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The Canadian Soccer Association announced Monday it was suspending the Quebec Soccer Federation until the provincial group lifts its ban on players wearing turbans. More...

LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) - A disorderly Greek default would cause more than a trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) of damage to the euro zone and could leave Italy and Spain dependent on outside help to stop contagion spreading, the main bondholders' group has said. Greek private creditors have until...

TUNIS (Reuters) - The head of a group that has government permission to seek to promote religious teachings in Tunisia says he will use persuasion and protest but not violence to encourage Islamic behaviour in one of the Arab world's most secular countries. Adel al-Ilmi, a date merchant by...

AP - Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled. More...

AP - Syrians snatched from their homes turn up dead, often mutilated. Soldiers gun down former comrades who defected to the opposition. A human rights group reports that electric shocks and hot iron rods are used to torture detainees. More...

TMX Group's board of directors decides to support a $3.8-billion takeover bid from Maple Group Acquisition Corp. More...

Law enforcement officials should be required to obtain a warrant based on probable cause before using GPS or other electronic location tracking to follow individuals, a bi-partisan group said in a report released today. More...

A leading international consumer group has called on the United States Federal Trade Commission and the European Union’s main body for data protection, the Article 29 Working Group, to reject self-regulation of online behavioral advertising. More...

Even as the shadowy hacker group Anonymous threatens to take on the mighty social-networking site Facebook, claiming the group will 'kill' Facebook on Nov. 5, some researchers are criticizing Facebook security, saying it could be better. More...

A tweet sent by the hacker group Anonymous at midnight yesterday claims the group has broken into the network of defense contractor ManTech International and intends to release seized documents within 24 hours. More...

The United States plays Sweden in the group stage finale at the Women's World Cup on Wednesday, a game that would seem to have little importance with both teams already through to the quarterfinals. But there is plenty still at stake for the Americans, starting with the bragging rights — and...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Still stinging from calling off its marriage to the London Stock Exchange, TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, wasn't ready on Thursday to start talking about a tie-up with the Canadian suitor that has made a hostile bid to take it over. "We've been very...

(CNN) -- Dozens of children called for freedom, held anti-government signs and criticized President Bashar al-Assad in at least two Syrian cities on Sunday, a day before al-Assad planned to make another speech to the unsettled nation. In a video posted on YouTube, showing a demonstration the...

Dolphins proved to a swimmer’s best friend when they saved a group of swimmers from attack by a great white shark. The amazing rescue took place at a beach near Whangarei on New Zealand’s North Island when the swimmers were threatened by one of the ocean’s most deadly predators. Lifesavers Rob...

Washington (CNN) -- Protesting members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church were met with an unlikely group of counterprotesters Monday at Arlington Cemetery. Hours before President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances at the Tomb of the Unknowns, three members of the...

A proposal by a group of Canadian banks and pension funds to take over the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange offers cost savings and opportunities for international growth, the group said on Monday. A consortium calling itself the Maple Group Acquisition Corp is proposing a C$3.6 billion...

More than 750 civilians have been killed in Syria since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in mid-March, a human rights group said Tuesday as the government pressed its efforts to end the nationwide unrest. Ammar Qurabi, who heads the National Organization for Human...

Wait a minute, Doc. You want me to share my appointment with 10 other patients? Group appointments aren't just for psychotherapy anymore. Put diabetes, high blood pressure and maybe even Parkinson's disease on the list. Shared checkups aim to help patients who are battling certain chronic...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – A Hamas official says two suspects have been arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of an Italian activist in the Palestinian territory. Ihab Ghussein, a Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman, said Saturday the suspects are still being interrogated and...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/02/14/dnt.kkk.license.plates.wlbt -- The Mississippi NAACP has called on Governor Haley Barbour to publicly denounce an attempt by a Confederacy group to honor a Ku Klux Klan leader, the organization said Monday. The Sons of Confederate Veterans has...