As It Happens: Thursday Edition

Part One

Omar Khadr released
A last-minute effort to keep Omar Khadr in prison is rejected by a judge -- meaning Mr. Khadr is free for the first time in 13 years, to the consternation of the federal government. 

Nuclear waste
A report concludes that the best possible place for nuclear waste is hundreds of metres underground, just over a kilometre from Lake Huron -- one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth. 

Underwater skeletons
None of the bones on two skeletons are real -- which is good news for the horrified diver who found them at the bottom of the Colorado River.

Part Two

St. Louis babies: mother/lawyer
When a St. Louis woman meets the daughter the hospital told her was dead, other mothers come forward with questions about their own lost babies. 

River video
An Irish artist redefines streaming video by uploading an eight-hour film of a picturesque river to YouTube -- and it has nearly seven million views. 

Part Three

New Senate speaker
The new speaker of the Senate -- Leo Housakos knows he's got his work cut out for him.  

French journalists on sexism
A sexist remark by a friend of the French president spurs a united action from female journalists there -- who have co-signed an article headlined "Get Your Paws Off".