CP World Report: Blackberry, Jeb Bush and Romney, Film "58"
CP World Report: Blackberry service outage, Jeb Bush Impressed with Romney, Film "58" Screens at White House
Amnesty International is ordering Canada to arrest George W Bush for war crimes when he visits Canada for an economic summit in B.C. next week. The agency says it’s for how the CIA treated terrorism detainees, during its secret detention program, from 2002 -2009. A university of Western Ontario professor of Political Science says the International Criminal court—of which Canada is a member—has no jurisdiction over Bush, adding that it would be political suicide for Canada to arrest Bush, not to mention the effects on Canada-U.S. relations.
Blackberry is back in service after the worst service outage in the history of Canada’s largest technology company. Research in Motion went into damage control and apologized about the worldwide service outage . An executive says the company had been working around the clock to make things right.
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Research in Motion officials said the system disruption started on Monday and was the result of a failure of a core switch inside its European operations. Officials also said the company is taking immediate and aggressive steps to minimize risks of this ever happening again.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush says he isn't ready to back any candidates in the Republican primary just yet. But the brother of George W. Bush says he has been "impressed" with presidential hopeful Mitt Romney,, describing him as "cool, calm, collected... quick and agile."
The “Occupy Wall Street” protests across the U.S. seem to be covering many issues. As the campaign heats up arrests have been going on all week, including 100 in one day. And sentiments are divided: Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, a director in the Presbyterian Church --who was among those arrested—urged Christians to get involved with “Occupy Wall Street” protests to lend moral guidance to the government and to the people. On the other side, big questions being raised about who is financing the disparate protests. One name that keeps coming up is investor George Soros, who in September debuted in the top 10 list of wealthiest Americans. Conservative critics contend the movement is a Trojan horse for an agenda. Soros denied it. But Reuters did find indirect financial links between Soros and Adbusters--an anti-capitalist group in Canada that started the protests.
The documentary “58,” has premiered in 51 cities across the U.S. and the White House held a movie screening for evangelical leaders. It included the head of World Vision and Compassion. The film follows nine people, from all over the world, documenting their daily life in poverty. The film also spotlights the “Good Samaritan” Christian leaders who have chosen to minister to the poor. According to the World Hunger Education Service: some 925 million people do not have enough to eat in 2011. The “58” team is reminding Western Christians …how easy it is to be pious and put their faith in material things. “58” was financed by Compassion International.
Do you think we can all be just a little more courteous in our busy everyday lives? As frustrated as we get. JUST BE NICE….is the message behind a new courtesy-advertising campaign on trains and buses in the metro Boston area. 15-hundred signs will be going up….
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Dove award-winner Natalie Grant has made her acting debut in the upcoming film "Decision". It will be shown on GMC, formerly known as the Gospel Channel. The faith-based film tells the story of a family rediscovering their faith after a heartbreaking loss. It also stars award-winning country music artist Billy Dean.
