A high-level bureaucrat who used to run the government's Afghanistan Task Force says he wants to appear as soon on Wednesday before a parliamentary committee looking into allegations that detainees were tortured in Afghan prisons.
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Another Montreal café firebombedA Molotov cocktail was thrown into a Montreal café early Tuesday morning, the latest in a string of arson attempts targeting cafés and bars across the island.
Ambassador seeks to rebut Afghan detainee allegationsA high-level bureaucrat who used to run the government's Afghanistan Task Force says he wants to appear as soon on Wednesday before a parliamentary committee looking into allegations that detainees were tortured in Afghan prisons.
Graffiti-defaced homes targeted by task forceIf a task force has its way, property owners in the Halifax Regional Municipality will be charged cleanup costs to remove graffiti from their homes.
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Canadian airports installing improved X-ray scanners to screen carry-on bagsVANCOUVER, B.C. - Ottawa is spending $27 million on advanced new X-ray equipment to scan carry-on bags at Canada's major airports.
- B.C.'s child poverty rate highest in Canada for six years in a row: report
VANCOUVER, B.C. - A youth advocacy group says B.C.'s child poverty rate remains the highest in Canada for the sixth year in a row and it's time the provincial government took action.
B.C.-based company voluntarily recalls 2.1 million drop-side cribsVANCOUVER, B.C. - More than 2.1 million Canadian-made drop-side cribs have been recalled in Canada and the United States after more than 100 cases of injuries, including four deaths were reported, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Monday.
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- Poll: Americans conflicted over health overhaul
Most Americans don't expect a health care overhaul to affect their lives directly, but those who worry about the fallout outnumber those expecting to come out ahead, a poll out Tuesday has found.
Obama braces for Afghan decisionThe White House braced for a tough sell of President Obama's long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan.
Manila hunts killers as massacre toll hits 35Eleven more bodies were recovered from a mass grave in the southern Philippines on Tuesday raising the number of massacre victims to 35, a police official said.
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Death toll up to 46 in Philippine killingsThe Philippines declared emergency rule in two southern provinces on Tuesday as the death toll from a mass execution rose to 46, with 22 more bodies found in a grave.
- Ambassador seeks to rebut Afghan detainee allegations
A high-level bureaucrat who used to run the government's Afghanistan Task Force says he wants to appear as soon on Wednesday before a parliamentary committee looking into allegations that detainees were tortured in Afghan prisons.
- U.K. public probe of Iraq war role opens
An investigation into Britain's involvement in the Iraq war opened public hearings with a moment of silence for those who died in the conflict.
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Brazil's leader welcomes Ahmadinejad with hug, urges West to work with Iran on nuclear disputeBRASILIA, Brazil - Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.
Bomb kills 6 from same family, including 4 children, in eastern AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan - A remote-controlled bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing six members of a family, including four children, authorities and relatives said.
Prostitute in Berlusconi sex scandal writes book, says she feels betrayed, threatenedROME - The prostitute at the centre of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal has written a book, saying she feels betrayed by him and has been frightened by threats, including the ransacking of her home.
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