Antonio Guterres: An estimated 5,000 Syrians are dying every month in the countrys civil war and refugees are fleeing at a rate not seen since the 1994 Rwanda genocide, UN officials in Geneva said Tuesday, according to The Chronicle Herald. UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said two-thirds of the nearly 1.8 million Syrian refugees known to the agency have fled since the beginning of 2013, an average of over 6,000 daily and In Syria today, serious human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity are the rule, said Ivan Simonovic, the assistant secretary-general for human rights, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Antonio Guterres: UNITED NATIONS - The number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria has escalated to an average of 6,000 a day during 2013 - a rate not seen since the genocide in Rwanda nearly two decades ago, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. , according to Reuters. "We have not seen a refugee outflow escalate at such a frightening rate since the Rwandan genocide almost 20 years ago," Guterres told a rare public briefing to the U.N. Security Council on Syria, where a government crackdown on pro-democracy protests more than two years ago has spiraled into civil war. By Michelle Nichols Guterres said two-thirds of the nearly 1.8 million refugees registered with the United Nations in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and elsewhere had left Syria since the beginning of the year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Varg Vikernes: The Paris prosecutors office identified the suspect as Varg Vikernes, a neo-Nazi who earned notoriety in the 1990s after he was convicted for manslaughter in the stabbing death of a fellow band member and for arson attacks on three churches. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said he was arrested at his house in rural central France, according to 660 News. Police said Vikernes violent internet postings were proof he posed a potential threat and PARIS A Norwegian black metal musician and alleged sympathizer of mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested Tuesday on what French authorities say was suspicion he could be planning a large terrorist act. Vikernes French wife, Marie Cachet, was also arrested, the prosecutors office said. She had recently acquired four rifles, the interior ministry said. Investigators are looking into how the firearms were acquired and what they were for, it added. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Natasha Baker: TORONTO - Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition, according to Reuters. A new free iPhone app called TheLadders takes a different approach and sends a list of job opportunities to users based on their employment profile and career goals and By Natasha Baker Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including TwitJobSearch and TweetMyJobs, will scour Twitter for opportunities and send job alerts through the social network. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Antonio Guterres: Mr. Guterres said two-thirds of the nearly 1.8 million refugees registered with the United Nations in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and elsewhere had left Syria since the beginning of the year. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Canada opens its doors to 1,300 Syrian refugees The number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria has escalated to an average of 6,000 a day during 2013 - a rate not seen since the genocide in Rwanda nearly two decades ago, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. Gerald Caplan, Samuel Totten and Amanda Grzyb Genocide: America says Never Again, but keeps turning a blind eye (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

North Koreans: No room for brutalized North Koreans? Opinion July 12, according to The Star. We all know that North Korea is a living hell, but it is wrong for North Koreans naturalized as South Koreans to say we have come from hell and claim refugee protection in Canada. It constitutes a serious misrepresentation or manifestly unfounded claims under the Immigration and Refugee Act, that obliges the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to enforce and Re: No room for brutalized North Koreans? Opinion July 12 The refugees Nettie Hoffman refers to are not directly from the repressive North Korea. They came from South Korea, a safe democracy, where they were resettled and naturalized as South Koreans. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Stephen Harper: For seven years, the prime minister has maintained an iron grip on the government, his ministers routinely reduced to delivering policies and pronouncements scripted by his office, according to CBC. Unless all that changes and the PM loosens his grip, Monday's shuffle of new faces and old hands may produce little more than some fresh faces in photo ops, and new titles for established ministers, all still taking orders from the PMO and Beyond all the spin surrounding Stephen Harper's extreme cabinet makeover, it remains to be seen whether Canadians will actually get a different kind of Conservative government in the months to come. Or merely the same one with a facelift. Branding itself the "Harper government" was both deliberate and expensive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Francois Hollande: Not everyone thinks thats appropriate, and some are calling for a boycott, according to 660 News. Hollandes office would not comment on whether the president, a Socialist who has pushed for more womens rights, knew about the Femen inspiration and PARIS The new face of France or at least the official postage stamp for the President Francois Hollande era is modeled after a Ukrainian woman who takes her top off to defend feminist causes. Hollande on Sunday unveiled the new stamp, meant to represent Marianne, a symbol of France since the revolution and French youth. Afterward, artist Olivier Ciappa said the image was modeled largely after Inna Shevchenko, an activist with the group Femen who received political asylum in France. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: As each ministerial appointee emerged from their car Monday morning at Rideau Hall, the Prime Minister's Office would post the new cabinet assignment on Twitter, according to CTV. "Proud to be naming four new strong, capable women to the Ministry later on today," someone purporting to be Harper tweeted under his name in order to prime the pump before the revelations unfolded and OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper's mid-summer cabinet shuffle had all the trappings of a major makeover, including a novel social media delivery platform choreographed in real time. Real-time news agencies ate it up, and it was no mistake that six of the first nine members named were women, as were two of the final three -- capped by every network's favourite twinkling Tory, 33-year-old Michelle Rempel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Social Development Minister Jason Kenney: Here's a short list of new ministers with major homework, according to Huffington Post. 2. Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney: Kenney comes on board just as the premiers prepare to meet at their annual Council of the Federation, and the Conservative government's proposed Canada Job Grant will be on their agenda. The program would give employers up to $15,000 for skills training per worker, with the feds, provinces and businesses each pitching in cash. Some provinces have rejected the plan, saying it robs existing programs and infringes on provincial jurisdiction and OTTAWA - The thing about cabinet shuffles in the summer is they don't lend themselves to relaxing on the deck with a beer and a hot dog. Those taking on new portfolios soon find themselves with little down time. 1. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt: The rail disaster in Lac-Megantic, Que., will continue to be a major developing story as the town mourns its loss and investigators sort out what happened. Raitt will be the point person on questions around federal rail safety rules and any regulatory changes that will need to be made, especially in light of unheeded recommendations by the Transportation Safety Board. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.