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British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter make their positions on health-care funding known ahead of a two-day Council of the Federation meeting, which starts in Victoria Sunday evening. More...

United Nations (CNN) -- The four European members of the U.N. Security Council took the lead Wednesday in presenting a revamped resolution to the United Nations condemning Syria for its crackdown on peaceful anti-government demonstrators. "It demands an immediate end to the violence and...

(CNN) -- Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who caught the world's attention when she accused members of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces of gang-raping her, arrived Monday at a refugee facility in Romania. Al-Obeidy had fled Libya and was awaiting resettlement as a refugee in Qatar when she was...

(CNN) -- Jordan considers Libya's Interim National Council to be the legitimate representative of the Libyan people and will send a permanent envoy to the rebel-held city of Benghazi, Jordan's foreign minister said Tuesday, according to the state-run news agency Petra. Foreign Minister Nasser...

The Taliban announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the U.S.-led coalition Saturday, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants' fighting spirit was low after sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield. In a two-page statement, the Taliban said that...

BAGHDAD – Gunmen wearing military uniforms and suicide bomb belts stormed a local government headquarters in northern Iraq on Tuesday in an attempt to take hostages that killed at least 10 people, officials said. Three lawmakers who were inside the Salahuddin provincial council building in...

BAGHDAD – Gunmen wearing military uniforms and suicide bomb belts stormed a local government headquarters in northern Iraq on Tuesday in an attempt to take hostages that killed at least 10 people, officials said. Three lawmakers who were inside the Salahuddin provincial council building in...

NEW YORK - Lady Gaga and her wild no-holds-barred wardrobe has created a fashion revolution — and for that she'll get this year's style icon award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council further isolated Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday, condemning his regime's crackdown on anti-government protesters and demanding that violence against civilians end immediately. A press statement agreed by all 15 members of the U.N.'s most...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/02/18/sotvo.israel.un.rice.cnn -- The United States vetoed Friday a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have declared Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said that while the United States...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/02/15/thai.fm.int.cnn -- Border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia flared for a second day in an ongoing dispute over an ancient Hindu temple, a Thai military official said Wednesday. There were several exchanges of gunfire overnight, according to...

-- The U.N. Security Council Monday called for a truce between Thailand and Cambodia and urged the two Asian nations to begin a dialogue to end their dispute over an ancient Hindu temple on the border. The council issued its statement following a closed-door session on the conflict that...

-- The White House will announce a new economic advisory council on Friday, one that will be headed by Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO and chairman of General Electric. "Because we still have a long way to go to get Americans back to work and strengthen our economy, the President will announce on...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2011/01/07/bts.obama.jobs.remarks.cnn -- President Barack Obama announced several new members of his economic team Friday as the administration trumpeted a falling unemployment rate. The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment...

Michel Martelly has called for Haiti's electoral council to be dumped. "We do not trust that process," he said. Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- A popular presidential candidate whose supporters took to the streets of Haiti to protest what they deemed a fraudulent election proposed Tuesday that a...

Camden City Council voted unanimously Thursday to begin handing out layoff notices to municipal employees even as union leaders and city officials restarted negotiations in an attempt to save some of the 383 threatened jobs. After emotional and angry pleas from residents, business owners...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Two unclaimed bodies are wasting away at the Medical Examiner's office in Norfolk, while Portsmouth leaders bicker over who will pay for their final resting place. One of the bodies has been there for eight months. The bodies belong to Portsmouth men David Williams and Samuel...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/10/22/bittermann.france.retirement.cnn Paris, France -- French unions are calling for nationwide strikes Thursday and again next week in a last-ditch effort to derail a pension bill that raises the retirement age from 60 to 62. The lower house of the...

Eye-rolling woman kicked out of meeting ELMHURST, Ill., A City Council committee meeting in suburban Chicago ended abruptly when two aldermen walked out in protest of a citizen being ejected for rolling her eyes. Stephen Hipskind, chairman of the Elmhurst City Council committee charged with...

Panel urges return to long-form census OTTOWA, Ontario, A Canadian government advisory group is urging a return to the long-form census but recommends removing the threat of jail time for not completing it. The National Statistics Council, a 40-member panel of researchers and analysts from...