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Didn't make it to Mamma Mia the other night. Had to wash my hair.

One in Vietnam; other in Mexico

A couple of high-profile shooting rampages in Toronto appeared to have put a slight chill over the city's annual Caribbean carnival this year, festivalgoers and vendors said Saturday.

Afghanistan's parliament voted Saturday to dismiss both the interior and defence ministers over continued cross-border shelling which the Afghan government has blamed on neighbouring Pakistan's army, as well as other issues.

A top United Nations envoy voiced grave concern Saturday over alleged abuses by Myanmar security forces after sectarian violence in Rakhine state and urged a full and credible state investigation.

Greater Victoria's regional transit system outperforms all of its counterparts in similar size cities across the country, according to a recent report on national transit ridership.

President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday Saturday with a round of golf and a quiet weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat, taking a break from campaigning three months before Election Day.

Belarus has expelled Sweden's ambassador over his actions to support democracy, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Friday, as the European Union's foreign policy chief said the bloc would consider responding with "appropriate" measures.

A possible plea deal in the deadly Tucson shootings that wounded then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would send Jared Lee Loughner to prison for the rest of his life, a person familiar with the case said Saturday.

A busload of Ira-nians were abducted by gunmen while on a pilgrimage in Syria Saturday, Iranian media reported, the latest in a string of kidnappings of visitors from the Islamic Republic, a country allied to President Bashar al-Assad.