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Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel Wednesday in the heaviest bombardment on the area in months, drawing ominous Israeli threats of retaliation and dangers of escalation.

Another Republican running for U.S. Senate has angered voters after telling a live television audience that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended.

Wednesday that Israeli air strikes caused an explosion and fire at a military factory south of the capital, Khartoum, killing two people.

Hurricane Sandy carved into the populous southeastern coast of Jamaica Wednesday, stranding travellers and hammering shantytowns as it roared across the island on a track pointed toward Cuba and possibly Florida.

A disgraced Montreal bureaucrat told a public inquiry Wednesday why he never reported the rampant corruption he witnessed at city hall: It wasn't his job.

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says he is disappointed to learn Winnipeg's new human rights museum is selling souvenirs made in countries with questionable records on human rights.

An man charged with attempted murder in the shooting of two Mounties in rural Alberta last February is now accused of murder in his uncle's death. RCMP say Sawyer Robison is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Bradford Clarke.

Michael Skakel , a nephew of former U.S. attorney general Robert F.

17.5 per cent speak two languages at home but English remains predominant in Victoria

The Harper government has made another small concession to allow greater scrutiny of its massive, omnibus budget implementation bill.