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KATMANDU, Nepal - The story, an open secret in the crowded nylon city of Mount Everest base camp, trickled out from the high Himalayas: a British mountaineer desperate for oxygen had collapsed along a well-traveled route to the summit. ADVERTISEMENT Dozens of people walked right past...

WASHINGTON - Amid allegations of war atrocities by American soldiers against Iraqi civilians, the Pentagon's top Marine flew to Baghdad to warn his troops against allowing the violence to leave them callous to human suffering and the loss of life. ADVERTISEMENT "We do not employ force...

VANCOUVER (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears to be losing patience with provinces' squabbling over equalization, including a threat by Alberta Premier Ralph Klein to "opt out" if energy revenues are included in the formula. "We know the provinces are very divided on this," Harper...

OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government has posted a whopping $12-billion budget surplus for the fiscal year that ended March 31. It marks the ninth consecutive federal surplus - a string that began under the former Liberal government. And it's a lot larger than the $8-billion surplus forecast by...

OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government appears set to walk away from Liberal agreements that would have given the provinces millions of dollars to cut greenhouse gas emissions. A spokesman for Environment Minister Rona Ambrose indicated Thursday the Conservatives don't feel bound by the previous...

Well to all you Star Trek fans out there, John and Finder for some but to others as well. The Federation is the fictional pciture of the United Nations, when Spock dies in the movie his casket is covered in the blue U.N flag I am sure. So all you Trekkies, have to support the U.N as well. :lol:

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Renewed fighting between Islamic militias and secular warlords killed at least 38 people in the Somali capital and sent thousands of frightened civilians running from their homes, medical officials and a militia commander said. ADVERTISEMENT The secular alliance charges...

DILI (Reuters) - Australian commandos arrived in chaotic East Timor on Thursday, while raging gunbattles in the capital killed at least three people and forced residents to huddle in their homes. About 150 commandos quickly secured the airport in Dili ahead of the deployment of 1,300...

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he will call a national referendum on accepting a Palestinian state alongside Israel if Hamas does not agree to the idea within 10 days. ADVERTISEMENT Abbas' surprise announcement was a political gamble that could...

The Frank Slide is a natural landslide feature in the southern Rocky Mountains of Canada, and a significant historical event in western Canada. Frank, Alberta is a coal mining town in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta (formerly Northwest Territories). On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 a.m., 82 million...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian newspaper apologized on Wednesday for a story that said Iran planned to force Jews and other religious minorities to wear distinctive clothing to distinguish themselves from Muslims. ADVERTISEMENT The conservative National Post ran the story on its front...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - After a month of rising violence that culminated in the death of at least 16 civilians in a coalition raid and air strike, many Afghans are weary of both Taliban and foreign troops and just want the fighting to stop. "We do not like Taliban, but we don't like...

TORONTO (CP) - The family of Dominic and Nancy Ianiero is growing ever more frustrated with Mexican investigators and losing hope they'll ever get to the bottom of what happened to the slain Ontario couple, their lawyer said Friday. The Mexican authorities, who have been criticized for their...

A coup d'état (pronounced /ku de'ta/), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means by a part of the state establishment that mostly replaces just the top power figures. It may or may not be violent in nature. It is different from a revolution, which...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide car bomb exploded near a U.N. convoy in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing the attacker but hurting no one else, officials said. ADVERTISEMENT The attack occurred in Kandahar city, a former Taliban stronghold, as the convoy was traveling to a...

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea may be preparing to launch a long-range Taepodong ballistic missile that could have the capacity to reach all of the United States, Japanese national broadcaster NHK reported on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Get Our Top 20™ Newsletter in Your Inbox Each Week! Here...

GILGIL, Kenya - Hundreds attended the burial Thursday of a black man shot by one of Kenya's wealthiest landowners, a killing that has revived resentment against the descendants of white colonists. ADVERTISEMENT One government official promised to deport "white settlers and investors."...

UNITED NATIONS (CP) - Canada wants the next UN secretary general to serve only a single term of five or seven years, Canadian Ambassador Allan Rock said Thursday. And Canada will press for significant changes to the method of selecting the UN chief, he told reporters. "The post of secretary...

TORONTO (CP) - Canadian women can take up arms, fight alongside male colleagues and as was learned tragically this week in Afghanistan die in combat, but experts say that's not the case around the world. "In Western countries, for example, there have always been roles for women," said David...

TOKYO (AP) - A young boy who believes he was born the wrong sex was allowed to enroll as a girl at an elementary school in southwestern Japan, a school official said Thursday. The seven-year-old boy entered the school as a girl in April 2005 after he was diagnosed with gender identity disorder...