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New panel to scrutinise ocean governance
Feb 11, 2013 17:13 EST
Senior politicians on Monday launched an independent panel into management of the world's oceans, which are facing unprecedented overfishing, pollution and habitat loss.
Fan anger mounts over Premier League ticket prices
Jan 14, 2013 22:51 EST
Discontent among supporters over spiralling Premier League ticket prices is mounting, as fans attempt to make their voices heard and even followers of sworn enemies join forces to call for change.
NASA says it was hacked 13 times last year
Mar 02, 2012 13:52 EST
(Reuters) - NASA said hackers broke into its computer systems 13 times last year, stealing employee credentials and gaining access to mission-critical projects in breaches that could compromise U.S. national security.
NASA says was hacked 13 times last year
Mar 02, 2012 13:52 EST
(Reuters) - NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches that could compromise U.S. national security.
Laptop theft did not put space station in peril: NASA
Mar 02, 2012 13:17 EST
A stolen US space agency laptop containing codes that control the International Space Station did not put the orbiting lab in peril, a NASA spokesman said on Friday.
LightSquared cries foul over GPS advisory board
Jan 12, 2012 19:06 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telecom startup LightSquared is asking for an investigation of a possible conflict of interest by a member of an advisory board that has already warned against its technology because of interference with the global positioning system.
Hundreds of NASA's moon rocks missing: audit
Dec 08, 2011 17:18 EST
Researchers have sticky fingers when it comes to NASA's moon rocks and meteorites, and hundreds of samples have gone missing after being loaned out by the US space agency, an audit said Thursday.
NASA vows $8.8 bn space telescope on track for 2018
Dec 06, 2011 17:04 EST
After a series of delays and billions spent over budget, the potent James Webb Space Telescope is on track to launch in 2018 at a total project cost of $8.8 billion, NASA vowed on Tuesday.
Insight: Lessons for U.S. from Canada's "basket case" moment
Nov 21, 2011 07:31 EST
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Finance officials bit their nails and nervously watched the clock. There were 30 minutes left in a bond auction aimed at funding the deficit and there was not a single bid.
Insight: Lessons for U.S. from Canada's "basket case" moment
Nov 21, 2011 01:28 EST
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Finance officials bit their nails and nervously watched the clock. There were 30 minutes left in a bond auction aimed at funding the deficit and there was not a single bid.
Seven charged in alleged Internet ad fraud scam
Nov 09, 2011 17:40 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged seven people living in Estonia and Russia with using malicious software to hijack millions of computers worldwide to redirect Internet searches toward online ads.
U.S. charges 7 in alleged Internet ad fraud scam
Nov 09, 2011 17:37 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged seven people living in Estonia and Russia with using malicious software to hijack millions of computers worldwide to redirect Internet searches toward online ads.
NASA boosts Webb telescope cost to $8.7 billion
Aug 24, 2011 19:01 EDT
NASA has boosted its cost estimate of a major telescope project to 8.7 billion dollars, even as lawmakers have threatened to slash the space agency's budget, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin PC LL.B BA | |
 Paul Martin, April 2004 | |
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| In office December 12, 2003 – February 6, 2006 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Jean Chrétien |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Harper |
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| In office November 21, 1988 – October 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Claude Lanthier |
| Succeeded by | Lise Zarac |
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34th Canadian Minister of Finance
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| In office 1993 – 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Loiselle |
| Succeeded by | John Manley |
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| Born | August 28, 1938 Windsor, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Martin |
| Children | 3 sons (Paul, Jamie and David) |
| Residence | Montreal, Quebec |
| Alma mater | St. Michael's College, Toronto University of Toronto Faculty of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer, Businessman |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Website | PaulMartin.ca |
