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Two of Canada`s cities rank the lowest worldwide in terms of driving related stress according to an IBM survey.

The survey indicates that Montreal is ranked lowest while Toronto is fifth lowest and Mexico city is highest.

Traffic has been proven to be bad for an individual`s health and may also produce negative effects in the workplace.

IBM states that approximately $30 trillion US will be spent within twenty years in order to improve international infrastructures.

Other surveys indicate that intense infrastructure investment is strongly benefitting the world`s most developped economies.

Diplomats discussing the fate of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have yet to reach a decision.

The aim is to spare Libya further bloodshed by rigging an exit for the deposed leader.

A convoy of vehicles crossed into Niger from Libya late on Monday. They were said to be carrying gold, cash and senior members of the Gadhafi inner circle. But Western officials do not believe Gadhafi or his family were present on the convoy.

The death toll from Talas, a typhoon that hit Japan continues to rise. As of Tuesday the powerful typhoon had killed at least 37 people with many more missing.

Emergency response teams have been kept busy airlifting supplies to towns cut off by Talas. In many areas flooding, landslides and damage to roads prevented help from arriving quickly.

Before Talas hit Japan almost half a million people were told to evacuate. Currently 3000 remain in evacuation centres.

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 The Canadian navy will not have access to submarines after the last one has been put away.

They have had problems with boat maintenance for years now.

The last working submarine was just put aside after an accident in June.

A navy spokesman says they are focused on bringing two submarines back to sea in 2012. But he says that this news is another blow to the program.

He says the future of the submarine program could be in trouble if things continue this way.

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A teacher charged with sexual assault has asked a judge to dismiss her case due to court delays.

41 year-old Tania Pontbriand allegedly had a sexual relationship with one of her with a male student while she taught at Rosemere High School, on Montreal’s North Shore.

Pontbriand’s trial was set to start Tuesday, but was postponed by a day.

According to the student, he and Pontbriand had more than 200 sexual encounters between 2002 and 2004 in her car, at the school, and at highway rest stops. The student went to police in 2007.

The National Transition Council in Libya, the current temporary governing party, is angry at Algeria for housing Gadhafi’s family.

Algerian press reported early Monday morning that Gadhafi’s wife and three children crossed the border between Libya and Algeria after rebel forces took control of his compound.

A spokesman for the NTC said they are determined to catch and try entire Gadhafi family. He also said that Algeria’s decision was an aggressive act against Libya.

Algeria defends its decision saying there is a “holy rule of hospitality” in the region.

Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm when it hit the Northeastern United States, but Montrealers still felt her wrath Sunday. 

High winds and heavy rainfall caused power outrages through Southern Quebec. According to Hydro-Quebec, as many as 180,000 people were without power. 

The 100 kilometers per hour winds also sent two office building windows crashing at the corner of Mansfield and Cathcart streets in downtown Montreal. No one was hurt. Police say it is probably because so few people were outside during the most severe parts of the storm. 

The United States is bracing itself for Hurricane Irene.

The storm is moving away from the Bahamas and is aimed directly at the Eastern seaboard.

The warning area stretches from North Carolina's coast up to Sandy Hook, N.J., just south of New York City.

It is estimated that approximately 55 million Americas are currently on high alert due to the storm.

In North Carolina more than 200, 000 residents, including tourists, have been given the order to evacuate Coastal regions.

The number of people affected by Irene is unusually large, due to its forecast to stay just off shore.

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