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4.	The stem-cell black market: Delhi doctor claims wonder cures
5.	Prochymal approval makes Canada first country to OK stem cell therapy
6.	Virgin Galactic sub-orbital passenger space ship to launch in 2012
7.	Canada first to declare bisphenol A toxic
8.	Invasion of the hybrids
9.	In Pictures: The final shuttle mission
10.	The world's 'best brain' chosen

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2.	Canadian woman who died on Everest had been preparing for summit since childhood
3.	Conrad Black blasts Mulcair over British criminal ‘cheap shot’
4.	Three years later, a Duchess wows the Canadian crowd
5.	Two Canadian tourists fatally stabbed during Atlantic City robbery: prosecutor
6.	Call Me Maybe: Is this the best pop song ever?
7.	Cancer screening disconnect: First breast, now prostate
8.	Amid student unrest, Quebec turns up heat with corruption probe
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10.	Budget bill to upend RCMP health care

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3.	Quebec’s largest student group vows defiance of emergency law
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6.	Low-lying Harper usually signals major policy shift
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