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Tory MP sorry for 'no-good bastards' remark

Conservative MP Gerald Keddy is apologizing for referring to some unemployed Haligonians as "no-good bastards."


Critics attack B.C. eye drug policy

People in B.C. suffering from a degenerative eye condition are in a quandary over a provincial policy that allows doctors to profit by using a medication that's much cheaper than the approved drug.


Don't muzzle testimony in detainee issue: PM

A parliamentary committee should not block testimony from those willing to offer evidence responding to allegations that detainees were tortured in Afghan prisons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says.


Hamilton police scour city for escaped prisoner

Police were scouring the city of Hamilton for a prisoner on the lam after a daring and almost certainly planned escape that saw two masked, armed men bust him out of custody outside a hospital Tuesday morning.


Quebec money manager probed in Bermuda

High-profile Montreal-based investment manager Hans Black is at the centre of a criminal investigation in Bermuda.


U.S. census worker staged own murder: FBI

A census worker from Kentucky found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, the FBI said Tuesday.


India a key ally on security, economy: Obama

President Barack Obama says ties between America and India will be "one of the defining relationships" of the 21st century.


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.


Wooing of Taliban fighters is dangerous game

Afghanistan officials are persuading small-time local fighters to leave the insurgency and fight for the government. But hundreds are known to have switched back once they were  trained.


United Nations mission in Afghanistan relocating workers after Kabul attack

KABUL -- The U.N. mission in Afghanistan is relocating hundreds of staff members, including sending many outside the country, after an attack last week on a U.N. guesthouse in Kabul that killed five members of its international staff.