ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's Left Coalition party will get an historic chance on Tuesday to form a government opposed to the country's EU/IMF bailout, after the mainstream conservatives failed to cobble together a coalition following a shock inconclusive e

The issue of dual citizenship has generated controversy in the past with former Liberal leader Stephane Dion and with Michaelle Jean, who gave up her French citizenship to become governor general.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's Left Coalition party will get an historic chance on Tuesday to form a government opposed to the country's EU/IMF bailout, after the mainstream conservatives failed to cobble together a coalition following a shock inconclusive e

CLASSE, the most radical of the main student groups, published an insider’s account of the negotiations. The document said the CLASSE negotiator signed the agreement Saturday without fully reading its contents and failed to notice some modifications. It

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament confirmed former president Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister on Tuesday, completing a job swap with Vladimir Putin that has sparked protests against the two leaders' grip on power. The approval vote, c

With the presidential inauguration set for May 15th, followed immediately by bilateral talks in the U.S. with President Barack Obama, a G8 summit Camp David, and NATO summit in Chicago – all within a week – Mr. Hollande steps in to the pressu

The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury trial said jurors were getting bored with the pace of the case and told both sides Tuesday to stop wasting time with unnecessary questions. More »Clemens trial judge chides lawyers over slow pace

An outcry over potential conflicts of interest in the loans prompted inquiries by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. It also spurred Chesapeake's board on May 1 to remove McClendon as chairman (though no

An outcry over potential conflicts of interest in the loans prompted inquiries by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. It also spurred Chesapeake's board on May 1 to remove McClendon as chairman (though no

“We unreservedly apologize to the Jewish community for the unintentional offence that the item has caused,” it read. “Our curriculum is not intended to promote hatred towards any individual or group of people, rather the children are tau

LONDON (Reuters) - A Saudi bombmaker believed behind several failed but ingenious attempted attacks on the West is the most likely creator of an improved "underwear bomb" discovered in a plot foiled by U.S. and allied authorities, security experts and off

He said many initiatives have been taken, such as outlawing smoking in workplaces and bars, and graphic illustrations on cigarette packages, but government could – and should go further – by mandating plain packaging and outlawing flavoured to

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party is seriously considering a delay in its upcoming five-yearly congress by a few months amid internal debate over the size and makeup of its top decision-making body, sources said, as the party struggles to

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece moved closer to a second snap election on Wednesday when the head of the biggest party launched a new attack on radical leftist Alexis Tsipras, saying his plans for a new government would push the country out of the euro zone. Ne

When asked for comment by CBC News, SNC-Lavalin spokesperson Leslie Quinton said "we plan to vigorously defend ourselves, since we think we have always we have always published information appropriately and accurately, following regulatory requirements an

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin promised to project Russia's might on the world stage in a rallying speech on Wednesday to troops and war veterans celebrating victory over Nazi Germany at a military parade bristling with weapons on Red Square.

“As Canadians, we are deeply troubled at the notion that children in our country are learning from materials published by an organization that, according to the FBI, is directly controlled by the Ayatollahs of Iran,” said David Koschitzky, chair of th

The show had been forced out of its home for 62 years, and down the street to the provincially owned Metro Toronto Convention Centre, after council enacted a number of measures in 2008 to try to combat the scourge of gun violence.

In March, McClintic testified she lured Tori to Rafferty's car on his orders. The pair then drove the girl to Guelph and later to Mount Forest, 100 kilometres north of Woodstock, where, according to McClintic, Rafferty raped the young girl.

In March, McClintic testified she lured Tori to Rafferty's car on his orders. The pair then drove the girl to Guelph and later to Mount Forest, 100 kilometres north of Woodstock, where, according to McClintic, Rafferty raped the young girl.

