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America's largest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, was identified Wednesday as the mystery suitor eyeing Casey's General Stores, pitting it against Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard.

Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".

David Cameron's father Ian dies in hospital in France shortly after the Prime Minister joined other members of his family at his bedside.

A new study suggests high doses of B vitamins may halve the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing some of the warning signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan man serving a life sentence for killing his disabled daughter in October 1993 has won more time away from a Victoria halfway house by the National Parole Board.

Sinn Fein says cuts "proposed or imposed by the British goverment must be challenged and resisted", following Peter Robinson's call for savings.

A wildlife rescue centre in Seaforth, N.S., says it has been swamped with calls about injured birds since Hurricane Earl blew through the province on Saturday.

Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli is to undergo knee surgery that could keep him out of action for six weeks.

A lion lunged at a trainer as stunned onlookers watched in horror, at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.

Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in queries.

High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says.

US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.

There was no sign of forced entry into the home of slain nurse Sonia Varaschin in Orangeville, Ont., police say, adding they don't believe her killing was random.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.

Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.

President Obama defends his opposition to extending Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier people and criticises what he calls Republican obstruction.

An overweight orang-utan, who was Britain's fattest primate, has been put on a strict new diet.

Millions of monarch butterflies have begun their epic migration from the Great Lakes down to Mexico for the winter, and Point Pelee, Ont., Canada's southernmost landmass, is once again a focal point for fluttering orange-and-black wings.

A first-year running back at the University of Waterloo has received a three-year ban from football after becoming the first North American athlete to test positive for human growth hormone.

A lack of pain management training for doctors is contributing to the narcotics crisis, says a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario report.