
KABUL, Afghanistan - Canada's Conservative government joined several other countries Thursday in backing the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he was sworn in for a second-term.

MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines rolled out the red carpet in a rock star reception on Friday for pound-for-pound king and newly crowned World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.

For days, the Saskatchewan government has been forecasting bad news in its mid-year financial update, and on Thursday the public found out just how bad.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.
Calgary Transit is standing by the actions of its peace officers in an arrest captured in a video and posted on YouTube.

PARIS (AFP) - Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.

Alberta Health Services plans to save $66 million by not filling 660 current vacancies, the provincial health authority announced Tuesday.
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
Talks are continuing between officials and workers at an automotive production plant in Tecumseh, Ont., though under pressure of a looming strike deadline.

TORONTO - Ontario may have new rules before the end of the year to restrict how the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin is prescribed and dispensed, as well as other narcotics and controlled substances, government officials said.
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