European Union foreign policy chief Xavier Solana is urging Pakistan to not talk with al Qaeda -- a move being pondered by the country's new government.

From the BBC:

Israel has sentenced a soldier to 19 days in jail for uploading a photograph taken on his military base to the social networking website, Facebook.

The Israeli military declined to comment on the nature of the image, but said the soldier was serving with an elite intelligence unit.

Local media say it is the first such conviction for an Israeli soldier.

The case follows widespread reports about the potential security risk of soldiers posting photos on the web.

From CTV.ca:

Police in Montreal showed up at various newsrooms in the city, armed with warrants for the seizure of video footage of Monday night's riot.

News organizations, including CTV Montreal, will challenge the seizure in court. The CTV station handed over its riot footage, but placed the two DVDs in a sealed envelope. It has asked the envelope remain sealed until a judge rules on the matter. The station also filed a letter of protest.

Disclosure: I work for CTV.ca News

The police visited a total of 10 newsrooms.

The CAJ, moral paragon that it is, reared up on its hind legs and bleated about this issue.

The new owners of TQS, a Quebec television network, wants to get out of the news business. The move, if okayed by the CRTC, would throw 270 people out of work.

I was in Big Fat Burrito recently in Kensington Market where I ordered the ever-delish pulled-pork one (another fave is the breakfast burrito).

But the little bottles of chipotle sauce, which is pretty much essential for a maximal burrito experience, weren't on the counter.

They now want you to ask for chipotle sauce or related condiments in advance, although they did give me some in a little plastic cup this time.

And the reason for that? People kept walking off with the sauces.

They can afford a burrito, but they have to steal the chipotle sauce?

Wow.

From AP via CTV.ca:

In a move combining user-created online encyclopedias with the printed page, Germany's Bertelsmann AG will publish what could be the first in a series of annual yearbooks whose content is derived from the many hundreds of thousands of user-created entries on Wikipedia.

From the NYT:

At a time when the world’s top climate experts agree that carbon emissions must be rapidly reduced to hold down global warming, Italy’s major electricity producer, Enel, is converting its ...   more »