Iranian woman's stoning sentence on hold: report
| The stoning death sentence passed against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery has been suspended and is under review, Iran's English-language television station reports. |
Over 500 rapes in Congo since July: UN
| The United Nations reports more than 500 rapes have been committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July - more than double the number previously reported. |
Live-action Mulan to star Zhang Ziyi
| The folk story of an ancient Chinese woman who replaces her father in battle will get its second live-action adaptation - this time in English starring Zhang Ziyi. |
Bank of Canada hikes interest rates
| The Bank of Canada boosted its key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, pushing the target for the overnight rate to one per cent. |
Medical response in jails ID'd as still a problem
| A review of nine deaths that occurred in federal custody between April 2008 and April 2010 shows recurring problems in responding to medical emergencies.
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Qur'an burning won't harm U.S. lives: pastor
| An associate pastor at a Florida church planning to burn copies of the Qur'an to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks says it won't result in any deaths.
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Tiny seahorse threatened by Gulf oil spill
| The tiny dwarf seahorse faces the threat of extinction after the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last April, University of British Columbia researchers say. |
Thief uses clothesline pole in 'fish-and-grab'
| Police in St. John's say thieves have been converting clotheslines poles to criminal tools to quietly steal goods through open windows. |
Dion in Mexican hospital with food poisoning
| Former federal Liberal leader Stéphane Dion is in a Mexican hospital with a severe case of food poisoning. |
Man charged in U.K. suitcase slaying
| Police in the U.K. say they have charged a Lebanese man with murder in the case of a Canadian whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase at Heathrow Airport. |
N.L. chopper crash families denied TSB draft report
| The Transportation Safety Board has rejected a request by the families of victims of a helicopter crash off the coast of Newfoundland in 2009 to see a draft report on the accident that killed 17, according to their lawyer. |
Floods threaten parts of southern Pakistan
| People in parts of Sindh province in southern Pakistan are bracing for more floods as water threatens to pour into more towns and villages. |
BP spreads blame for Gulf spill
| BP says a "sequence of failures" involving "multiple companies" led to the explosion and fire that killed 11 people and caused a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Fertilizer warehouse fire releases toxic fumes
| Firefighters and officials from Quebec's Environment Ministry are on the scene after a fire destroyed a fertilizer and herbicide plant in Lévis, south of Quebec City. |
RCMP aims to halt Craigslist erotic ads
| The RCMP is working with Craigslist to try to stop erotic ads that many fear are a cover for prostitution from being posted on the company's website in Canada. |
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