April 6, 2005

Judge rules Crown can use Ahenakew tapes CBC News - The provincial court judge presiding over the hate trial of former aboriginal leader David Ahenakew has rejected a key defence motion. Irwin said Ahenakew should not have any expectation of privacy about his comments because the speech was delivered to a large audience, and reporters had been invited to cover the meeting. 11:24:57 AM

Kurd leader named Iraq president Iraq's parliament has chosen Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's new president after the first elections since the fall of Saddam Hussein. His deputies will be former President Ghazi Yawer, a Sunni Arab, and Finance Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who is Shia. Talabani's Kurdish community were repressed by Saddam Hussein 8:42:50 AM