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A family that lived in fear of deportation for five years, seeking sanctuary in a Winnipeg church basement part of that time, has finally gained residency status. "I honour and I respect Canada more than anything. I've been here so long, I think the people matter the most and I've met so many...

Paris (CNN) -- Syria's ambassador to France, Lamia Shakkour, denied Tuesday that she has resigned her post, declaring late in the day that she would remain in her job until President Bashar al-Assad no longer wants her to remain in it. "At no moment have I thought about doing anything other...

A fatality inquiry in Drumheller heard Monday that police had received numerous complaints about an estranged husband who eventually killed his young son in a murder-suicide. Rich Saunders killed his three-year-old son, Colton, and then took his own life, in 2008 while the child was with him...

New York (CNN) -- A five-month probe by New York City's anti-corruption agency found no evidence of an organized work slowdown by the city's sanitation workers during the December 2010 blizzard, according to a report released Friday. The report by the New York City Department of Investigation...

WASHINGTON, -- U.S. President Barack Obama urged House Democrats Thursday to reduce the federal deficit but preserve Medicare, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. Pelosi said the president asked congressional Democrats at a White House meeting to join him in "reducing the...

The Hague, Netherlands (CNN) -- Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Ratko Mladic dismissed as "obnoxious" charges against him Friday during his first appearance at a war crimes tribunal. Mladic said the charges contained big words and demanded extra time to review them. The suspect appeared in court...

Tokyo (CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday. The final tally was 293 against the motion and 152 for it. The opposition Liberal Democratic Party filed the no-confidence motion Wednesday, and needed a simple majority for it to pass in...

(CNN) -- I never met Pakistani journalist Sayed Saleem Shahzad, but we exchanged e-mails about his work for Asia Times Online, and his remarkable scoops in interviewing some of the world's most wanted terrorists. He was an investigative reporter in the truest sense, disappearing to remote areas...

WASHINGTON – An index of home prices in big metro areas has reached its lowest level since 2002, driven down by foreclosures, a glut of unsold homes and the reluctance or inability of many to buy. Prices fell from February to March in 18 of the metro areas tracked by the Standard &...

<div>Vince Li, who beheaded a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba in 2008, may soon be allowed extended walks on the grounds of his mental hospital. Li is responding to treatment, is "co-operative and polite" and has provided "absolutely no difficulty" to staff at the Selkirk Mental...

Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow has reopened following a bomb scare Monday that led to the evacuation of nearly 100 patients. The Pictou County Health Authority said police allowed people back in the building at about 1 a.m. Tuesday. The emergency department was reopened at 4:45 a.m. "Except...

Edmonton police are saying little after one of their officers, earlier reported missing, was found and placed on administrative leave. Police say Const. Ronnie Chiu, 46, contacted them Thursday after hearing through the media that efforts were being made to find him. Chiu is to be re-assigned...

A jury has found 54-year-old Kim Walker of Yorkton, Sask., guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his daughter's boyfriend eight years ago. The 12 jurors could have found Walker guilty of second-degree murder, but opted for the less-serious charge. A second-degree murder conviction...

Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine who died in a flurry of bullets during a drug raid near Tucson never fired on the SWAT team that stormed his house, a report by the Pima County Sheriff's Department shows. The revelation was contained in an internal investigation released by the department...

Prestonburg, Kentucky (CNN) -- For Benjamin Ferguson, the Dewey Lake Fish and Gun Club brings back memories. As a child, Ferguson came to the modest gun range in rural Floyd County, Kentucky, to learn gun safety so he could go deer hunting with his family. Now, the Army veteran and drug...

GENEVA – Health ministers from around the world agreed Tuesday to put off setting a deadline to destroy the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus for three more years, rejecting a U.S. plan that had called for a five-year delay. After two days of heated debate, the 193-nation World Health...

Forget the old line about comedy not getting any respect. Director Todd Phillips single-handedly demolished that perception with his raunchy 2009 blockbuster "The Hangover," which grossed a staggering $468 million worldwide, making it the most successful R-rated comedy of all time. Now...

Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libya the whispers and rumors about rape being used as a tool of war by Moammar Gadhafi's troops are coming from all corners of society, from rebel fighters to doctors and citizens, who have come in contact with families displaced by...

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bombing ripped through a military hospital in Kabul on Saturday as a warning surfaced from the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan of increased "high-profile attacks" over the summer. In a memorandum to NATO's International Security Assistance...

The male pilot of a helicopter that crashed Friday near Canyon Creek, about 24 kilometres west of the fire-ravaged town of Slave Lake, Alta., died at the scene. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said a Bell 212 helicopter owned and operated by Campbell Helicopters of Abbotsford, B.C...