Harper to sign free trade pact with Panama (The Sudbury Star) PANAMA CITY — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to sign a free trade pact with Panama today as the country lifts its longstanding ban on Canadian beef.[...] [News Source]

Socialist Aotearoa Public Meeting (Scoop.co.nz) In 2008 hundreds of thousands of Koreans joined massive candle light vigils protesting the right-wing government of Lee Myung Bak. A wide cross section of people were angered by Lee's policies of privatisation, attacks on public education and his decision to allow imports of US beef despite fears over Mad Cow Disease. [News Source]

donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) “It is better to take cyanide than to import BSE-tainted meat,” said actress Kim Min-sun on her homepage May 1 last year. This posting catapulted her onto the national spotlight. [News Source]

Panama lifts 6-year-old ban on Canadian beef (Canada.com) Panama has removed its ban on Canadian beef, six years after the discovery of mad-cow disease in a Western Canadian herd, the Canadian government said on Tuesday. [News Source]

A life of living off the land (The Daily Record) CLE ELUM — As one of Kittitas County’s last people to log with horses, Orville Montgomery knows well the combination of brute strength and finesse it takes to skid a 5,000-pound tree without the benefit of a motorized machine. [News Source]

Harper to sign free trade pact with Panama (The Sudbury Star) PANAMA CITY — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to sign a free trade pact with Panama today as the country lifts its longstanding ban on Canadian beef.[...] [News Source]

Harper, Martinelli Sign Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (Bloomberg) Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli today signed a free trade agreement, continuing Canada’s efforts to bolster investment and trade in the region. [News Source]

Harper signs free trade pact with Panama (Edmonton Sun) PANAMA CITY — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has signed a free trade pact with Panama as the country lifts a longstanding ban on Canadian beef. With a diplomatic spat raging over a “Buy American” policy of the U.S., Harper said tough economic times call for more open doors for free trade. [News Source]

Harper, Martinelli Sign Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement (Bloomberg) Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli today signed a free trade agreement, continuing Canada’s efforts to bolster investment and trade in the region. [News Source]

Second Ashland death from rare brain disease gains attention (Ashland Daily Tidings) A second Ashland musician has died of Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare degenerative brain disorder that affects one in 1 million people per year worldwide. [News Source]