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Concordia undergrads are going on strike. A two-thirds majority has made it official. Students attended the CSU’s general assembly on Wednesday afternoon.

VP Chad Walcott announced the results in the Hall Building at the downtown campus. The reaction of the crowd was overwhelming.

“The results for our mandate. Votes in favour: 1152. Votes against: 557. Congratulations Concordia, you just made history.”

Four people were injured at the tuition hike protest that took place yesterday in downtown Montreal. According to the Canadian Press, police fired tear gas and arrested several protestors. Some students were tackled before being arrested.

Police officers with shields put up a human wall to hold back the crowd after protestors toppled the metal barrier on Sherbrooke Street.

Police also forced students out of the Loto-Quebec building. The building is home to the organization that represents university rectors.

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The pressure put on Iran over their potential nuclear weapons seems to be paying off for the United Stated.

According to the CBC, Tehran has decided to allow the UN to inspect one of its main nuclear facilities suspected of secret atomic work.

The inspection of the military complex Parchin was a key request of the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano.

According to the National Post, Five members of the Anonymous group have been arrested for allegedly partaking in a computer hacking conspiracy.

A U.S. law enforcement official added that one of the five charged members has already pleaded guilty.

Fox News has a released a statement saying that two of these men were British, two were from Ireland and the last one was an American.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel has the right to defend itself according to a report by Al-Jazeera.

Netanyahu was addressing the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington Monday.

The Conservatives are refusing to release phone records of calls made during the last federal election

According to the Globe and Mail, the Conservatives feel that there is no reason to release their own records. Instead, Conservatives want the Liberals to release their records of all calls made during the 2011 federal election.

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Schwartz's Deli has new owners.

In a report by CTV, the famous Montreal restaurant has been sold to a group which includes Celine Dion, her husband Rene Angelil, as well as the Nakis family.

While the sale price has not been disclosed, rumours put it at $10 million.

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A huge slab of concrete fell from the roof of the Olympic Stadium’s parking lot Sunday afternoon.

The chunk had not caused any casualties nor hit any cars according to CTV.

However, the weight of the fallen chunk has severely weakened the area on which it landed. Firefighters believe it might provoke a secondary collapse of the ceiling of the second lot below.