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Men who were abused by Christian Brothers at the Mount Cashel Orphanage and several schools in St. John's have reached a settlement with the Roman Catholic organization. More...

AP - BP's multibillion-dollar settlement deal with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help the company restore its all-important relationship with the federal government. More...

Immigrant settlement services are getting cut in Ontario next year, CBC News has learned, while money for every other province and territory is going up slightly. More...

Washington (CNN) -- Israel will not halt settlement construction ahead of negotiations with Palestinians, a top spokesman told CNN. In his speech to the joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country is willing to make "painful compromises,"...

BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers approved a controversial $400 million settlement Saturday for Americans who claim they were abused by Saddam Hussein. The multimillion dollar settlement is part of a deal reached between Baghdad and Washington last year to end years of legal battles by U.S. citizens...

Norbourg fraud victims Michel Vézina, left, and Wilhelm Pellmans, centre, join Jacques Larochelle, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, at a news conference Wednesday in Montreal. Investors who lost money in the Norbourg investment scam will recover it all, Quebec's securities regulator says. An...

Jerusalem -- Construction has started for about 600 new housing units in the West Bank since the Israeli settlement freeze ended late last month, the group Peace Now said Thursday. Yariv Oppenheimer, the group's director, said the Israeli peace organization has surveyed the construction...

AIG agrees to pay $725m in settlement NEW YORK, U.S.-based American International Group Inc. has reached a $725 million settlement in a securities lawsuit alleging insurance bid-rigging, records show. AIG must pay $175 million within 10 days of winning preliminary approval of a federal judge...

Dell proposes settlement to SEC ROUND ROCK, Texas, Dell Inc. said it has proposed a settlement with U.S. regulators over the computer maker's accounting for deals with chip giant Intel Corp. Staff at the Securities & Exchange Commission agreed to recommend the settlement to SEC commissioners...

Dating service settles suit with clients BELLEVUE, Wash., (UPI) -- The Seattle affiliate of a computer dating service signed a settlement agreement after unhappy clients filed a lawsuit, Washington's attorney general said. The suit -- filed Tuesday against the Bellevue-based DMZ Group, LLC, a...

NYC to pay ex-inmate record $9.9 million NEW YORK, (UPI) -- A man who spent 19 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned will get a $9.9 million check from the city of New York, officials said Thursday. The New York Times said the settlement with Barry Gibbs is the largest...

Families of abused autistic kids get $5M SCRANTON, Pa., (UPI) -- A federal judge has approved a $5 million settlement for the families of seven autistic children allegedly abused by their teacher in northeastern Pennsylvania. The settlement ends a federal lawsuit against the Northeastern...

JERUSALEM – Rather than getting Israelis and Palestinians back to negotiations, President Barack Obama's high-stakes attempt to relaunch Mideast peace talks runs the risk of cementing Israeli intransigence and exacerbating Palestinian weakness. A day after Obama hosted the Israeli and...