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Mohammad Javad Larijani, a Berkeley-educated mathematician, has been a member of parliament, Deputy Foreign Minister and adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Bagher Larijani, a physician, has served as Deputy Minister of Health. And Fazel Larijani, a diplomat, spent years posted in Ottawa. All five are bearded and bespectacled...
...Last month, when Washington and Ottawa pledged to invest $60 billion in Detroit's biggest car company, Mexico - a partner in NAFTA and an integrated North American auto industry - was conspicuous by its absence at the negotiating table. (See the best cars from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show...
...Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur did over a century later. Stanley bought the Cup as a prize for the best amateur hockey club in Canada. The NHL took control of it in 1926, but the tradition of abuse started at the outset. In 1905, a member of the Ottawa Silver Seven drop-kicked the Cup into a canal. The boys kept the party going through the night, and rescued the Cup the next day. Two years later, the Montreal Wanderers gave the Cup to a photographer, who was tasked with documenting their title. Instead, the photog's mother turned Stanley into...
Despite the hefty price tag, both Ottawa and Ontario felt their hands were tied, and there was little haggling. "We had to save it all or have zero forever," PM Harper said at a joint news conference in Toronto, referring to the rescue of GM Canada...
...This is a one-shot deal and we have to be optimistic it will succeed," says Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza, adding that he had expected the bailout of GM Canada to be larger than the $2.7 billion figure first floated by Ottawa...