From: MediaScrape on Thu, Oct 08 2009 10:58 AM

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he won’t resign after a top Italian court overturned an immunity law shielding him from the corruption charges that have been brought against him.

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The court ruled that the law, which grants immunity from prosecution to the prime minister, the pres...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Oct 05 2009 10:37 AM

Prime Minister Stephen Harper received a standing ovation after he surprised guests at a National Arts Centre Gala in Ottawa on Saturday night by playing the piano and singing a light-hearted Beatles tune.

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Harper, a Beatles fan, joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma on stage and sang a rendition of...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Oct 02 2009 10:32 AM

Iran has pledged to open its recently revealed uranium enrichment plant to UN inspectors, possibly in the next few weeks, according to a senior EU envoy involved in the negotiations.

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Javier Solana, who formally headed the negotiations Thursday in Switzerland, said Iran and six world p...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Oct 02 2009 10:01 AM

Bishop Raymond Lahey was released on $9,000 bail after turning himself in to Ottawa police on Thursday afternoon to face charges of possessing and importing child pornography.

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The Roman Catholic cleric, who resigned his post in Nova Scotia on the weekend before news of the charges bro...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Oct 01 2009 10:29 AM

Indonesian officials say the death toll from an earthquake has risen to 529 as tremors continue to shake the region.

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A second 6.8-magnitude quake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s devastation.

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Thousands are be...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Sep 30 2009 11:01 AM

An Afghan immigrant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in connection with a plot to attack New York City transit using common chemicals.

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Najibullah Zazi’s lawyer entered the plea in a Brooklyn courtroom. Prosecutors accuse Zazi of rec...

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Sep 29 2009 10:22 AM

The death toll in Vietnam caused by Typhoon Ketsana has increased as the powerful storm forced mass evacuations.

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At least 23 people in central Vietnam died on Tuesday as the typhoon struck the coast. The storm killed at least 240 people in the Philippines when it hit.

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Ketsan...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:44 AM

An experimental vaccine appears to cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by 31 per cent.

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The research by Thai and American scientists has not been peer-reviewed or published yet, but scientists worldwide have been watching the trial so closely and awaiting the results that the re...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:31 AM

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will visit Newfoundland next week, ?the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Thursday, but he can expect a chilly reception and a reprimand from Canada.

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Gadhafi is making a one-day stopover in St. John's on his way back to Libya from New York after his ...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:34 AM

A B.C. court has thrown out polygamy charges against two religious leaders, ruling former B.C. attorney general Wally Oppal was wrong to ask a third special prosecutor to take the case after the first two prosecutors decided the men should not be charged.

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B.C. Supreme Court Judge Sunn...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:34 AM

Preliminary research suggests the seasonal flu shot may put people at greater risk for getting swine flu, CBC News has learned.

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"This is some evidence that has been floated. It hasn’t been validated yet, it's very preliminary," cautioned Dr. Don Low, microbiologist-in-chief at Mo...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Sep 23 2009 12:52 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama launched a joint meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by presiding over a handshake between the two leaders Tuesday in New York City.

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He sternly urged both men to do more to make Middle East peace tal...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Sep 21 2009 12:45 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama was promoting health-care reform across the airwaves Sunday in interviews with five television networks — reassuring middle-income Americans they won’t face big tax increases to pay for the plan.

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Obama is trying to win back momentum for his besieged proposal...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Sep 17 2009 12:01 PM

There is no "immediate decision pending" on whether the U.S. will send more troops or resources to Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday after a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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Obama and Harper discussed trade issues, energy and the economy in addition to...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Sep 11 2009 2:15 AM

Candid remarks made by Stephen Harper to Conservative supporters during a private meeting last week reveal the prime minister’s “spiteful” attitude toward Canadians, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Thursday.

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“This in-camera speech by Mr. Harper has settled once and for all his c...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Sep 10 2009 10:04 AM

A Nova Scotia court is being asked to approve a $13-million sexual abuse settlement between a Roman Catholic diocese in the province and dozens of victims.

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The deal is being hailed as the first time the Roman Catholic Church has apologized and set up a compensation package for people w...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Aug 31 2009 10:52 AM

Police have arrested two teenagers after a teen was beaten to death on Saturday in the remote northern Manitoba community of Nelson House First Nation.

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Two suspects from the community, both 16, are in police custody in connection with the death of Dakota Hunter, 17.

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Hunter ...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Aug 24 2009 9:28 AM

Cape Breton is feeling the full impact of Hurricane Bill, which has already knocked out power to thousands of homes, flooded roads and disrupted travel plans around mainland Nova Scotia.

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As of 6 p.m. AT, Bill was centred about 70 kilometres south of Louisbourg, packing sustained winds...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Aug 21 2009 10:23 AM

Charles Starmer-Smith travels to Newfoundland to kayak with whales and jump off waterfalls.

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Aug 21 2009 10:16 AM

Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi has arrived in Libya to a hero’s welcome after he was released from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.

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He arrived Thursday evening at a military airport on the outskirts of Tripoli, where thousands of Libyan youths greeted him alon...