ROME - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta: ROME - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has ordered an investigation into the deportation in May of the wife and daughter of fugitive Kazakh oligarch and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov as questions about its legality multiply, according to Reuters. Letta told parliament on Wednesday that differing versions of exactly what happened after police raided Ablyazov's Rome villa on May 29 "made further clarification unavoidable" and By Steve Scherer and Naomi O'Leary The mysterious operation in which Ablyazov's wife Alma Shalabayeva and their six-year-old daughter were seized and whisked off to Kazakhstan on a non-commercial flight two days later has put pressure on Interior Minister Angelino Alfano. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Vic Toews: Here are some factors Mr. Harper will be considering in advance of an anticipated cabinet shuffle, which signs suggest is being delayed, potentially until next week. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Vic Toews Tough-on-crime Toews quits government for private sector Prime Minister Stephen Harper will choose from his majority of federal MPs in determining the composition of the next Conservative cabinet, but selecting the right mix of ministers is no easy task. Game: Think you can pick Harper #039;s next cabinet? Prove it (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Scott Brison: Brison held a news conference in Ottawa Wednesday to talk about how a weak labour market is not only hurting youth, but their parents, who are dipping into their savings and retirement funds to help their struggling children, according to CBC. "Who is picking up the tab? It's middle-class Canadian parents and in many cases grandparents who are stepping up to financially support their adult children," he said and The federal government must do more to create jobs and meaningful work experience for youth who are being left out of the economic recovery, says Liberal MP Scott Brison. Brison said tuition, food, transit, rent and other costs have all been going up while student debt levels remain constant. The average post-secondary graduate carries $28,000 in student debt. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Rumana Monzur: VANCOUVER - Rumana Monzur can picture a towering mountain or the blue sky on a sunny day. She remembers what the ocean looks like and can still conjure an image of water stretching out to the horizon. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Each moment, I miss seeing her my daughter and not only her, I miss seeing people," Monzur, 35, said in an interview Wednesday. University of British Columbia student Rumana Monzur, who was beaten and blinded by her husband during a 2011 attack in Bangladesh, poses for a photograph at the university where she will begin law school in September, in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday July 10, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck But she hasn't seen her daughter in more than two years when, during a trip home to visit her family in Bangladesh, she was the victim of a vicious domestic assault that left her blind and her husband charged with attempted murder. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Scott Brison: OTTAWA Students should be able to work toward a bachelor of arts degree at the same time they study for a skilled trade, says Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison, according to The Chronicle Herald. There are real benefits to a liberal arts education and there are real benefits to having a professional trade, Brison, the Liberal finance critic, said in an Ottawa news conference Wednesday and Closer co-operation between universities and community colleges is one of Brisons proposals to address lagging employment rates among young Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

investor sentiment: TORONTO - Canada's main stock index advanced on Wednesday to its highest in three weeks as investor sentiment improved after U.S. Federal Reserve meeting minutes suggesting a balanced stimulus pullback, offsetting weak trade data out of China, according to Reuters. Investors closely watched as China, a big consumer of Canada's commodity exports, warned of a "grim" outlook for trade after a surprise fall in June exports, raising fresh concerns about the extent of the slowdown in the world's second-largest economy and By John Tilak The Toronto market extended its gains to a third straight session as it received help from shares of energy producers and retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard ATDb.TO: Quote . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Chinese economy: TORONTO The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher Wednesday amid another sign of a slowing Chinese economy and little in the minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting to indicate when the central bank might move on relaxing its economic stimulus program, according to The Chronicle Herald. The minutes echoed earlier remarks by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, indicating that that Fed would likely slow its bond purchases later this year and end them around mid-2014 if the economy continued to strengthen and The S P/TSX composite index moved 9.84 points higher to 12,306.93. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sayfildin Tahir Sharif: Sayfildin Tahir Sharif is accused of conspiracy to kill Americans and of supporting a terror group that took part in a 2009 suicide bombing in his native Iraq. Five U.S. soldiers were killed when a truck filled with explosives was detonated at a military checkpoint. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Mr. Nicholson has decided to surrender my client to the United States, which is very disappointing," Aloneissi said Wednesday. "But he has made that decision conditional on the United States not seeking the death penalty in relation to this new charge." EDMONTON - The federal government plans to extradite a Canadian citizen to the United States to face terrorism charges, says his lawyer. Bob Aloneissi, Sharif's lawyer, says he has received a letter from Justice Minister Rob Nicholson that indicates the federal government intends to hand over Sharif to stand trial in the United States. He also faces a new charge there of aiding and abetting the murder of U.S. nationals abroad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

CIBC World Markets: The S P/TSX composite index moved 9.84 points higher to 12,306.93, according to The Star. Not a great many surprises overall, observed CIBC World Markets senior economist Peter Buchanan and The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher Wednesday amid another sign of a slowing Chinese economy and little in the minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting to indicate when the central bank might move on relaxing its economic stimulus program. The minutes echoed earlier remarks by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, indicating that that Fed would likely slow its bond purchases later this year and end them around mid-2014 if the economy continued to strengthen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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