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alp227

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Fri May 24, 2013, 08:05 PM May 2013

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine [View all]

Source: CBC

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, ensnared by allegations he was seen on a cellphone video smoking crack cocaine, ended eight days of silence on Friday by finally denying he uses crack. But his attempt to end the controversy has done nothing to mollify his critics.

"I do not use crack cocaine," Ford told a jam-packed news conference at Toronto City Hall. "Nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."

The allegations have generated such intense interest that the mayor's statement was carried live across Canada on major TV and radio news channels, as well as streamed live on the web.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/05/24/toronto-ford-newser.html

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