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A Pakistani court on Tuesday dismissed charges against a Christian girl accused of desecrating the Koran, ending a case that had cast a spotlight on the country's controversial blasphemy law and renewed questions about the treatment of minorities.

The annual Times Colonist Christmas Fund has always operated on the generosity and good graces of people in the community, and this year is no exception.

A large blast that was most likely a suicide bomb attack ripped through the heavily barricaded diplomatic area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, a police official said, and there were an unknown number of casualties.

Oak Bay taxpayers will likely pay a portion of restoration costs after a broken water line flooded a residential neighbourhood and forced the evacuation of nearly an entire block.

Two firefighters were injured and a cat died at a Langford house fire Tuesday night. No one was home when the Langford Fire Department arrived about 7:30 p.m. at a house on Prospector Way in the Florence Lake area.

By Mark MilkeIn the debate over whether China’s CNOOC, a partially state-owned energy company, should be given the go-ahead by Ottawa to take over Calgary-based Nexen, there is the danger that the discussion will be cast in an adversarial East-West c

The twin sister of one of the women in the David Petraeus scandal appeared before the media with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred on Tuesday but declined to answer questions about her links to Petraeus, who quit as director of the CIA after admitting

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 posttraumatic stress disorder during the shooting frenzy, a top U.S.

Animal rescuers have found sanctuary for some feral rabbits being killed in an Alberta mountain town but the group says it's unlikely that all the bunnies can be saved.

Gregory Brotherston's judge-alone trial in connection with an alleged home invasion at a Langford mobile home park has been adjourned until April 29. On Wednesday, Brotherston, 31, appeared by video in B.C.