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December 16, 2018 Stranded In Airport For 7 Months, Syrian Man Is Granted Asylum In Canada
Hassan al-Kontar, 37, left his home in Syria for the United Arab Emirates in 2006. For seven months, Hassan al-Kontar was trapped in air-conditioned purgatory. Stranded in Terminal 2 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, he slept under stairwells and lived off leftover chicken-and-rice dinners from AirAsia flights. He documented his daily life in video […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 Ancient Underwater Potato Garden Uncovered in Canada
Submerged rock pavement (shown here) would have allowed the indigenous people to control how far their tubers grew, making for easier harvesting. Credit: Katzie Development Limited Partnership This harvest came 3,000 years too late. Hundreds of blackened potatoes were pulled out of the ground at a prehistoric garden in British Columbia, Canada. Dating back to […]
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December 1, 2016 Internet Archive Wants to Backup Its Data in Canada Fearing Donald Trump’s Administration
Internet Archive Wants to Backup Its Data in Canada Fearing Donald Trump’s Administration HIGHLIGHTS The move comes fearing the risks of Trump’s administration Kahle urged users to make donations Uncertainty over the future of privacy and encryption under Trump Donald Trump rattled a lot of feathers after being elected President of the United States. The […]
