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The father of 23-year-old Canadian William Plotnikov confirmed that his son was killed by Russian security forces in Dagestan on July 13. The Muslim convert had traveled from Canada to Dagestan in 2010 and joined an Islamist terror group in Utamysh near Makhachkala, the Dagestani capital.

The government asked the US to turn over videotapes of psychiatric interviews with Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr before Canada will decide whether to allow his repatriation. If transferred to Canada, Khadr could be paroled as early as 2013. A psychiatrist said Khadr was unrepentant and would likely continue to serve al Qaeda.

The foreign minister said Canada does not plan to send troops to Mali but supports diplomatic action to resolve the current crisis triggered by the Islamist takeover of northern Mali. A Quebec woman, Mouna Diab, faces terrorism charges for her role in a Lebanese community operation to smuggle arms to Hezbollah.

Canada and the US issued a joint statement of privacy principles on the exchange of information regarding persons and cargo crossing their borders. Under the agreement, more information will be shared between the two countries, and either country can release information obtained about border crossings to a third country, subject to certain safeguards.

Prime Minister Harper said that all Canadian troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, and that the mission of the 950 trainers sent there will not be extended. Canada pledged to provide $110 million a year to Afghanistan after 2014 to help build Afghan security forces.

The spy chief said that as many as 60 Canadians have left the country for terror training camps in Yemen, Somalia, and the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Calling terrorism the biggest security threat to Canada, he noted both the increasing danger of “lone wolf” terrorists and the decreasing number of extremist proscriptions against […]

The justice minister ordered the extradition of Hassan Diab, an Ottawa sociology professor, who will face questioning in France about his alleged role in the bombing of a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four people. French officials have not yet brought charges against him.