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Montreal’s Egyptian community organized a rally on Saturday.

The Gazette reports it was to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian uprising. 

The group also gathered to protest the actions of Egypt’s army. It has been in control of the country since the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak. 

The demonstration took place near Concordia in Downtown Montreal. It came a few hours after the Muslim Brotherhood’s big win in Egypt’s parliamentary elections.

Mitt Romney, succumbing to the media pressure, declared he will release his recent tax returns tomorrow, according to the BBC.

Just before the South Carolina election, Romney was refusing to divulge his records. He then lost to Newt Gingrich, the one who challenged him to release the taxes, in this election.

Romney assured Fox News viewers his tax reports are clean and that he pays full fair taxes.

The Engineering and Computer Science program has just become more challenging.

As of Fall 2012, students will have to obtain at least a C- average in their courses before moving on to the next level.

The C- rule applies to all 200-level courses that are pre-requisites to other courses. If students do not obtain the minimum grade, they will need to repeat the class before taking the higher-level class that follows it.

Rick Perry announced Thursday that he was quitting the race to replace Barack Obama as president of the United States. 

According to Al Jazeera and agencies, Perry said he thought there was no viable path for him in this election and decided to withdraw.

He also said that he would endorse Newt Gingrich for president.

Gingrich is the main conservative rival to front runner Mitt Romney.

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Hydro power is not as green as you think. According to the Canadian Press, a new study shows that hydro power plants produce about 20 times more greenhouse gases than the government estimate. The study was based in Quebec and is part of a report released by the Global Forest Watch. Hydro power is still cleaner than power from fossil fuels but the study shows that the gap is narrower than expected.

Yesterday’s Internet blackout on anti-piracy legislation made an impact. Eight U.S. lawmakers withdrew their support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy and Protect I.P. Acts. Most prominently Republican Marco Rubio who co-sponsored the Senate bill.

The legislation targets the sharing of pirated copyright material internationally. Those found guilty could face up to five years in prison.

NHL:

While there were a few noteworthy stories in the National Hockey League this past week, none were as big as the news of Mike Cammalleri getting shipped to the Calgary Flames for winger Rene Bourque.

The city of Montreal announced on Tuesday the creation of a new committee against racial profiling.

According to CTV Montreal, its purpose will be to fight and curb racial profiling in the city’s public institutions.

The Montreal Public Transit Corporation and the Montreal Police will be two main partners of this committee. Police chief Marc Parent said officers found using racial profiling could face consequences as serious as dismissal.

Mayor Gerald Tremblay admitted in a statement that social and racial profiling was a major issue in the city’s administration.

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The first person charged under the post 9/11 Security of Information Act is a member of the Canadian armed forces.

According to the Montreal Gazette navy lieutenant Jeffrey Paul Delisle was charged Monday for communicating classified information to a foreign entity.  CTV News reported that the foreign entity may have been Russia.

The alleged crime supposedly took place over a period of four years.  Delisle was charged with three counts under the anti-terrorism law and could face a life in prison.