TORONTO - Canadian Saturday nights finally have a new theme song.
The RCMP in Grand Prairie has laid 19 criminal charges against one man after a crime spree they say lasted over three weeks, and spanned approximately 800 kilometres.
VANCOUVER - A Canadian tour operator is being sued by a group of Americans for breaking a deal to provide tickets to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

PARIS (AFP) - The head of the French military General Jean-Louis Georgelin on Wednesday backed comments by a senior British military officer's view that the war in Afghanistan was unwinnable.
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Jean Charest says he's working on putting together a meeting with his provincial counterparts to discuss the current economic climate.

MALE (AFP) - The veteran leader of the Maldives has taken the lead in the islands' first democratic election but is short of the majority needed to avoid a tough run-off, preliminary results showed Thursday.

ATHENS (Reuters) - I sat down, or more accurately fell down, and buried my head in my hands. Cold winds blew through my shirt. Would my body survive the punishment I was dealing it? Why was I doing this?

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States has told Japan that it will remove North Korea from its terrorist blacklist this month, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday without citing a source.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese embassy today to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling on nations around the world to stop executions.
ATHENS, Greece - Disgraced Greek hurdler Fani Halkia blamed a "malicious act" by unspecified people for a failed doping test that cost her participation in the Beijing Olympics.