Canadian government seeks clemency for Alberta native on Montana’s death row for 1983 slayings

Canada seeks clemency for man on Mont. death row

Russia, Canada make competing claims to Arctic resources

Russia, Canada in rivalry over Arctic resources

Tamil organization says migrant boat had burial at sea

Tamil group: Man died on migrant ship

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A man died and was buried at sea last month as hundreds of ethnic Tamils fleeing Sri Lanka spent a grueling several months at sea in a cramped, rusting cargo ship, officials said Sunday.

Canada says Tamil migrants in fairly good condition after arriving in renovated ship

Canada: Tamil migrants in good condition

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka spent a grueling three months at sea in a cramped, ramshackle cargo ship but arrived in fairly good condition, Canadian officials said Saturday.

Lawyer fears hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seeking asylum in Canada may be traumatized

Tamils seeking asylum in Canada may be traumatized

Hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seek asylum in Canada; government fears some are terrorists

Tamils cram on ship, seeking asylum in Canada

Tamil migrant ship docks off Canada’s West coast

Tamil migrant ship docks in Canada

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A rusting cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base on Friday after a grueling three-month journey.

Migrant ship that could be carrying Tamil Tigers nears Canada, will be intercepted

Tamil migrant ship nears Canada

TORONTO — Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they will intercept a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka before it reaches the coast because the passengers may include people Canada considers terrorists.

Canada briefed on migrant ship headed its way that could be carrying Tamil Tigers

Canada briefed about migrant ship

TORONTO — Canada’s top security official said Monday he was getting regular briefings on a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka that could be carrying terrorists.

Iroquois lacrosse team’s passport position goes beyond sport, touches on deeper debate

Iroquois passport dispute raises sovereignty issue

Iroquois lacrosse team defaults on 1st tourney game, still trying to get OK to enter England

Iroquois lacrosse team defaults on 1st UK game

UK won’t let Iroquois lacrosse team go to England for tourney without US or Canadian passports

UK won’t let Iroquois lacrosse team go to tourney

US clears Iroquois lacrosse team to go to UK, but team still has no visas, can’t board plane

US clears Iroquois lacrosse team for travel to UK

Canada to appeal federal court ruling regarding Guantanamo detainee

Canada to appeal court ruling over US detainee

Team: Passport dispute may keep Iroquois from championship of lacrosse, a sport they invented

US rule could keep Iroquois from lacrosse tourney

Ontario ombudsman to probe G-20 security rule easing restrictions on police searches

Ontario ombudsman to probe G-20 security rule

Academic appointed as Canada’s new representative of the Queen

Academic named Canada’s new governor general

Queen Elizabeth arrives at UN with appeal for peace and unity

Queen arrives at UN with peace message

UNITED NATIONS — Queen Elizabeth II has arrived at the United Nations where she’s expected to appeal for world unity and peace.

Tensions flare as Montana’s delegation questions governor’s deal to protect border from mining

Tensions flare over Mont. governor’s Canadian deal

SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Sarkozy left in the dark; soccer alleviates ‘exhausting’ summit

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Obama, Japanese PM talk North Korea, oil spill and green tea ice cream in first meeting

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

Obama cites ‘obsession’ with Afghanistan withdrawal timeline, says he’s focused on succeeding

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Obama says attacks on Supreme Court nominee Kagan have been ‘pretty thin gruel’

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

Obama says G-20 accords prove nations could bridge differences

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley
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SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Chopper broken, Obama invites British PM Cameron into his for a lift

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan
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Obama, British leader say they have right strategy for Afghanistan war, in critical period

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G8 turns screw on North Korea, Iran and Israel

HUNTSVILLE - The leaders of the world’s eight most powerful developed states turned the screw on North Korea, Iran and Israel Saturday as they concluded a two-day meeting in Canada.

Top 8 industrial democracies slam North Korea, Iran, but in terms not as strong as some hoped

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Police say the protests at Canadian summits have been tamer than at previous summits

Police: protests have been tame so far

TORONTO — Police say the protests at the global summits in Canada this weekend have been tame so far compared to those at previous summits.

World leaders moving to discussions of nuclear threats posed by Iran and North Korea

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G8 pledges $7.3 bn for poor countries

HUNTSVILLE - World leaders and donor groups have pledged $7.3 billion in aid by 2015 to reduce child mortality and save women in poor countries from dying in childbirth, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.

Britain welcomes US financial regulation breakthrough but sticks by own austerity plans

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Japan says alleged North Korean sinking of SKorean warship threat to Asia

Japan calls NKorea a threat to Asia

TORONTO — Japan is calling North Korea a threat to Asia and urging world leaders to issue a strong condemnation over an international finding the North sank a South Korean warship.

Football fever grips G-8 leaders

HUNTSVILLE - Football fever gripped European members of the Group of Eight (G-8) most powerful developed nations Friday as they met for a summit in Canada.

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President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

World leaders agree to disagree on best economic strategy to focus on other issues at summit

Leaders differ on how to nurture a global recovery

Australia’s new prime minister tells Obama Australian commitment to Afghanistan remains firm

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Canadian PM issues unqualified apology to kin of Air India victims

TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday issued an unqualified apology to the relatives of the victims of the Air India plane bombing of 1985.

Ottawa police charge 3 men in bank firebombing ahead of G-8 and G-20 summits

3 men charged in bank firebombing

OTTAWA — Ottawa police have charged three men in the firebombing of a bank last month in the Canadian capital.

Air India explosion report a ‘damning indictment’: Canadian PM

TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has described a federal report inquiring into the 1985 terrorist attack on the Air India plane “Kanishka” as a “damning indictment of many things that occurred before and after the tragedy”.

Chicago celebrates Blackhawks’ first Stanley Cup win since 1961 with parade through city

Chicago celebrates Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup win

Canada’s Supreme Court upholds right of defendants to seek ban on reporting of proceedings

Supreme Court upholds right to publication bans

Fakelakegate: Canada accused of not living up to its claim of fiscal prudence for summits

Canada derided for plan to build costly fake lake

US Border Patrol asking people to text message any suspicious activity along Canada border

Border Patrol seeks text on suspicious activity

Canada spends nearly $2 million on fake lake inside G-20 and G-8 media center

Canada builds fake lake for G-8

TORONTO — Canada’s Conservative government is coming under heavy criticism from opposition parties for spending nearly $2 million for a fake lake inside the media center for this month’s G-8 and G-20 summits.

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