Closing arguments began on Tuesday with defence lawyer Dirk Derstine attacking the credibility of the Crown’s key witness, Terri-Lynne McClintic. The 21-year-old is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to the first-degree murder of Tori two yea

MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (Reuters) - A rescue team found several bodies but no survivors on Thursday in the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia during an exhibition flight with 45 people on board. Russia said it would take

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British intelligence played a central role in the undercover operation to foil an underwear bomb plot involving al Qaeda's Yemeni offshoot, counterterrorism sources told Reuters. The undercover informant in the plot linked to Al Qae

PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande, the Socialist "Mr Normal" who will be sworn in as French president next week, says he is worth almost 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million), considerably less than his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. Hollande, who campaigned o

PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande, the Socialist "Mr Normal" who will be sworn in as French president next week, says he is worth almost 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million), considerably less than his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. Hollande, who campaigned o

He is serving a three-year term stemming from a series of property-related offences, an incident involving Canada Border Services, according to the police.

LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron signed off messages to tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with an affectionate "LOL", she told an inquiry on Friday, conjuring the embarrassing image of a British prime minister-in-waiting fawning over a Rupert Murdoch protég�

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An explosion hit Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Friday, close to the ruling party headquarters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The activist group said no one was killed by the blast itself but one guard at the headqua

The men were standing near two tractors legally parked on the median, when a northbound vehicle veered towards them.

Two chicks broke out of their shells early Saturday morning. Later, around 1:30 p.m. CT, one of the adults could be seen feeding the chicks and three little birds were clearly visible.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China, Japan and South Korea agreed at a summit on Sunday to launch negotiations for a three-way free trade pact they said could help fend off global economic chills, but the talks are expected to be long and difficult because of decad

PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande will arrive at his first appearance as French president in one of Citroen's flagship cars, handing the struggling company some welcome television exposure. Hollande has picked out a hybrid from PSA Peugeot Citroen's ups

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran warned Western powers on Sunday that applying pressure on Tehran could jeopardize talks on its nuclear program, state television reported. "The era of a pressure strategy is ended. Any strategic miscalculations would endanger succes

LONDON (Reuters) - Rebekah Brooks, a former top lieutenant in Rupert Murdoch's media empire, will learn on Tuesday whether she will be charged as part of a phone-hacking scandal at one of his British newspapers. Police launched an investigation in January

The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be considered. More »FSU president lays out pros/cons of Big 12 move

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering sending its top general in Afghanistan, who commands U.S. and NATO troops there during a crucial withdrawal period, to head U.S. forces in Europe this winter. A U.S. official speaking on condi

"In each case, announcements and communications focused only on the costs of acquisition and sustainment, never did we talk about operating costs," he told the committee. "Our approach to costing has never been characterized as full lifecycle, our approac

Rodney Stafford, father of slain eight-year-old Woodstock girl Victoria Stafford, talks to reporters during a break in proceedings at the trial of Michael Rafferty, May 1, 2012. (Geoff Robins / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Rafferty will join McClintic, his ex-lover and partner in the gruesome crime, in being sentenced to life in prison. She pleaded guilty two years ago to first-degree murder, admitting she lured Tori away with the promise of seeing a dog and delivered the c

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran gave an upbeat assessment on Tuesday of talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog about its atomic activity but diplomats voiced doubt inspectors would gain access to a military site where they believe tests of use in making atomic bomb

As I said I am standing behind not guilty of these convictions. Notwithstanding, though, I do believe that I am a very definite part of why Victoria’s not here today. Once again I’m very sorry, not that half of you, or any of you may believe me, but a

Not so Rafferty, who didn't take the witness stand, thus saving himself from cross-examination, but who, given the convicted man's traditional opportunity to speak unchallenged, gamely gave his finest impression of a sentient human being, weeping in the p

Friends say the owner and pilot of the plane was Colin Moyes, a West Vancouver man in his 50s, who kept the amphibious 1966 Beaver float plane in a hanger at the Pitt Meadows airport.

Tori's family had to wait more than a year after that for Michael Rafferty's trial and now it has finally come to an end. They sat through the trial for 10 weeks. They cried tears of relief after he was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder, sexual a

PARIS (Reuters) - The government of France's new President Francois Hollande is likely to be dominated by moderate social democrats after party leader Martine Aubry, overlooked for the prime minister's role, said on Wednesday she would not be in the cabin

East End Madrassah has been ordered to stop Sunday lessons at David and Mary Thomson Collegiate, after reports surfaced last week of online teachings alluding to "treacherous" Jews" who "conspired to kill" the Islamic Prophet Mohammed.

