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 Bachmann bails; Santorum surprisesMichele Bachmann was out, Rick Perry was back and Rick Santorum was up in the most volatile Republican presidential nominating contest in decades on Wednesday, as conservative Republicans searched for an alternative to frontrunner Mitt Romney.
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 EU agrees to embargo on Iranian crudeEuropean governments have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil, EU diplomats said Wednesday, dealing a blow to Tehran that crowns new Western sanctions months before an Iranian election.
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 Quebec couple gets insulin pump tattoos to boost diabetic son's spiritsFlowers, angels, hearts or a beloved's name figure among the most popular tattoo designs. An insulin pump isn't even on the list.
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 News digestCanada's defence minister tied the knot Wednesday way south of the border, according to his website.
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 News digestThe South Pacific nation of Samoa, which straddles the international dateline, will skip Friday to align its calendar with nearby trading partners Australia and New Zealand.
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 Woman killed in truck-train crash may have called 9-1-1 from tracksTrain 56 from Toronto was less than 30 minutes from Central Station in Montreal.
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 U.S. mulls transferring Taliban detaineeThe Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspected of major human rights abuses as part of a long-shot bid to improve the prospects of a peace deal in Afghanistan, Reuters has learned.
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 News digestGov. Gen. David Johnston announced Friday an illustrious list of 66 Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada, including former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin, legendary hockey coach Scotty Bowman and former top soldier Rick Hillier.
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 Iowa's caucuses open White House raceThe long and sometimes quirky drama of electing a U.S. president, marked by obscure rules and long-held traditions, begins Tuesday in more than 800 schools, libraries, churches and homes across Iowa.
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 Crack pipes handed out to addicts in VancouverCrack addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have started receiving free crack pipes as part of a Vancouver Coastal Health Authority harm reduction strategy aimed at curbing the spread of disease.
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 Hpy Nw Yr: A digital dawn for 2012Hours before the sun even rises on New Year's Eve, Karl Kovacs will already have celebrated the arrival of 2012.
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 Romney close to Iowa breakthroughThe Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.
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 More officers charged in man's deathThree more police officers in Grenada have been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a Toronto man, a lawyer for the Canadian's family said Sunday.
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 Son's survival eases mom's bad memories of New Year's DayFive years ago, Stephanie Lynn spent New Year's Day in a hospital waiting room. Her one-year-old-son had been oversleeping for weeks and the mother of three feared the flu.
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 News digestA Toronto man claiming to be the son of former prime minister John George Diefenbaker expressed frustration Monday after DNA tests came back inconclusive.
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 News digestAn RCMP cruiser dispatched to stop a car going the wrong way on a divided highway near Warman, Sask., was unable to catch it before it crashed in the north end of Saskatoon, killing the lone occupant.
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 Maritimers most optimistic about 2012Survey results indicate the vast majority of Canadians are anticipating positive things in 2012.
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 South Korea sees window to deal with NorthSaying the Korean Peninsula is at a turning point, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday offered North Korea a window of opportunity to improve relations but warned of a powerful retaliation if Pyongyang launches another military strike.
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 Police arrest man in connection with 53 fires around Los AngelesPolice arrested a man Monday in connection with a wave of 53 arson fires targeting cars and structures, which caused more than $2 million in damage and left nerves in the second-largest U.S. city badly frayed.
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 U.S. imposes new sanctions against IranIran's ailing currency took a steep slide Monday, losing 12 per cent against foreign currencies after President Obama on Saturday signed a bill that places the Islamic republic's central bank under unilateral sanctions.
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 Sea King replacement years behind scheduleU.S. aerospace giant Sikorsky still has yet to pay the $8 million in penalties the Conservative government levied against it for failing to deliver on the Canadian Forces maritime helicopter program, now already more than three years behind schedule.
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 Taliban denies leaders at each others' throatsAl-Qaida, the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani militants have held a series of meetings aimed at containing what could soon be open warfare between the two most powerful Pakistani Taliban leaders, militant sources have said.
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 News digestA high-risk raid in Tilbury, Ont., Monday ended with police shooting two dogs then seizing several kinds of drugs and a list of stolen items including a crossbow and a vacuum cleaner.
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 Iran threatens U.S. Navy shipsIran escalated its war of words with the United States on Tuesday with a warning to Navy ships to stay out of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, remarks that rattled commodities markets and helped send oil prices soaring.
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 Three more Occupy protests in Canada pull up tent pegsOccupy Wall Street-inspired protests in Canada moved closer to their end Friday as Calgary activists packed up their tents and Windsor, Ont., demonstrators made plans to do the same.
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