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In brief:
NATIONAL:
- Dogwood Initiative: sticker campaign on loonies against oil pipeline, get Royal Canadian Mint’s attention
- Stats Canada: largest monthly drop in manufacturing sales since 1992, forcasting cut backs on work-force
- RCMP reveals new guidelines on Taser usage
INTERNATIONAL:
- Web: eligible for royalties from Google
- Afghanistan: NATO receives orders to attack Afghans who use drug trade to help fund Taliban
- US-Canada border: unmanned, remote-controlled flying robots to patrol border
- Massachusetts: Hampshire College first to divest from companies that profit from Israeli occupation
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- Middle East: Israel plans to expand illegal settlement, shakes negotiations for peaceful agreement
- Worldwide: Fifth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week – March 5 – 8, 2009
