Stampeders receive warm reception in Calgary
The Calgary Stampeders kicked off their Grey Cup celebration party with about 400 people turning up at McMahon Stadium for the team's arrival Monday.
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MPs see only modest travel-claim cut, even though gas prices plunged
OTTAWA - The steep plunge in gas prices has prompted the House of Commons to reduce the kilometre rate for MPs who use personal cars for business - by a mere tenth of a penny.
- Prison spy registry in works to better protect 'inside' sources
- Soldier accused of murder in Afghanistan freed from custody
- Man who claimed $135,000 win with misprint ticket gets 'payment' but not dream
- Man from Almonte, Ont., identified as second victim in Quebec plane crash
- Canada donates $4m to humanitarian relief in Gaza
- Former boxing champ Dave Hilton Jr. acquitted of new charges
- IED blast north of Kandahar city kills Canadian soldier, wounds three others
- Family of woman found hanged in Philippines awaits probe decision
- No report from Mulroney probe until year's end
Obama agrees on need to fix Burris controversy amicably: Democratic official
WASHINGTON - A Democratic official says president-elect Barack Obama and the Senate's top Democrat discussed the need to resolve the dispute over naming Roland Burris to the Senate.
- Sri Lanka reimposes ban on Tamil Tiger rebels, ruling out peace talks
- Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidents past and present
- IED blast north of Kandahar city kills Canadian soldier, wounds three others
- Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine amid cold snap
- Burris expects to join Senate 'very shortly;' Obama stays above fray
- 12 deaths blamed on snow, cold across Europe; travellers face delays
- Israel eyes ceasefire proposal, halts attacks briefly for civilian aid
- U.S. Congressional Budget Office projects $1.2 trillion deficit in 2009
- AP Gaza reporter finds hometown in rubble, watches home destroyed on YouTube
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18-year-old Chen Jun sits behind bars in a public security office in Shanghai after his arrest in July. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eastday.com
News Feature
Serbia bids farewell to the Yugo
The last Yugo, once the pride of communist Yugoslavia's automobile industry, will roll off its Serbian production line Thursday in the central town of Kragujevac. It will be missed here in Serbia - but probably not in America.
Life & Tech
YouTube queen rules
Jordan's Queen Rania has received YouTube's first Visionary Award for a daily video webcast and blog in which she sought to challenge stereotypes of the Arab and Muslim world.Full story »
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Arts & Celebrities
A new 'accolade'
Novelist John Updike, who has a long and graphic history of detailing coupling on the page, won a lifetime achievement award Tuesday from judges of Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize.Full story »
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