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Weeks before she was found dead in India, the victim of what Indian authorities say was an 'honour killing' ordered by her family in British Columbia, a coworker noticed bruises on Jassi Sidhu's shoulder. More...

CBC News has learned there is more trouble for Canada's fleet of used British submarines. More...

British Prime Minister David Cameron is finishing his official trip to the United States with a visit to the New York City area that includes a meeting at the New York Stock Exchange and a conversation with students at New York University. More...

Several thousand striking teachers and their supporters marched through Victoria to the front lawn of the British Columbia legislature Tuesday to protest back-to-work legislation. More...

AP - Syrian rebels smuggled a wounded British journalist out of the besieged central city of Homs Tuesday and whisked him to safety in neighboring Lebanon, activist groups said. They did not manage to evacuate a wounded French journalist or the bodies of two other Western reporters killed last...

Police are investigating the homicide of a University of British Columbia student in Mexico

AP - Hard-line Iranian students stormed British diplomatic sites in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag, burning an embassy vehicle and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the seizing of the U.S. compound in 1979. More...

Tobacco companies suffered a major defeat in Canada on Friday when the Supreme Court ruled the federal government is not liable for damages from health-related lawsuits, possibly amounting to many billions of dollars. The tobacco industry -- facing suits from several Canadian provinces seeking...

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) — A former official of the tourist board in the British Virgin Islands has been sentenced to prison for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money on personal items. Verna Maduro was the tourist board's financial comptroller for nearly eight...

(CNN) -- Britain was withdrawing its troops Sunday from Iraq, ending a role that began with the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, British defense officials said. The announcement that Britain was withdrawing its 170 troops came days earlier by Liam Fox, the defense secretary, who...

Britain was withdrawing its troops Sunday from Iraq, ending a role that began with the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, British defense officials said. The announcement that Britain was withdrawing its 170 troops came days earlier by Liam Fox, the defense secretary, who said the...

Irish militants opposed to the peace process with Britain warned of a bomb in central London on Monday, a day before Queen Elizabeth makes a historic visit to Ireland, security sources said. "A bomb threat ... has been received relating to central London today. The threat is not specific in...

A sumptuous first recording of a long-lost 450-year-old Italian Renaissance mass written for 40 different vocal parts has soared onto British pop charts a week after its release. The recording by British vocal group I Fagiolini of the little-known Alessandro Striggio's 1566 mass for 40 voices...

34 mins ago LONDON (AFP) – Any remaining Britons still in Libya were urged Tuesday to make their way to Benghazi to board a British navy destroyer on its way to the port. A spokeswoman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "HMS York is on her way to Benghazi to pick up any remaining...

-- Russia expressed concern Friday over restrictions by British authorities on Russian national Yekaterina Zatuliveter, who was arrested in Britain several weeks ago on suspicion of spying and faces possible deportation. Zatuliveter, 25, a parliamentary assistant to Liberal Democrat Mike...

New information has emerged from an intelligence operation about the possibility of an attack being planned in or near London, with subway stations and airports of particular concern to officials, a British security source told CNN Thursday. CNN understands that the intelligence operation...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/01/rivers.uk.tea.party.cnn London, England -- If you believe the mood music, the Tea Party's rise may mark a political watershed in the U.S. The conservative grassroots movement, which has capitalized on right-wing frustration with Barack Obama's...

British Columbia ends youth penile test VANCOUVER, British Columbia, British Columbia has stopped its decades-long practice of testing the arousal rates of young sex offenders after a tester was charged with sexual assault. The testing had been controversial within the provincial Children and...

Landslide causes flood concerns in B.C. PEMBERTON, British Columbia, About 1,400 people evacuated after a landslide backed up a British Columbia stream were allowed to return home Saturday after the danger waned, police said. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Shawn Lemay said the area near...

British Columbia bans woodland campfires VICTORIA, British Columbia, Lighting a campfire in the forests of western Canada could be costly this weekend with violators of a ban on open burning facing large fines. Anyone found at a campfire will receive a $345 ($335 U.S.) ticket, officials in...