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Corporal Dolorès Crampton walks behind the flag-draped casket of   her common-law husband, Corporal Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp, at a ramp ceremony in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov 18. The two were serving in Kandahar at the same time. Beauchamp and Private Michel Lévesque, both of CFB Valcartier, Que.,  were killed when a roadside bomb exploded under their light armoured vehicle Nov. 17.

Betweeen 1999 and 2002, statues based on the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima were erected at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa by the portuguese community. The figures stand as a centrepiece for a section reserved for the community. In the background of this photo taken Nov. 16 are the headstones of the National Military Cemetery. 

A new poll suggests 67 per cent of Canadians want to know why Brian Mulroney accepted $300,000 from Karlheinz Schreiber. The survey conducted for CTV and The Globe and Mail also says 51 per cent approve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's appointment of an independent investigator, CTV reported Nov. 14. Schreiber faces extradition to his native Germany on  fraud allegations. He has said in court documents that he paid Mulroney $300,000 shortly after Mulroney left office and also alleges that the two met to discuss business matters while Mulroney was still prime minister. The allegations have not been proven in court and Mulroney has denied the accusations.

Russian President Vladmir Putin has announced plans to present Senator Marcel Prud'homme, seen here at a rally on Parliament Hill in support of Palestinian self-determination,  is to be presented with Russia's Order of Friendship, the Ottawa Citizen reported Nov. 9. The medal is for Prud'homme's contribution to developing and strengthening relations between Russia and Canada.

The flag of the RCMP waves at half mast at the RCMP Memorial  Cemetery  in Ottawa Nov. 16. Since October, two of the force's officers, Constables Christopher Worden and Doug Scott, have been killed in the line of duty.

An Ottawa engineering firm has won a major international award for its role in the $136-million renovation of the Library of Parliament. Structural designers  Adjeleian Allen Rubeli received the Heritage Award for Buildings from the Institution of Structural Engineers, based in London, England, the Ottawa Citizen reported Nov. 17. The 131-year-old library was the only part of the original Centre Block that survived a fire in 1916. The renovation project involved seven years of planning and four years of complex intensive conservation and upgrading work. The library was re-opened last year.