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by Ibrahim Barzak and Steve Weizman
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Israeli shells struck outside a UN school where Palestinians had sought refuge today, killing at least 30 people, many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and...

red iconNews|Canada Soldier facing murder charge attends hearing
by Richard J. Brennan

PETAWAWA -- Capt. Robert Semrau was escorted by military police as he appeared in court at Canadian Forces Petawawa today to face a charge of second...

red iconNews|Canada Judge grants appeal in Smith baby case

An Ontario judge has given a man the chance to appeal a conviction in his infant son's death that his lawyers say was the result of evidence from a...

red iconNews|Canada 2 dead, 2 hurt in Quebec plane crash
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Two people have died and two others have been taken to hospital with critical injuries after a small Cessna-type plane crashed 65 kilometres southeast...

red iconNews|GTA Residents return home after apartment fire
by Sunny Freeman
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Hundreds of people forced out of bed and into the frigid morning air after an overnight fire at a Richmond Hill apartment building have returned home.

red iconNews|GTA|Crime Police hunt suspect in Mississauga shooting
by Bob Mitchell

A 19-year-old Brampton man is recovering in hospital from a gunshot wound as Peel police continue to piece together the events surrounding the Monday...

red iconBusiness Banks won't loosen credit
by Rita Trichur, Tony Van Alphen
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Canada's banks are less willing to lend money in the current economic slump, sparking criticism they are making the situation worse.

red iconNews|Canada Flaherty hints at tax cuts
by Nelson Wyatt
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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty hinted Tuesday that personal tax cuts could be included in this month's budget as a way to help stimulate the...

red iconYourHome Home prices to fall in '09, realtor says
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The average price of a house in Canada is likely to decline by three per cent this year, according to Royal LePage Real Estate Services.

red iconSports Fifth straight gold for Canada
by Damien Cox
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Canada beat Sweden 5-1 for gold at the junior hockey championships yesterday, after being five seconds from elimination from the game by Russia on...

red iconNews|World Obama successor denied entry to Senate
by LAURIE KELLMAN, ANN SANNER
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Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama's Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers...

red iconNews|World New hearing in $54M missing pants case
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A former District of Columbia judge who unsuccessfully sued his dry cleaners for $54 million over a lost pair of pants isn't giving up.

red iconNews|Canada Mother charged with killing 3 children
by Andrew Chung

Her voice was not weak, as might be expected, as it came through the speakerphone in the courtroom. On the line from her hospital bed, she coughed...

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