TORONTO - The federal justice minister says Craigslist appears
to have pulled prostitution ads from its Canadian websites after
prolonged pressure from Ottawa and several provinces.  The San
Francisco-based company's "erotic services" section did not
appear on the majority of its Canadian homepages Saturday
morning, however some ads were still on Halifax site and a
detailed search of the Toronto site brought up an ad posted as
recently as Friday.  Justice minister and Attorney General of
Canada Rob Nicholson says he's pleased the ads seem to have been
removed.  He says the government was concerned such ads could
facilitate serious criminal offences like child prostitution and
human trafficking.  The pulling of the section blatantly selling
sex --which often carried explicit pictures and price lists --
comes after nearly four months of repeated requests from
Canadian governments.  The company removed its "erotic services"
section from its U.S. sites in September after several U.S.
attorneys general said there