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Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti's president, a senior Haitian official said Thursday. Prime Minister Claude Joseph assumed leadership of Haiti with the backing of police and the military and on Thursday asked people to reopen businesses and go back to work as he ordered the reopening of the international airport. On Wednesday, Joseph decreed a two-week state of siege following Moïse's killing, which stunned a nation grappling with some of the...

(how Canadian diplomats got out — and left little behind) Charles Court was the last man out. As chargé d'affaires, he was Canada's senior diplomat in Iran, so it fell to him to turn out the lights. Court surreptitiously took down the flag and slipped out onto the streets of Tehran. That was one year ago — but only now will sources reveal to CBC News, anonymously, how Canada managed to surprise the world with its sudden, secret departure from Iran. It's a cloak-and-dagger tale, with a heavy cloak over the plan to sneak the diplomats out unnoticed — and...

http://twitter.com/lotfan URGENT:Fellow Canadians: email our visa office in Tehran,ask them to open doors to help the wounded: Teran@international.gc.ca #iranelection 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck CONFIRMED: Canadian Embassy is NOT accepting injured protesters!! #iranelection 6 minutes ago from TweetDeck RT @leiyers Canadian Embassy is NOT accepting injured protesters!! #IranElection 7 minutes ago from web http://hashtags.org/search?q=Canadian&page=1 Way to go, Canada RT @PCZ : RT @jeffjaafar CONFIRMED: Canadian Embassy is NOT accepting injured protesters!! #iranelection 19 minutes ago @petersantilli@Nicotone CONFIRMED: Canadian Embassy is NOT accepting injured protesters!! #iranelection (Typical coward Canadians) 19 minutes ago @kouroshfCanadians - call Foreign Office to request opening of...

Alarm NRBC with the embassy from Canada in Paris PARIS - an alarm NRBC (nuclear, radiological, bacteriological and chemical) was started Monday morning with the embassy from Canada in Paris (VIIIe) following the reception of a suspect mail followed by the faintness of an employee (well an employee), one learned from police source. This suspect mail, which must be analyzed, was received with the embassy of Canada, located 35 Montaigne avenue in Paris. One was unaware of not very front 11h00 (10h00 GMT) if it were of an envelope or a parcel. A little later an employee who would...