"When I first got the news I was devastated," he said. "I love fighting, it's one of those things I've always done. But I had to sit back and go 'OK, well do I want to see my kids get raised and be normal and be happy to be here. Or do I risk fighting and

Coste said tree poaching is an example of what can happen when there is no staff to monitor what is going on. “We have been concerned about the cutting of park budgets for a number of years. Until about 18 months ago, people would have been watching,”

McLean's mother, Carol de Delley, attended Monday's hearing wearing a white T-shirt bearing her slain son's photo. She said it now seems inevitable Li will regain his full freedom in the near future and called it "ironic and ridiculous" that the

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday and its troubled banks suffered a double blow, with shares in part-nationalized Bankia diving and 16 lenders - including the euro zone's biggest - having their credit ratings

Vellacott says there is research that proves fetuses feel pain, and there should be a law to protect them from what he refers to as bullying.

Opposition New Democrat MLA Scott Fraser criticized the Liberal government in the legislature for inadequate protection of the province's parks, saying it's obvious people can chop down old trees without being detected.

Opposition New Democrat MLA Scott Fraser criticized the Liberal government in the legislature for inadequate protection of the province's parks, saying it's obvious people can chop down old trees without being detected.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has been denied his family's choice of lawyers to defend a charge of "intentional homicide" in what one said was an attempt to manipulate a case that has focused world attention on China's h

Their efforts to drag the tree parts across the parking area caused other damage to the park: some undergrowth is torn and crushed, a ditch is caved in and blocked with debris, and steel cables were left lying around.

Justice Marie Deschamps has announced that after a decade in her post she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada at the end of the summer.

THE WATER WALL: A couple blocks south of the Galleria, Houston's largest shopping experience, and in the shadow of the 902-foot Williams Tower, the city's most visible skyscraper outside downtown, this 64-foot-high semi-circular fountain arguably is Houst

In conjunction with the OIPRD report, the Board is currently expecting the release in late June of the report of the Independent Civilian Review into Matters Relating to the G20 Summit by Justice John Morden. In addition to the important issues raised in

"After 37 years working mostly in courtrooms, including 22 years on the bench, I feel that it is time to explore other ways to be of service to society," Deschamps said in a statement.

Even Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid his dues, said his spokesman Andrew MacDougall. Harper worked in his early 20s in Imperial Oil's mailroom in Alberta before moving up the ladder to the computer department. As prime minister, Harper now pulls in a c

Attempting to debunk the notion that an increased reliance on oil exports is hollowing out Central Canada’s manufacturing base, the report concluded that cyclical factors and global competition are mostly to blame for the decline in factory producti

"They present a standard for most teams — certainly, off the field," said Whitecaps coach Martin Rennie. "It's incredible the number of people that come to their games, the atmosphere surrounding the game. And coming in as a new team, they've had relati

That's an example of what Jebara's Columbia colleagues call "automated social hierarchy detection," a technique that can infer who gives the orders, who's respected and who's ignored based purely on whose emails get answered and how quickly. In 2007, they

Even Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid his dues, said his spokesman Andrew MacDougall. Harper worked in his early 20s in Imperial Oil's mailroom in Alberta before moving up the ladder to the computer department. As prime minister, Harper now pulls in a c

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strai

In a May 10 letter, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson fired a warning shot at CFOs, telling them they don't have the authority to make the keeping of anything resembling a long-gun registry a condition of a gun shop's business licence.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the two

"How can they stand behind the euro? First, those countries with high deficits and low competitiveness need to carry on confronting their problems head on. But in the absence of flexible exchange rates, the economic and political barriers to

"They are conjuring artificial excuses to prolong the occupation of Afghanistan, are wavering in their stance and do not seem to have a clear strategy for a political solution," the Taliban said. "The Islamic Emirate (which is what the Taliban call themse

“He said, ‘You’re going to hear something on the news tonight, and I want you to understand that I’m OK.’ That night I read that Cpl. Matt McCully had been killed by an IED. Jon was 100 metres behind him on the radio in a LAV