ADEN, Yemen (AP) -- Security officials say two people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes between Islamists and separatists in southern Yemen, as tens of thousands protested in the capital to mark the second anniversary of the nation's uprising. Toronto FC has its fixer, from travel to dealing with red tape and player needs
ORLANDO, Fla. – Corey Wray’s job is to get everything right.
Egypt protesters, police clash on Mubarak anniversary
CAIRO (Reuters) – Protesters demanding the departure of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed with police outside his palace on Monday on the second anniversary of the overthrow of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Dozens of youths threw rocks at the Ettihadiya palace after a peaceful march by thousands of demonstrators who accused Mursi's conservative Muslim Brotherhood of hijacking Egypt's democratic revolution and seeking to monopolize power. … Pope Benedict XVI tried to awaken faith but papacy clouded by sex abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY – Benedict XVI always cast himself as the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps to the public glare and the majesty of Vatican pageantry. But once in office, he never shied from charting the Catholic Church on the course he thought it needed -- a determination reflected in his stunning announcement Monday that he would be the first pope to resign since 1415.
Pope Benedict XVI retires: Will the next pope come from the 'global south?'
With the surprise announcement that Pope Benedict XVI will resign at the end of this month, many in the so-called "global south" are hopeful that a new pope might finally hail from Asia, Africa, or Latin America.
A Canadian pope? Ouellet touted as among leading candidates to succeed Benedict
MONTREAL – Prime Minister Harper says he’s shocked to hear Pope Benedict is renouncing the papacy due to his declining health.
Papal resignation sparks global disbelief, grief
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Roman Catholics around the world expressed disbelief and grief Monday at the first papal resignation in six centuries. Some saw it as a dramatic act of humility, others as a sign of crisis in the Roman Catholic Church. And many expressed hope that a more energetic and charismatic new pope would lead the church into a new era.
Protests in Rwanda over genocide acquittals
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- Hundreds of Rwandans marched to the offices of the United Nations tribunal set up to try key cases related to Rwanda’s 1994 genocide to protest the court’s decision to acquit two former cabinet ministers accused of masterminding killings.
US ships military equipment out of Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of containers home through a once-blocked land route through Pakistan. Ex-chief of Russia's Gazprom Vyakhirev dies at 78
MOSCOW (AP) -- Rem Vyakhirev, the man who helped create Russia’s state-run Gazprom natural gas giant and led it for nearly a decade, has died at 78.
Vatican: Pope too weary at his age for the job
LONDON (AP) -- When he became pope at age 78, Benedict XVI was already the oldest pontiff elected in nearly 300 years. He's now 85, and in recent years he has slowed down significantly, cutting back his foreign travel and limiting his audiences. Panelists each to be paid up to $1,300 daily to review XL Foods outbreak
OTTAWA – It will cost taxpayers up to $3,500 a day, plus expenses, for a panel to review the E. coli outbreak at an Alberta meat plant last fall.
Alaskan musher wins gruelling 1,600-kilometre Yukon Quest dog sled race
VANCOUVER – A musher from Two Rivers, Alaska, has won the 2013 Yukon Quest dog sled race.
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