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Retail sales rose in August, partly thanks to strong sales of children's clothing ahead of the new school year, figures suggest.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has hindered its investigations by repeatedly objecting to its choice of inspectors.

A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions.

The Blue Jays edged closer to the team home run mark of 244 Monday, thumping Texas 7-2.

The body pulled from a Quebec lake is that of Gervais Munger, co-owner of a major junior hockey team, a family spokesman has confirmed.

The HMCS Winnipeg made headlines last year by foiling an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden and hunting down Somali pirates in a dramatic nighttime operation — but the suspects were released because Ottawa thought it didn’t have the jurisdiction to prosecute.

An 86-year-old Winnipeg man missing for five days in rugged terrain east of the Manitoba capital has been found alive and in good condition

A forensic autopsy will be performed Tuesday on human remains found just east of Orangeville, Ont., with results expected no earlier than the next day on whether they are from missing nurse Sonia Varaschin.

A teenager is dead after a bizarre accident involving an all terrain vehicle.

Any connection between human remains found in Caledon and a missing Orangeville woman will not be known until Tuesday at the earliest, police said.

Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs.

Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is set to be appointed as Aston Villa's new manager on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands.

Emmerdale wins three prizes at the TV Choice Awards, with EastEnders taking the prize for best soap in its 25th anniversary year.

Eighteen departments and agencies had to spend hours tracking every one of more than 8,500 signs posted on stimulus spending.

A father speaks of his shock after his eight-year-old son picked up a pipe bomb in a school playground in Antrim.

Model Jerry Hall plans to auction some of her art collection next month, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant, Sotheby's said Monday.

Severe disruption is expected on London Underground as the first workers begin a 24-hour strike.

People with a mental illness are no more likely to be violent unless they abuse drugs or alcohol, a study suggests.

A man is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday in connection with the death of Ann Marie Shirran, the St. John's woman who had been missing since mid-July.

Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session.