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Last Updated: November 21 2009, 10:18 AM

Rocket hits luxury hotel in Afghan capital

At least two people were hurt Saturday when a rocket struck a wall of the heavily guarded Serena Hotel in Kabul, the Interior Ministry said.

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Last Updated: November 20 2009, 5:51 PM

UN human rights committee votes to censure Iran

A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections.

Last Updated: November 20 2009, 10:34 PM

1 in 10 Americans delinquent in paying mortgage

New statistics indicate one in 10 American homeowners is now delinquent by at least one mortgage payment and one in seven is now either delinquent or in foreclosure.

Last Updated: November 20 2009, 10:12 PM

Hundreds rescued from U.K. flooding

Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, forcing hundreds to evacuate.

Last Updated: November 20 2009, 8:47 AM

Suicide bomb kills 16 people in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on motorcycle killed 16 people and wounded 23 others on Friday in the city of Farah in western Afghanistan.

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Last Updated: November 20 2009, 10:03 AM

Peru gang accused of killing to sell human fat

Three members of a Peruvian gang have confessed to killing people and draining the fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, according to police officials.

Last Updated: November 20 2009, 11:07 AM

British lawyer appointed for Karadzic war crimes trial

A British lawyer has been appointed the stand-in counsel for Radovan Karadzic at his war crimes trial in The Hague.

Last Updated: November 20 2009, 5:21 PM

Bomb plot ringleader sentenced to 13 years

The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to 13� years in prison.

Richard Colvin, a former senior diplomat with Canada`s mission in Afghanistan, appeared before a House committee Wednesday. He specifically mentioned David Mulroney, now Canada`s ambassador to China, as one of the officials who didn`t want to hear allegations of abuse. (CBC)

Last Updated: November 19 2009, 2:06 PM

Afghan detainee issue makes news in China

Allegations that detainees in Afghanistan transferred by Canadians were likely tortured made headlines in China on Thursday, just weeks before Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first visit to the economic superpower.

Last Updated: November 19 2009, 10:56 AM

Canada backs Karzai on inauguration day

Canada's Conservative government joined several other countries in backing Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he was sworn in for a second term on Thursday.

Last Updated: November 19 2009, 11:22 AM

Computer glitch disrupts U.S. flights

Travellers in the U.S. were scrambling to sort out airport departures and connections after a computer glitch led to the cancellation and delay of many flights.

Last Updated: November 19 2009, 3:28 PM

Proposed energy corridor step closer

The plan to put an energy corridor through Maine cleared a hurdle Wednesday.

Last Updated: November 19 2009, 4:29 PM

British woman finds her attacker on Facebook

A 20-year-old British woman who was attacked at a bar tracked down her assailant on Facebook after police proved to be of little help.

Last Updated: November 19 2009, 1:20 PM

Atlantis astronauts on 1st spacewalk

Astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis began their first of three scheduled spacewalks Thursday morning.

Last Updated: November 19 2009, 9:22 AM

Russian court extends ban on death penalty

Russia's Constitutional Court has ruled that the government must extend a moratorium on the death penalty until the nation moves to fully ban executions.

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Rescue services navigate the flood waters, in the streets of Cockermouth village, England, as they work to rescue stranded residents from their homes. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Scott Heppell)

Last Updated: November 20 2009, 11:22 AM

Floods batter Britain's Lake District, policeman feared dead; Ireland also hard hit

Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England's picturesque Lake District. One police officer died after a bridge was swept away by the surging waters.

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Volunteers and relatives carry clothing and food to victims of the floods in Verapaz , Tuesday , Nov. 10 , 2009. At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food after floods and mudslides damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Luis Romero

Last Updated: November 10 2009, 6:57 PM

World Food Program: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need urgent food assistance

VERAPAZ, El Salvador - At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after floods and mudslides destroyed huge swaths of crops during harvest season, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.

Last Updated: November 10 2009, 5:13 PM

Landslide triggered by heavy rains kills 42 in southern India

NEW DELHI - A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday.

The Gulf of Mexico slams against homes prior to Tropical Storm Ida in Destin, Fla. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mari Darr-Welch)

Last Updated: November 10 2009, 7:03 AM

Weather-tested Gulf Coast residents stay put as tropical storm Ida approaches

GULF SHORES, Ala. - Weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents refused to retreat from a rare late-season tropical storm that weakened as it crept toward shore Tuesday, bringing heavy rain, stiff winds and some flooding.

Rescue workers walk along a flooded street in Verapaz, some 125 km east from San Salvador. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Edgar Romero

Last Updated: November 9 2009, 12:05 PM

Rescuers search for survivors in town covered by mudslide; 124 dead across El Salvador

VERAPAZ, El Salvador - Soldiers and townspeople dug through rock and debris Monday in hopes of finding dozens of people missing in a mudslide that swept down on a town, part of a wave of floods and landslides that killed at least 124 people in El Salvador.

Residents remove ruins from houses damaged by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in the town of Bima, on Indonesia`s Sumbawa island. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Tangguh Afgani)

Last Updated: November 9 2009, 4:01 AM

Series of rain-triggered landslides bury houses, kill 14 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday.

Last Updated: November 9 2009, 1:59 AM

Powerful quake in central Indonesia kills two, hurts dozens

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.

Last Updated: November 8 2009, 10:47 PM

2 dead, 5,000 evacuated as annual monsoon flash floods hit northern Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Heavy rains triggered flash floods that killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes in northern Malaysia, officials said Monday.

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at 3:45 a.m. EST shows clear skies over much of the East as a high pressure system continues to dominate the area, bringing dry conditions. A mass of clouds east of the Yucatan Peninsula is associated with Tropical Depression Ida. AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Last Updated: November 7 2009, 6:41 PM

Warnings issued in Mexico, Cuba as Tropical Storm Ida strengthens over Caribbean

CANCUN, Mexico - Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EST shows cloud cover streaming northward into the Gulf of Mexico as tropical storm Ida weakens over Central America. A few clouds linger in the Northeast as low pressure moves to the Atlantic. AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Last Updated: November 6 2009, 7:25 PM

Ida drenches Central America, forecasters say it might regain force, head toward US

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the United States.

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