Bail granted for last G20 detainee

Byron Sonne, the Toronto man charged with explosives and weapons offences in the days leading up to last year's G20 summit in Toronto, has been granted bail.



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Air France flight recorders readable: investigators

French investigators say that flight recorders from an Air France jet found in Atlantic depths nearly two years after it crashed are readable.

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Ontario school library staffing down: report

Staffing at school libraries across the province is declining, a trend that could affect children's ability to think critically about information, according to a report released by an education advocacy group.

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Still no trace of missing B.C. man in Nevada

Wilderness survivor Rita Chretien has now been released from hospital as she continues to recover in her hometown of Penticton.



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WESTON: Canada offered to aid Iraq invasion: WikiLeaks

As then prime minister Jean Chrétien announced in 2003 that Canada wouldn't join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Canadian diplomats were secretly telling their U.S. counterparts something entirely different, a secret document reveals.


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India Should Continue to Engage With Pakistan

Pakistan's alleged role in shielding Osama bin Laden has driven
calls to modify India's outreach initiative toward its South Asian
neighbor. It has also resurrected the question dogging Indian
policymakers since the 2008 Mumbai massacre: Should India continue to
engage with Pakistan even though Islamabad cultivates terrorist groups
as a strategic option and harbors some that target India itself?  

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Gadhafi arrest warrant sought by international court

The International Criminal Court prosecutor asks judges to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and two other senior members of his embattled regime.

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World Citizen: In Latin America, WikiLeaks Reveals No Real Surprises

Five months after WikiLeaks broke the latch on its treasure trove and
started scattering the contents across the globe, the impact has proven
far different than what Washington feared. A look at what WikiLeaks has
wrought in one region in particular, Latin America, shows that more than
harming or even embarrassing the U.S., the leaked documents have
embarrassed politicians in other countries.

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Chinese baby trafficking leaves farmers forlorn

China is investigating the kidnapping and trafficking of babies by family planning officials who allegedly sold them to be adopted in the United States and other western nations.

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Egypt's Foreign Policy Shift Could Face Saudi Roadblock

Following the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt seems
poised to pursue a more independent foreign policy in the Middle East.
But as Cairo prepares to change course from Mubarak's unblinking
adherence to the region's pro-U.S. bloc, Saudi Arabia can be expected to
do its best to prevent both the current military leadership and any
future civilian government from disrupting the status quo.

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Black out Ashley Smith evidence: prison service

Corrections Canada has applied for a sweeping publication ban at the coroner's inquest into the 2007 death of troubled New Brunswick teen Ashley Smith.

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Reflections on the Future of the Arab Spring

Is the Arab
Spring over? Have we reached a turning point where no new revolutions
are likely? And what do post-revolutionary developments in
Tunisia and Egypt suggest about the pace and prospects of their
political opening and possible democratization? In trying to answer these questions, the two waves of democratization in
Eastern Europe and Eurasia provide useful analytical comparisons.

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Assiniboine River flood crest in sight

The worst of Manitoba's flooding could soon be over as the Assiniboine River is cresting in Brandon and set to peak at the dike breach point on Tuesday.

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Iran's Leadership Struggle Reveals Secular-Islamist Split

At the heart of the widening leadership dispute in Iran is President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's increasing
independence from the system of "guardianship of
the (religious) jurist," on which Iran's Shiite theocracy is based. In essence, Iran's political battle is over two possible paths ahead: a
continuation of the Islamist system of
governance or the emergence of a more secular nation with elected,
nonclerical officials.

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