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3rd survivor of Mexican massacre revealed
A third man survived last month's massacre of 72 migrants by suspected drug traffickers in Mexico and is now in the United States, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said Sunday.

Mail set to resume despite nosediving hawks
People living in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood can expect to start receive their mail again beginning Tuesday.

Blair may cancel London book-signing
Ex-British PM Tony Blair says he may cancel a book-signing in London in light of the hostile reception he got in Dublin.

U.K. PM may face new heat in phone hacking
The British government is expected to come under pressure over an investigation into allegations an aide to Prime Minister David Cameron was involved in widespread phone hacking of public figures.

Taliban suicide bomber kills 17 in Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians.

N.S. tries to get power on after Earl
Nova Scotia Power crews are busy trying to restore power to more than 5,200 customers after Hurricane Earl hit the province.

Chilean miners could be out by mid-November
There is some promising news for the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile, with government officials now saying they could be freed by mid-November.

Spain rejects ETA ceasefire
The Spanish government has rejected a new ceasefire announcement by the separatist group ETA and ruled out negotiations on an independent Basque homeland, saying the militants have been decimated by arrests and are desperate to regroup and rearm.

More than 8 million Pakistanis in dire need: UN
The United Nations estimates eight to 10 million people in Pakistan still need daily help out of a total of 18.7 million affected by the flooding.

Details on Orangeville body scarce
An forensic autopsy will be performed Tuesday on human remains found just east of Orangeville, Ont., with results expected no earlier than the next day on whether they are from missing nurse Sonia Varaschin.

Faster vaccine production needed: WHO official
The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official says.

Baghdad attack leaves 12 dead
At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday in an attack by heavily armed militants on an Iraqi military headquarters in the centre of Baghdad.

Man arrested in N.L. woman's death
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Ann Marie Shirran, the St. John's woman who had been missing since mid-July.