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Canada: Almost 700 arrested in tuition protest (11)
Montreal: Nearly 700 people were arrested on Thursday after a protest over
higher university tuition in Quebec erupted into another night of violence.
The student protests have only grown since the provincial government last
week passed emergency legislation in an attempt to end Canada's most
sustained student demonstrations ever.
The protest was declared illegal by police the minute it was scheduled to
Unruly Passenger Restrained on AA Flight in Miami (4)
Federal authorities say an unruly passenger onboard an American Airlines
flight from Jamaica had to be restrained after rushing toward the cockpit
once the plane touched down in Miami.
The FBI is investigating the incident after the plane arrived Friday
morning from Montego Bay.
American Airlines spokeswoman Dori Alvarez says a disoriented male
passenger stood up from his seat in the main cabin after landing.
Briton completes Olympic mission to Everest summit (8)
British climber Kenton Cool, seen here in March, has reached the summit of
Everest, his website announced, fulfilling an 88-year-old promise to carry
an Olympic gold medal to the top of the world's highest peak.
British climber Kenton Cool shows an Olympic gold medal awarded to Arthur
Wakefield in 1924 as he prepares to reach the summit of Everest.
Climbers ignore overcrowding fears in Everest bid (12)
Published: 25/05/2012 at 01:48 PM
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More than 200 mountaineers are set to head for the summit of Mount Everest
on Friday and Saturday, risking perilous overcrowding just a week after
four died on the packed trail in bad weather.
In this photo, released by Neal Beidleman in 2011, unidentified
mountaineers are seen walk past the Hillary Step while pushing for the
summit of Everest.
3 Young Actors Seize the Day, Go 'On the Road' (4)
Kristen Stewart understands the lure of the open road. So do her "On The
Road" co-stars, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley.
The three young actors play the central love triangle in Walter Salles'
adaptation of Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation novel, an experience that has
helped them appreciate why the book is considered a classic.
The tale of wannabe writer (and Kerouac surrogate) Sal Paradise and his
friend Dean Moriarty crisscrossing the United States in search of freedom
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