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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - An inmate at an El Salvador jail was caught with a hand grenade stuffed up his backside -- a novel attempt to disguise his apparent escape plans. Guards at the San Francisco Gotera prison outside the capital San Salvador found the V40 grenade, about the size of a...

Pop star Michael Jackson has arrived in Japan where he will meet fans who have paid up to $3,500 (£1,800) to spend a minute in his company. It is unclear whether the 48-year-old will also perform at the event, which is due to take place on...

By Sue Bailey OTTAWA (CP) - Gay couples have won a partial Supreme Court victory over pension benefits. The high court struck down as unconstitutional part of a law limiting survivor benefits to those whose partners died after Jan. 1, 1998. But it ruled against retroactively extending...

By Beth Gorham WASHINGTON (CP) - Canada is getting caught in the crossfire of U.S. security plans that are too onerous, says a key American legislator. New York Representative Louise Slaughter, who chairs the powerful House rules committee, said in an interview with The Canadian Press that...

Five musicians and singers were honoured for their contribution to music on Canada's East Coast with the Stompin' Tom Award. The awards were presented during the day on Sunday, prior to the East Coast Music Association awards gala taking place in the evening in Halifax. Jazz bassist Skip...

By Jane Barrett MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish trial began on Thursday of 29 people charged with involvement in the Madrid train bombings, which killed 191 people three years ago in the deadliest al Qaeda-related attack in Europe. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, who is accused of inciting people to...