LINKS Jan. 8, 2012

DIPLOMACY

Hillary Clinton’s coworkers welcome her back with a helmet [Mashable]

Clinton to testify on the Hill [ABC]

BORDER

US spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement last year [NY Times]

Guns, $7 million in Iraqi currency seized at border [Postmedia]

Border patrol agents accost photojournalist at protest [Watertown Daily News]

TRADE/ECONOMY

US and China leave feeble Europe in their wake [Reuters]

Baird says promotion of trade is crucial [Postmedia]

NAFTA surface trade jumps 7.9% [CCJ]

Press conference: next gen trade agreements jeopardize fisheries regulation [newswire,ca]

SECURITY

Obama defends Hagel as Defense pick [NY Times]

Tom Ridge supports Hagel [Politico]

Gay groups divided on Hagel [Politico]

Why Obama picked Hagel [Politico]

US legal officials split on how to prosecute terrorism detainees [NY Times]

Hints of Syrian chemical push set off global effort to stop it [NY Times]

Harper, head of African Union, to talk Mali crisis [CP]

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

Two arrested in Keystone XL protest [Houston Chronicle]

Activists storm TransCanada headquarters [Daily Caller]

Year ahead for Keystone: big unknown [insideclimatenews.org]

Exit of EPA boss a protest [NY Post]

Lisa Jackson quit EPA over Keystone: NYP [CP]

 

LINKS Dec. 13, 2012

DIPLOMACY

Susan Rice pulls out, won’t replace Hillary Clinton [macleans.ca]

BORDER

Canada, US ink deal to share information on third-country nationals [iPolitics]

Name tags don’t endanger border officers, gov’t says [QMI]

Manitoba border agents off job over name-tag policy [CBC]

Alleged plot to kill Justin Bieber derailed by trip to Canadian border: police [CP]

TRADE/ECONOMY

U.S. retail sales inch up on cars, electronics [Washington Post]

Obama, Boehner to meet Thurs on fiscal cliff  [Washington Post]

 Canada rejects strong labour rights chapter in TPP [rabble.ca]

DEFENSE

Ottawa officially scraps F-35 purchase [Globe and Mail]

Rae says “reset” of F-35 process not enough [CTV]

Russian envoy says Syrian leader is losing control [NY Times]

Would a Sec of Defense Hagel oppose war with Iran? [Foreign Policy]

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

 5 major issues that Keystone XL review must include [Huffington Post]

Texas judge dissolves restraining order on Keystone XL [mysanantonio.com]

Forget Canada’s oil sands, turn to Bakken [Globe and Mail]

 

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Luiza’s Blog Archives

LINKS April 26, 2012

April 26, 2012
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BORDER

New facility makes border crossing easier [WNYF TV - Watertown, NY]

Dreaded grain pest discovered in Detroit inspection [Windsor Star]

Canada Border Services stonewalls the public [Victoria Times Colonist]

TRADE/ECONOMY

 A worrisome rise in US jobless claims [NY Times]

Retailers decry cross-border shopping changes [The Epoch Times]

Trade corridor a priority for cross-border partners [Prairie Post]

DEFENSE

Harper says Canadian troops could stay in Afghanistan past 2014 [Toronto Star]

Canada and US in talks over keeping troops in Afghanistan [Ottawa Citizen]

Pakistan says it test-fires nuclear-capable missile [NY Times]

US to step up drones strikes inside Yemen [NY Times]

ENERGY

Keystone XL not ‘make or break’ climate issue: Obama [Globe and Mail]

Insiders: Keystone XL will go down again in the US Senate [National Journal]

Insiders: Getting to know the Senate conferees [dc.streetsblog.org]

New Keystone XL route: Out of the Sandhills, still in the aquifer [InsideClimate News]

GOP digging in heels over oil pipeline [Washington Times]

GOP boosts pipeline pressure ahead of climate talks [The Hill]

Alberta to push pipeline and bigger markets [Calgary Herald]

Keystone XL backer sees obstructionism [UPI]

Wind developers have same problems as Keystone XL [Fuel Fix]

Why would Canadians hide the ethics of their oil? [Globe and Mail]

 

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