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200 Rescued From England Flooding

Posted: 11/20/09 9:49AM
Filed Under: Top NewsWorldDangerous WatersenvironmentSurvival StoriesWeird Weather

COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) - Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England's picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing and feared dead after a bridge was swept away.

Cruise Ship Stuck in Antarctic Ice Reaches Clear Water

Posted: 11/20/09 9:57AM
Filed Under: Top NewsWorldDangerous WatersNews That Stunned Us

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MOSCOW - A Russian cruise ship that has been struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days has finally reached clear water off Antarctica.

Canadian Stamp Sells for $260,000 U.S.

Posted: 11/20/09 9:47AM
Filed Under: CanadaTop NewsWorldAmazing DiscoveriesNews That Stunned Us

From the collection of Wall Street executive, William H. Gross, this 1851 Canadian 12 Pence denomination postage stamp, shown in this handout photo, sold for a record $260,000 (US) in a public auction
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NEW YORK - A 12 pence Canadian stamp more than a century old has sold for US$260,000 at a New York auction, the highest price ever paid for a single Canadian stamp.

Guantanamo Won't Close by January: Obama

Posted: 11/19/09 9:57AM
Filed Under: Top NewsWorldControversial RulingsOmar KhadrPoliticsPresident Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama has acknowledged that he will not be able to meet his pledge to close the controversial detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by January.

Palin and Fans Angered by Cover Shot

Posted: 11/19/09 9:47AM
Filed Under: Top NewsWorldNews That Stunned UsSarah PalinScandals

NEW YORK (AP) - Of all the adjectives one might use to describe Newsweek's current Sarah Palin cover, "unflattering" probably isn't one of them.

Canadians Handed Over Innocent Afghans to Torture: Diplomat

Posted: 11/18/09 5:13PM
Filed Under: CanadaTop NewsWorldAfghanistan

OTTAWA - All of the prisoners Canada handed over to Afghanistan's notorious intelligence service in 2006-07 were tortured and many of them were likely innocent, a federal official has testified.