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A woman is in the hospital after being struck by a car in Côte St. Luc Sunday morning.

The thirty-five-year-old is in a stable condition. She was jogging with other runners and the car swerved off the road.

One of the car’s side mirrors struck her, and she hit her head on the ground too.

The driver sped off after the accident, but a witness got a detailed description of the car. The driver appears to be a grey-haired man in his fifties.

President Obama called on his nations legislators to put aside their differences and quickly pass a $447 billion jobs plan he proposed Thursday night.

The president addressed Congress and asked them to put aside political gain for the good of the country.

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.