<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Canada</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas/northamerica/canada?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><description>Canada</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Allied Sells Realty Portfolio For $976 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35459-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35459-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Washington corporate finance company Allied Capital Corp. sold its commercial real estate securities portfolio to a Canadian pension fund company yesterday for $976 million.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenpeace Co-Founder Bob Hunter Dies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35394-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35394-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bob Hunter, 63, a Canadian newspaper columnist-turned-social activist who helped spur a global ecological movement as one of the founders and inaugural president of Greenpeace, died of prostate cancer May 2 at a Toronto hospital.]]></description><author> Louie Estrada</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Rulings Reveal Views on Effects Of Overseas Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18585-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18585-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the government may not deny a U.S. citizen gun ownership because of a criminal conviction abroad  --  but may prosecute one for plotting to cheat a foreign government out of tax revenue.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoa, Canada: SSN Request Doesn't Add Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16361-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16361-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gaithersburg reader Denise McQuighan was ordering a pair of $269 Mission D3C roller hockey skates for her son, Patrick, from an online Canadian sports-equipment retailer recently, but she stopped cold when the order form required her Social Security number.]]></description><author> Don Oldenburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ice Crusade]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16476-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16476-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ IQALUIT, Nunavut<br>Here at the Frobisher Inn's Baffin Room, all eyes were on the woman with the dark hair, her black beret askew as she swayed before the crowd of Inuit dignitaries, pounding on a traditional drum that looks like an enormous Ping-Pong paddle.]]></description><author> Juliet Eilperin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Says Inquiry Names Ousted Official]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9086-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9086-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal grand jury in Arkansas is investigating allegations that the former head of U.S. operations at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. misused up to $500,000 in corporate funds, the giant retailer said yesterday.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Martin Promises New Vote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8003-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid 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religious conference in Toronto sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday  alleging they were targets of ethnic and religious profiling.]]></description><author> Michelle Garcia</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Envoy To N. Korea Steps Aside For Probe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6233-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United Nations' special envoy to North Korea, Maurice F. Strong, decided Wednesday to step aside until U.N.-appointed investigators and federal prosecutors finish examining his financial ties to a South Korean lobbyist accused of trying to bribe U.N. officials.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Spars Over Drug Import Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2434-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2434-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Party divisions over whether to allow Americans to import lower-priced  medications from such countries  as Canada exploded in an unusually public and personal exchange between two New England lawmakers.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merck to Discount Drugs for Uninsured]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3119-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3119-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Drug manufacturer Merck &#38; Co. will provide uninsured Americans steep discounts for many of its prescription medicines, joining other pharmaceutical firms in slashing some prices during debate over importing drugs from Canada.]]></description><author> Michael S. Rosenwald</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Plans to Reverse Slide in Status]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2431-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2431-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Government says it will beef up its military, bolster its diplomatic corps and overhaul its foreign aid in a bid to reverse the country's diminishing influence in global affairs.]]></description><author> Doug Struck</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Envoy Says Park Invested in His Firm, Advised Him on N. Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64601-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64601-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/northamerica/canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, April  18 --  A senior  U.N. official said Monday that he "was associated" with a company that received investments from a South Korean businessman who was charged last week with lobbying U.N. officials as an unregistered agent for Saddam Hussein's government.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item></channel></rss>