Biden, not Obama briefs Canada on Afghan surge

When President Barack Obama began informing foreign leaders on Monday he had made a decision to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, several of America?s closest allies in the fight were favoured with a personal phone call

Election could destroy Iraq's fragile peace

For the first time in years, the outdoor restaurants along Baghdad?s Tigris River are open late into the night, filled with Iraqi families dining on ?mazgouf? ? fish grilled on open fires

John Ivison: Cotler's version of Durban doesn't wash

Despite Irwin Cotler's assertion that the Israeli government asked Canada to stay at the 2001 Durban racism conference, the facts suggests the Liberals were willing participants

Lululemon CEO named one of Canada?s most powerful women

Canada?s auditor-general, the CEO of an athletics clothing company and the country?s top judge were among 100 women honoured Monday as the most powerful in the country.

Harper to talk human rights in China ? ?respectfully?

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, visit the Great Wall of China, and honour Canadian soldiers killed in Hong Kong during the Second World War as part his first trip to China

Suspect in Washington police shooting still on the run

A gunman alleged to have killed four police officers was on the run Monday after a house at the centre of a stand-off was found to be empty

Obama to announce Afghanistan troop surge

New U.S. war strategy likely to include a 30,000 soldier troop surge and exit framework

CRTC seeks public opinion on TV debate

Canada?s television regulator has launched a website for the public to register their opinions ahead of a round of hearings into local TV charges

Nazi guard Demjanjuk wheeled into Munich trial

Former Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk on trial for helping to kill 27,900 Jews during Holocaust.

TSX wraps up best month since April

The Toronto Stock Exchange ended its best month since April with a slight loss on Monday, as new GDP figures showed Canada climbed out of recession in the third quarter ? but just barely.

Doctor, child among six killed in B.C. plane crash

Six bodies, one of them an infant?s, have been found inside a floatplane that crashed after taking off from a B.C. island

Canadian general recalled from Afghanistan

A Canadian general has abruptly returned home from Kandahar, not halfway through what was to have been a 12-month tour with NATO?s International Security Assistance Force