Angela Romans: The now-52-year-old former baker separated from his then-wife, Angela Romans, in 1991. Two years later, he kidnapped his three daughters seven, six and two years old at the time and took them to Lebanon, breaking family court orders in the process, according to Blackburn News, according to Huffington Post. He returned to Canada in 1997, leaving behind not only his three daughters, but a second wife and twin sons and Benham Slim has been given a prison sentence for abducting his three daughters from St. Thomas, Ontario 20 years ago, reports the London Free Press. Slim, who has American and Lebanese citizenship, was charged in absentia with three counts of abduction, but since Canada and Lebanon have no extradition treaty, there was little hope of getting him back to stand trial. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Winnipeg Police Service: The Winnipeg Police Service released its 2012 statistical report on Wednesday, revealing youth crime saw a 27 per cent jump from 2011 to 2012. In the last five years, the city has seen a whopping 92 per cent increase in youth crime, according to CBC. I know why youth crime is increasing, she said. Because of the gang violence on the streets. Its about turfs. Its about selling drugs. Its about guns and New crime numbers show youth crime is on the rise in Winnipeg, and one woman who works with teens at risk says the city needs more preventative programs to stop it. Liz Wolff is working to change that. Shes the program manager at New Directions, an agency that provides programs for youth in Winnipegs inner city. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he'll take the lead in Canada's relations with Latin America after the recent cabinet shuffle eliminated the portfolio for the region that usually went to a junior minister. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "One of the realities is having a minister and a minister of state with one minister of state having geographical priority ... it didn't allow me to spend as much time as I would like on these files," Baird said Thursday at a podium shared with his Mexican counterpart, Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird holds a news conference in Ottawa on May 29, 2013. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird welcomes his Mexican counterpart, Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena, to Ottawa for talks later today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Baird rebuffed critics and experts who say the move signals the end of the Harper government's strategy in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Steven A. Cohen: NEW YORK - The decision by federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges against hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP, rather than its billionaire owner, Steven A. Cohen, makes it more likely that the government will be able to secure a guilty verdict, lawyers say, according to Reuters. A corporation is liable for the criminal misdeeds of its employees if they are acting within the actual or apparent scope of their employment and if the intent of their actions - even in part - is to benefit the corporation, said Solomon Wisenberg, co-chair of the white collar crime defense practice group at law firm Barnes Thornburg and By Michael Erman and Emily Flitter Attorneys who are following the case said they believe prosecutors have met the standard for convicting a corporation under federal law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Hassan El Hajj Hassan: Hassan El Hajj Hassan, a Canadian citizen, and Meliad Farah, an Australian citizen also known as Hussein Hussein, are still being sought and are believed by Bulgarian authorities to be linked with Hezbollah , according to The Star. The citizenship of the suspects was revealed in February . At the time, then-minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney said one of the suspects was born in Lebanon and lived in Canada between the ages of 8 and 12 before returning to Lebanon. During that time he became a Canadian citizen and A 25-year-old Canadian was one of two suspects named by Bulgarian authorities Thursday in connection with a bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver last year. The Bulgarian interior ministry asked people who might have seen them to report to the nearest police station. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Vladimir Volokh: A Russian immigration official indicated Wednesday that his government would soon give the former National Security Agency contractor a document enabling him to leave Sheremetyevo Airport and stay in Russia temporarily, under tight official constraints, according to The Star. Vladimir Volokh, head of the public council of the Russian Federal Migration Service, said Snowden would be handed a certificate stating that he had applied for political asylum. Snowden will only be allowed to stay in places designated by Russian law enforcement agencies, Volokh told the Ekho Moskvy radio station and MOSCOW After a month camped out in a transit area of Moscows international airport, fugitive Edward Snowden on Wednesday received clean clothing and a copy of Fyodor Dostoyevskys Crime and Punishment but no final word that he would be allowed into the country after having leaked U.S. surveillance secrets, his lawyer said. Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela have offered to give Snowden refuge, but pressure from Washington and concerns that the United States or Europe might block him from travelling through their airspace have prevented the fugitive from leaving Russia . Snowdens lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said Wednesday that his client, who has been charged in the U.S. with leaking classified information, has started to learn Russian and is preparing for an extended sojourn in the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Harvard University: Shi Rong, formerly the Toronto correspondent for Beijings Xinhua news service, is pursuing a postgraduate degree at Harvard University. Two years after she left Canada in a cloud of controversy she now is enrolled at an academic hub for elite foreign bureaucrats and politicians on the rise. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Espionage Chinese ex-spy warns Canada about how Beijing targets politicians The Chinese reporter made famous in Canada for her e-mail exchanges with a smitten Conservative politician has resurfaced at an Ivy League school in the United States. Shi Rong Beijing replaces reporter who traded flirtatious emails with Tory MP (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Hassan El Hajj Hassan: Photos of suspects Hassan El Hajj Hassan, 25, and Meliad Farah, 32, were released by officials Thursday in a bid to help apprehend them. A third suspect involved in the bombing died in the attack and was not identified, according to CTV. In February, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird confirmed that one of the suspects was a Canadian dual national, holding both a Canadian citizenship and a Lebanese citizenship and Bulgarian authorities have identified two suspects including a man holding Canadian citizenship -- wanted in connection with a deadly bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver last summer. According to a statement released by Bulgarias interior ministry on Thursday, Hassan is a Canadian citizen and Farah who is also known as Hussein Hussein is a citizen of Australia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

territorial leaders: NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. - Canada's provincial and territorial leaders vowed Thursday to fight Ottawa's controversial plan to fund jobs training for workers, saying the new scheme would require them to come up with more than half a billion dollars in extra cash. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "There really was a very strong feeling that the program as it exists won't work," she said. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, left, and Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter talk as premiers gather for the Council of the Federation summer meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Thursday, July 25, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Lynett There's concern across the board over the Canada Job Grant, said Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who is hosting the Council of the Federation meeting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena: Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena, Secretary of Foreign Affairs in Mexican President Enrique Pena Nietos eight-month-old administration, met Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in Ottawa on Thursday. Its Mr. Meades first visit to Canada in the job. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Drug cartels attack Mexican police, leaving 22 dead Mexicos foreign minister says his government seeks a closer, more strategic relationship with Canada one that some day might include a North American border security deal between all three NAFTA partners. JOSE ANTONIO MEADE Mexico #039;s Foreign Minister: Let #039;s anchor an integrated North America (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.