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Information watchdog pans federal "pro-secrecy" proposals for access law (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The federal information watchdog says Liberal government proposals for revising Canada's freedom-of-information law would dramatically increase secrecy ...

Bangladesh Factory Collapse Toll Hits 30 (AP)
AP - Rescuers digging through the concrete debris of a collapsed sweater factory in Bangladesh heard survivors pleading for help Tuesday, but the cries were fading a day after the ...

UN Urges Rwandan Rebels to Fulfill Vow to Disarm (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.N. Security Council urged Rwanda's main Hutu rebel group on Tuesday to fulfill a pledge to lay down their arms and return home from their refuge in eastern Democratic ...

Conservationists Move to Save Prairie Dogs (AP)
AP - Conservationists have bought 46,000 acres of desert grasslands in northern Mexico in an effort to show the black-tailed prairie dog — seen as a pest in much of the western United ...

U.S. Troops Fight Smugglers in Iraq (AP)
AP - U.S. troops battled arms smugglers and fighters near the Iraqi town of Qaim along the Syrian border Tuesday, killing an unknown number of foreign insurgents, the U.S. military said.

Mourinho-less Chelsea reach last four in Munich goal fest (AFP)
AFP - English Premiership leaders Chelsea swept into the semi-finals of the Champions League at the expense of Bayern Munich to keep hopes of a historic treble alive.

U.S. aims to spend money in Iran (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - For the first time in a quarter-century of estrangement from Iran, the Bush administration is openly preparing to spend government funds in that country to promote democracy.

Canada's Minority Liberals Dodge Election Bullet (Reuters)
Reuters - Canada's minority Liberal government escaped being forced into a snap election on Tuesday but polls continued to show a dramatic drop in its popularity as a kickbacks scandal ...

Lebanon Political Impasse Puts May Polls in Doubt (Reuters)
Reuters - Lebanon slipped deeper into a political vacuum on Tuesday after bickering among officials held back the formation of a new government and made a delay in general elections set for ...

Zimbabwe Swears in MP's, Opposition to Appeal
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe swore in new members of parliament on Tuesday, including 30 unelected ruling party loyalists that guarantee President Robert Mugabe a crushing majority ...

Africa Lags Behind on U.N. Poverty Goals: Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Africa will have to double economic growth to about 7 percent over the next decade if it wants to meet global poverty targets by 2015, an International Monetary ...

Cardinals First to File Past Pope's Tomb
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The men who will choose the next pope filed past the tomb of Pope John Paul II on Tuesday, the first of a multitude expected to pay their respects over coming ...

Singh Says Ready to Talk on Kashmir with Musharraf
NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that he was ready to hold talks over the disputed region of Kashmir with Pakistan President Pervez ...

UN Urges Rwandan Rebels to Fulfill Vow to Disarm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council urged Rwanda's main Hutu rebel group on Tuesday to fulfill a pledge to lay down their arms and return home from their refuge in ...

Canada's Minority Liberals Dodge Election Bullet
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Liberal government escaped being forced into a snap election on Tuesday but polls continued to show a dramatic drop in its popularity as a kickbacks ...

Lebanon Political Impasse Puts May Polls in Doubt
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon slipped deeper into a political vacuum on Tuesday after bickering among officials held back the formation of a new government and made a delay in general ...

Remains of ill-prepared travellers found in Australian desert (AFP)
AFP - Two men who tried to cross the harsh west Australian desert without proper equipment died just nine kilometres (5.6 miles) from a water source after their car broke down, it was ...

2 men charged following Toronto shootings in busy downtown shopping area (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Two men were to appear in court Tuesday in the shooting of two bystanders and another man Sunday afternoon in the downtown core.

Thousands flee in panic as Indonesian volcano spews into life (AFP)
AFP - A volcano spewed into life on Indonesia's disaster-blighted Sumatra island, spreading new panic after the recent tsunami and earthquakes and driving thousands from their homes.

Sudan Donors Pledge $4.5 Bln Aid, Despite Darfur (Reuters)
Reuters - Donors exceeded Sudan's aid requests on Tuesday by pledging $4.5 billion to help it recover from Africa's longest civil war amid criticism of Khartoum for failing to ...

Poll: Puerto Ricans Rank High in Happiness (AP)
AP - Puerto Ricans have ranked highest in the world in one survey of how satisfied people are with their lives, but the result is drawing head-shaking on the Caribbean island, where some ...

Opponents Protest Israel's Gaza Withdrawal (AP)
AP - Activists on Tuesday chained shut dozens of schools to protest Israel's plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, and the army confined one Jewish extremist to his home until the ...

Knife-Wielding Man Holds German Children in Cellar (Reuters)
Reuters - A man wielding a knife seized four children from a bus and was holding them in a cellar in a western German town on Tuesday, police said.

EU Urges Talks with Serbia After War Crimes Moves (Reuters)
Reuters - The European Commission recommended on Tuesday opening talks with Serbia and Montenegro on a first agreement between the EU and the former Yugoslav republic that could eventually ...

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