrendering south of the border in extradition cases [Vancouver Sun]

BIRDS

A new sheriff in town when geese invade [Miami Herald]