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Alexa McDonough, a former provincial and national NDP leader, tells CBC News she has cancer. More...

NDP leadership hopefuls gathered for a fourth public debate in Winnipeg on Sunday, one month before a new party leader is chosen at a convention in Toronto on March 24. More...

AP - An Iranian lawmaker claimed Wednesday that President Barack Obama called for direct talks with Iran in a secret letter to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader that also warned Tehran against closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz. More...

AP - President Hugo Chavez defended his close ally Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday and warned of "U.S. warmongering threats" amid tensions over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. More...

AP - The handover of power in North Korea to Kim Jong Il's young son appeared to be going smoothly Thursday, with official media calling him the "outstanding leader" and no outward unrest in the capital or troop movements along its borders. More...

BITS, the U.S. financial industry's IT policy arm, has a new leader: Paul Smocer, an expert in email security and authentication. More...

MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Felipe Calderon says federal police have caught one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. An official in central Aguascalientes state who was not authorized to be quoted by name says authorities have captured Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, the alleged leader of the...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Ichiro Suzuki had two infield hits to become Seattle's career leader, including a bouncer in the ninth that drove in the go-ahead run in the Mariners' 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night.

SAO PAULO – It was well past midnight when the Brazilian surgeon says he was escorted deep inside a bunker in the Libyan capital. His assignment: to shave years off Moammar Gadhafi's appearance by removing fat from his belly and injecting it into his wrinkled face. The Libyan leader also got...

Authorities say Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillan ran one of Mexico's top drug-trafficking organizations. A top leader of the Gulf drug cartel was killed during a two-hour gun battle with Mexican security forces in the border city of Matamoros, authorities said. Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas...

Philippine abductions leader admits guilt WASHINGTON, A leader of an Islamic separatist group pleaded guilty Wednesday in the 1995 forced-march hostage-taking of 16 people in the Philippines, U.S. authorities said. The Justice Department said Madhatta Haipe, a Filipino who was a founding...

CAIRO – An insurgent group in southeastern Iran announced the selection of a new leader after its founder was captured by Iranian forces, according to the group's Web site. The Jundallah insurgency, which says it's fighting for equal rights for the Sunni minority in southeast Iran, has named...

Iran election dispute escalates to new phase EHRAN, Iran – Iran's election dispute has moved beyond the drama of mass street protests to a new phase: a fight for power within the ruling religious establishment itself. The conflict escalated as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali...