Mon Dieu! Canada may pay a Coloradan to teach its soldiers to speak French

August 20th, 2009 Teach for America eligible for stimulusWASHINGTON — Teach for America and programs like it could benefit from a $650 million competitive grant fund for school reforms pushed by President Barack Obama. The money is part of the economic stimulus law, which provided $5 billion to help Obama overhaul schools.

July 23rd, 2009 Current troop levels and deaths in AfghanistanCurrent troop levels and deaths since 2001 among leading members of the NATO-led force and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan: UNITED STATES — About 59,000 soldiers, at least 675 died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

July 7th, 2009 Former AG Gonzales to teach at Texas TechLUBBOCK, Texas — Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as U.S. attorney general two years ago, is coming to Texas Tech this fall to teach political science.

July 7th, 2009 CAW says Ford Canada wants to reach new labor dealTORONTO — The Canadian Auto Workers says Ford Canada has asked the union to match recent concessions reached in labor deals with General Motors Canada and Chrysler Canada so the company can remain competitive. CAW negotiator Mike Vince said Tuesday the union met with Ford management last night and the company outlined why the automaker needs a new contract to remain competitive in its Canadian and U.S operations.

May 8th, 2009 Union says CAW, GM Canada being pushed to talkTORONTO — The head of the Canadian Auto Workers says the Canadian and Ontario governments are pressing the union to resume labor negotiations with General Motors Canada or risk losing government financial assistance. Ken Lewenza said Thursday that the governments have set a deadline of May 15 for the two sides to agree on a new pact.

March 26th, 2009 TORONTO - A British MP, who has been banned from entering Canada for supporting terror groups and opposing US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has challenged the Canadian government action in court. George Galloway, who was kicked out of the British Labour Party in 2003 for urging British soldiers not to fight in Iraq, has been barred from a speaking tour of Canada next week.

March 23rd, 2009 TORONTO - Groups organising the speaking tour of a British anti-war MP whose entry has been banned into Canada say they will now 'escort' him into the country from across the US border. The Canadian government Friday slammed doors on George Galloway, citing his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and open support for Hamas.

March 21st, 2009 TORONTO - Canada Friday banned the entry of anti-war British MP George Galloway, citing him as a threat to national security. The 54-year-old controversial MP, who was expelled from Britain's Labour Party in 2003 for asking British soldiers not to fight in Iraq, was to visit Canada from March 30 on a speaking tour of North America.

March 21st, 2009 TORONTO - Four Canadian soldiers have been killed and eight injured in attacks by the Taliban near Kandahar in Afghanistan. The soldiers were killed in two separate attacks triggered by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the insurgents Friday, reports said.

March 16th, 2009 KABUL - Four NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance said Sunday. Two of the soldiers were killed instantly when their vehicle was struck by the bomb and two soldiers died of the wounds they sustained in the attack, an ISAF spokesman in Kabul said.

March 5th, 2009 PARIS - The new French special envoy to Afghanistan, Pierre Lellouche, said in an interview published Wednesday that NATO allies fighting on Afghan soil must not revert to the unilateral approach taken by former US president George W. Bush. 'It is normal that we act as co-pilots in the international strategy in Afghanistan,' Lellouche told the daily Le Monde.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hollywood actor James Caviezel had to learn a dead language for his role in Howard McCain's sci-mythic 'Outlander'. Caviezel essays the role of Kainan, a humanoid alien in the action adventure and was required to speak an out-of-the-world language to justify being an outsider, said a release from the production house.

January 18th, 2009 PARIS - At least seven soldiers were killed and one soldier remained missing after a French military helicopter crashed off the coast of the central African country of Gabon, the French government announced Sunday. One soldier was found dead shortly after the crash, while five bodies of the six missing were found by rescue divers later Sunday.

January 8th, 2009 KABUL - Three soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed Friday in southern Afghanistan, an official said. 'We offer our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the soldiers who died while working to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan,' said ISAF spokesman Brigadier General Richard Blanchette.

December 27th, 2008 TORONTO - Two more Canadian soldiers have been killed in a roadside explosion in Afghanistan, making December a deadly month for its six-year-old Afghan mission. The Canadian defence ministry said the soldiers, as well as a member of the Afghan National Police and one Afghan interpreter, were killed Saturday when an explosive device detonated in their vicinity in the Panjway district of Kandahar province.