EDMONTON – Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau distanced himself Tuesday from an assertion by his party’s natural resources critic that Alberta Tories have a protectionist, provincial view of energy policies.
New Zealand volcano erupts; dozens of hikers safe
A New Zealand volcano erupted with a brief blast of dark ash Wednesday, canceling flights but causing no significant damage. Schoolchildren and dozens of other hikers who were walking on trails along the mountain’s base were safe.
Australian police find drugs worth $246M in steamroller shipped from China; 2 men arrested
SYDNEY – Australian police say they have seized 237 million Australian dollars ($246 million) worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found inside a steamroller shipped from China.
India hangs lone surviving gunman from 2008 terror attack on Mumbai
MUMBAI, India – India’s Home Ministry says the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai has been hanged.
Labor board says it's not likely to act on Wal-Mart charge against protesters before Thursday
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Federal labour officials said Tuesday they don’t expect to decide before Thursday on whether to seek an injunction on behalf of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to stop a union-backed group from encouraging worker walk-outs that are expected to culminate Friday. That’s the traditional start of the holiday shopping season.
India hangs gunman from 2008 Mumbai attack
India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai early Wednesday, India’s home ministry said.
India hangs Mumbai attacker Kasab: government
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has hanged Mohamm ad Ajmal Kasab, the only militant to have survived the 2008 attacks on the financial capital Mumbai, the home ministry said on Wednesday. In August, India's Supreme Court upheld Kasab's death sentence over the attack on a string of targets in Mumbai that killed 166 people. Kasab was a Pakistani national who said he belonged to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. (Reporting by Satarupa Bhattacharjya; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Paul Tait) Jason Richardson's 21 points, Nick Young's 23 lead 76ers over Raptors 106-98
PHILADELPHIA – Jason Richardson scored six of his 21 points late in the fourth quarter, Nick Young had 23 off the bench and the Philadelphia 76ers rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 106-98 on Tuesday night.
U.S. soldier accused of Iraq shooting "psychotic": doctor
TACOMA (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 was psychotic and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder during the shooting frenzy, a top U.S. forensic psychiatrist testified on Tuesday. Sergeant John Russell, 48, is accused of going on a shooting spree at Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, in an assault the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress. … U.N. Security Council condemns Congo rebels for seizure of Goma
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Se curity Council strongly condemned M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday for seizing a provincial capital, as the United Nations defended its peacekeepers who gave up the battle for the city of Goma. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution that also requested that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "report in the coming days" on allegations of external support for M23, upon which it would be ready to take further measures. M23 fighters, who U.N. … 
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