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A physician and a filmmaker from Ontario were arrested and have been held captive in Cairo, Egypt since August 16.

According to CBC News they still have not faced formal charges and their imprisonment has been extended for fifteen days.

The imprisonment of the physician and the filmakker not only concerns their family members, but concerns the Canadian government as well.

The brother of the physician stated that the imprisonment of the two gentlemen is absurd because there is no valid reason for it.

The brother also stated that both gentlemen were in Gaza to do a job and it is unfair to punish them fot it.

The Philippine army is cracking down on dozens of armed rebel forces who invaded southern Zamboanga last Monday.

According to BBC News, the army killed around 50 rebels who are believed to be part of the Muslim separatist group called the Moro National Liberation Front.

The army also captured over 40 other gunmen during the one-week operation.

The rebels were reported to have taken about 100 civilians hostage, most of who were freed.

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Two new water reserves in Kenya may give residents hope after it was hit by a drought last year.

In a report by the BBC, two aquifers were discovered in the country's northern Turkana and Lotikipi basins.

Kenya's environment minister Judi Wakhungu says the country currently uses less than 10 percent per year of what the new reserves can potentially supply - up to 250 billion cubic metres for 70 years.

But with discovery comes with a call for responsible management.

Abou Amani studies water for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO.

He asks the government for caution in handling how the reserves will be used - adding that it should not overexploit the aquifers.

Student unions across Canada are fed up with its dose of politics.

In a report by The Link, 16 Universities are mobilizing to leave the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). 

The federation brings together over 80 post-secondary school student unions to make high quality education accessible.

But former Dawson student union executive Nicholas Di Penna says it has too many flaws to continue working within the federation, citing issues dealing with finance and setting ground rules.

He adds that internal reforms were impossible to achieve because of political gain.

Di Penna hopes to have participating schools ready for the mass exodus between now and next year.

This isn't the first time schools attempted to leave the federation.

An independent, student funded Concordia organization has filed a human rights complaint to try to ease the procedure of changing one’s legal gender.

According to the Link, under the current Quebec Civil Code, anyone wanting to change their legal gender has to first undergo sexual reassignment surgery, be at least 18 years old and be of Canadian citizenship.

Peer Support and Trans Advocacy Coordinator at the Centre, Gabrielle Bouchard says the obligatory surgery is the same as “forced sterilization.”

A graduate of Saint Mary`s University is giving back his degrees due to his outrage over a pro-rape chant posted on line.

According to CBC News the pro-rape meeting was held by the Saint Mary`s University Students Association during a frosh event.

The graduate has stated that returning his degrees is the right thing to do because of the immoral activities which are allowed among campus.

Other students are petitioning to cease the annual $70 fee which is given to the student association.

The University President stated that all 80 frosh leaders will attend sensitivity training due to their unacceptable behaviour.

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Looking for a daycare may soon be a click away if the Quebec government is successful in looking for proposal to make it happen. 

In a report by the Montreal Gazette, Family Minister Nicole Léger made a call for proposals to create a streamlined listing of daycares from all over the province.

The new plan will have parents register their children online for a daycare of their choice. 

They would be able to also track their application status too. 

Léger says the current system of finding a daycare has parents having to knock on doors.

An association representing private daycares is not happy with the idea, 

They say the provincial government did not listen to their objections, after several conducting rounds of meetings. 

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The Arab League is calling for the United Nations and the international community to take action against President Bashar Al Assad’s Syrian regime and its alleged chemical attacks.

According to Aljazeera, the foreign ministers met in Cairo yesterday where they discussed the idea of a potential military strike on the country.

A statement was released saying that the culprits responsible for the chemical warfare should face trial.

Earlier that day, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and the Syrian opposition agreed to back a US strike on Syria to protect the Syrian people.

But not everyone is in agreement.