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Canadian soldiers wounded in suicide blast
Bomber targets Canadian convoy in Afghanistan; one soldier seriously wounded, four more suffer minor injuries
Afghan mission: 10 years
Canada's top soldier, General Rick Hillier, says rebuilding shattered nation will take decade or more
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Abolish Senate, McGuinty suggests
Doesn't adequately represent Ontario, the province's Premier says
Williams to tackle McCartney on Larry King Live
Newfoundland Premier will debate seal hunt with former Beatle
Business
RBC profit hits record
Quarterly profit jumps 19.6 per cent sending shares soaring to all-time high; announces stock split, boosts dividend
Scotiabank profit rises
First-quarter net income rises 7.7% to a record; ‘confident' about earnings growth this year
CSI boosts Alliance Atlantis
TV crime franchise outperforms original expectations, CEO says; Q4 profit more than doubles to $24.8-million
National
Supreme Court rules kirpans okay in school
Sikhs' ceremonial daggers do not pose undue danger, Canada's highest court says
AIDS spreader sentenced to 15 years
Adrien Nduwayo convicted in December of seven assault-related charges
Brault pleads guilty in sponsorship case
Ad executive acknowledges defrauding federal government of $1.8-million
Four sought in $160,000 shoe heist
Three women and a man sought for questioning in connection with the theft of a pair of 19th-century slippers
World
EU's nuclear talks with Iran fruitless
Sets stage for potential UN Security Council action against Tehran as early as next week
Hamas leader rejects recognition of Israel
Leader's statement on arrival in Moscow deals a setback to Russia's efforts to persuade group to soften stance
State of emergency lifted in Philippines
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo says security advisers have assured her the threat of a coup has eased
Science
Hark! The dinner engine
Boat engines are like dinner bells for sperm whales, study finds
Archeologists find prehistoric site in California
Arrowheads, stone slabs used to grind seeds found at ancient milling site
Magic math mystery solved at last
Trio of Canadian number crunchers have used modern-day technology to answer a Benjamin Franklin puzzle
Health
Weights tame women's tummy fat – even without dieting
Twice-a-week regimen controls unhealthy deep fat linked to heart disease, study finds
Stroke victims with weak limbs can benefit from restraint
As long as five years after stroke, people regained use of a weak arm when strong arm restrained
U.S. aims for faster seasonal, pandemic flu vaccines
Technology
Bell buying on-line music store
majority stake in Canada's Puretracks positions Bell to gain from growing demand for on-line digital entertainment
The BlackBerry conundrum: Who gets on the ‘white list?'
Closing service could trigger stream of endless disputes
Sports
Quebec rookie locks up final playoff spot
Eve Belisle's rink wins tiebreaker over Heather Strong of St. John's
Japan crushes China in WBC
Favoured club dominates in 18-2 win; rout gets called due to mercy rule
Trio share unprecedented super G win
Kildow, Dorfmeister, Styger finish in first three-way tie in the discipline; Canadian Vanderbeek ends up fourth
Arts
Glitter gets 3 years for obscene acts
Vietnamese court convicts former British rocker of obscene acts with 10- and 11-year-old girls
B.C. pot activist says 60 Minutes will show his real self
Marc Emery says he regards himself as the Luke Skywalker against their government's Darth Vader tactics