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Civil servant busts into Israel defence minister presser
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak — Robert D. Ward Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak spoke at a press conference at National Defence Headquarters on Wednesday. In...
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Canada unveils new sanctions against Iran
OTTAWA — Canada has joined Britain and the United States in announcing new sanctions against Iran in the wake of a UN atomic energy report that suggests Tehran is trying to build nuclear weapons. The...
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Baird plugs religious freedom office, Mongolia, vilifies Belarus at OSCE meeting
Foreign Minister John Baird is greeted by OSCE chairman and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis in Vilnius on Dec. 6 — OSCE Photo What It Means: Foreign Minister John Baird was at the...
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Newt Gingrich tees up Obama on Keystone XL – and wins the crowd
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – For the past couple of months, the Keystone XL pipeline issue has been a dominant one in Washington politics from Capitol Hill on one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on...
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Rae meets Netanyahu
This just out from interim Liberal leader Bob Rae, who apparently met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today before the latter flew to Washington for a pivotal meeting on Iran. For the...
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Bosnians dash Iranian hopes of advancing at World Cup
SALVADOR, Brazil — Bosnia-Herzegovina ended Iran’s hopes of advancing to the knockout stages with a 3-1 victory in Group F on Wednesday, registering its first World Cup win in the process. The...
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Belgium beats South Korea to win Group H and eliminate last Asian team from...
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Reduced to 10 men for over half the match, Belgium still beat South Korea 1-0 on Thursday to finish atop of Group H and eliminate the last Asian team from the World Cup. With a late...
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Iraq’s parliament, deadlocked over leadership, meets briefly before...
Sinan Salaheddin and Qassim Abdul-Zahra THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Iraq’s deadlocked parliament failed Sunday to overcome the deep divisions hampering the formation of a new government, making no...
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Photos July 19: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. People dressed as the fictional detective created by the late...
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Iranian passenger plane crashes shortly after takeoff, killing 39 people and...
By Ali Akbar Dareini TEHRAN, Iran — A regional passenger plane assembled in Iran crashed Sunday while taking off from the capital, killing 39 and injuring another nine onboard, according to a senior...
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Photos August 10: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Take a look through, and let us know which you think are the...
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In country long awash with weapons of war, paintball takes a hold in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The hidden gunman, dressed in long green coveralls and a SWAT-team-style vest and helmet, looks ominous as he takes aim and fires off a short burst. But this isn’t a Taliban attack...
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Iraqi forces in a race to save Amerli
By Ruth Sherlock in Beirut Iraqi forces yesterday (Saturday) started a full-scale offensive to free the besieged town of Amerli, where Shia Muslim residents have been threatened by the Islamic State of...
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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, opposition MPs, arrive in Iraq in show...
BAGHDAD — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird pledged Canadian solidarity with the people of Iraq as he began a security-shrouded visit to Baghdad today. His first stop was a meeting with President...
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U.S. President Barack Obama to reveal military strategy against Islamic State
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama will address the nation Wednesday to announce his military strategy for “degrading and destroying” the Islamic State (also known as ISIL, Islamic State in Iraq...
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Marsden: Obama reluctantly off to war, with majority support of Americans
WASHINGTON — As U.S. President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the site where 13 years ago a hijacked airliner crashed into the Pentagon killing 125 people, he was not in a good space. Not just because...
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Marsden: Arab countries talk tough but promise little action against Islamic...
WASHINGTON – As U.S. forces this week launched their new air war against the Islamic State terror army by striking targets around Baghdad, many of the 40 countries that comprise the coalition of the...
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‘Coming soon': ISIS unveils Hollywood-style trailer as preview of what awaits...
BEIRUT — The militant Islamic State group has released a video warning the United States that fighters await it in Iraq if President Barack Obama sends troops there, as he and his top general said may...
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Cam Cole: Olympic bids hitting the skids
So the list of bidders for the 2022 Winter Olympics has dwindled to Almaty, Kazakhstan, or Beijing, China. Oslo, Norway, has bailed. Oh, joy. It makes you wonder, as the cloistered crowd in the...
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Fisher: Islamic State’s rampage heightens tension between cultures in Iraqi city
KIRKUK, Iraq — Body builders Araz Berzanji and Abdullah Taha have somehow managed to remain best of friends despite a widening divide between Kurds and Sunni Arabs as Islamic State threatens life in a...
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