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Remember the hungry and the homeless this holiday season as well as your empty beer cans.

A non-profit organization is campaigning for Quebecers to reimburse their empty cans over tossing them in the bin.  Consignéco says that Quebecers lose twenty one million dollars worth of beer cans in the garbage and recycling bin each year.

President Barak Obama says that the US and Iraq will enjoy a normal relationship between sovereign nations after American troops have left at the end of this year.

Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki met in Washington to discuss Iraq’s future as troops are beginning to leave.

It was confirmed that no troops or bases would remain.

The Russian government has announced on Facebook yesterday it will investigate the official reports on the conduct of polls, after being accused of electoral fraud by the public.

The statement was released following the massive anti-government protest that took place two days ago.

The message has been met with contempt by the public.

Environment Minister Peter Kent said a new global climate agreement could be reached by 2015. This comes after a UN summit in Durban, South Africa. 

Parties at the conference agreed to begin negotiations on a new accord.

This would place all participating countries under the same binding commitments to control greenhouse gases.

2011 is almost over, but Adele’s year keeps getting better. She made Billboard history on Friday by setting a new record.

She is the first female artist with a top album, top single and top artist title in the same year. 

Scouts Canada apologized on Thursday to former scouts who were molested by volunteer leaders.

They have recently hired the consulting firm KPMG to investigate records of leaders who were accused of sexual abuse.

The investigation should be finished by early January followed by a public announcement of what has been uncovered.

Scouts Canada is now making a greater effort to check if any of the volunteers possess criminal records.

They have also promised to strengthen their child protection policies.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad denies responsibility for the bloody crackdown on protesters in his country.  He passed the blame for the violence onto thugs and religious extremists. Protecting the public was his sole motivation according to an interview with ABC reporter Barbara Walters.

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On Monday evening, International Affairs journalist, Gwynne Dyer, spoke to Concordia students about the effects of climate change. He said that if the global temperature rises by two degrees, human kind is in big trouble. This could happen in just 20 to 25 years.

Dyer said that once we’re there, even if we turn off all of our emissions, there will be literally nothing we can do; there will be no turning back. At the current rate, the earth is looking at an ice-free arctic by 2030.

Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets to protest against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, after they executed four captives.

The victims, military soldiers kidnapped more than a decade ago, were shot at point blank when government troops attacked the FARC hideout.