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The NDP wants the Liberal government to recall Parliament immediately from its summer break to deal with the softwood lumber dispute with the United States.5.1

NSW Opposition leader John Brogden also admitted pinching one female journalist on the bottom and behaving inappropriately towards another at a function late last month that ...4.5

If wait times are to be reduced, medical schools need to make more spaces available, and barriers need to be removed for internationally-trained doctors, Health Minister ...4.5

For a company hosting "thousands" of business websites and touting itself as the country's "most prolific" website developer, Quik Internet has a relatively low profile.2.9

The talks had been scheduled to resume this week, but a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said Pyongyang thought it would be best to wait until after the joint ...3.2

On Sonia Yee's first day at school, another new entrant spat on her and told her to go home.2.9

A Swazi palace official on Monday said he beat the king's daughter because she attended a drinking binge to celebrate the end of a five-year no-sex rite.3.1

All Black Sione Lauaki and his rugby league player brother Epalahame have dismissed claims that they are in any way related to the man charged with a road-rage attack on a ...2.9

The Maori Party made a strategic shift in its post-election options last night, categorically ruling out working with National.2.9

The number of white storks nesting in Portugal has increased fivefold in the past two decades, with the previously endangered birds making a comeback partly due to a more ...2.9

Romania dismisses option of delay in EU entry, Foreign Minister Ungureanu says Bucharest, Aug 29 - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu called on the Romanian ...3.1

John Fairfax Holdings says its New Zealand media business is going from strength to strength, with profits on this side of the Tasman almost 20 per cent higher.2.9

PARIS - The end of summer in France sees an event as predictable as the solstice itself: the annual warning that the country faces a "hot autumn" of strikes and protests.2.9

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Ishaat Hussain treads two different worlds with ease. While Bombay House, Tata Group's imposing headquarters, is the centre of his universe from 8.30 am to 8.30 pm, he takes ...2.9

Inco said on Monday it plans to spend $34 million to extend the life of an aging nickel mine in Manitoba, an announcement that comes as the company negotiates a new labor ...3.3

Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, Doane Pet Care is the largest manufacturer of private label pet food in the U.S. and serves many top pet food retailers in the U.S., Europe ...2.9

The CEO of the state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation , has initiatied "an internal process" to review all facts and events surrounding the August 9 ...4

Regulators in the United Arab Emirates have cancelled trading in Dubai Islamic Bank shares worth $2.6bn after accusations of price manipulation.2.9

The US President George W. Bush commended the new Iraqi constitution which was submitted to the parliament following heated debate among the political sides, describing it ...4.2

De La Salle University won in straight sets over University of the East, 25-19, 25-15, 25-20, in a little over an hour, and Adamson University stopped Far Eastern ...2.9

By DAVID CROMPTON Penticton Herald Chris Lieto admitted he wanted to stop and walk the last few miles of the marathon run at Sunday's Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon in ...3.2

Meng Xiangji calls on people of the world to help stop the persecution of her mother and of Falun Dafa.2.9

Debris from a fallen building covers several buildings in downtown New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit.3.4

Administration Sen. Richard Gordon said the Magsaysays of Zambales are lobbying to clinch the chairmanship of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.2.9

The shooting of 26-minute movie "Yulia" has finished in Moscow, as reported by Russian newspaper "Comsomolskaya Pravda.2.9

Former soccer star George Weah is seeking the presidency of Liberia. Photo: AFP GEORGE Weah's swashbuckling style on the soccer grounds of Europe earned him adulation and ...2.9

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Caspian news, links, maps etc. Last Updated on 21:46 AZT- 29 August 2005 National Politics Business World Eurasia Media Tech/Internet Arts & ...3.2

SAN Juan! Who knew? Ever since I saw West Side Story, I had known that there was a significant Puerto Rican population in the US.2.9

With the signing of an energy treaty this October, Southeast European countries will take a major step towards the creation of a regional energy market, which in turn will ...2.9

An Ashley Gilbertson image from Fallujah. Is war photographer Ashley Gilbertson just naturally lucky? Rachel Wells finds out.2.9

Mike Kelly, the library's assistant curator, began an investigation at my request and just at closing time produced a dusty box crammed full of sheets of paper all written ...2.9

IT is early morning and the soft white mist, draped over the shoulders of the Brokenback Ranges like a series of diaphanous evening stoles, is beginning to lift.2.9

The Croatian government has strongly objected to a proposed Slovenian law establishing a protected environmental zone in the Adriatic Sea.2.9

Hurricane Katrina pounded the US Gulf coast with rare fury, ripping off roofs, downing power lines and flooding New Orleans neighborhoods, where residents awaited rescue on ...4.5