
OTTAWA - American filmmaker Michael Moore is turning the tables on Tory claims that he and the NDP may have broken election rules.

NEW YORK - Wall Street has stormed back from last week's devastating losses, sending the Dow Jones industrials soaring a nearly inconceivable 938 points after major governments' plans to support the global banking system reassured distraught investors.
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen shot at a U.S. consulate in northern Mexico and threw a grenade at the building but it did not explode and no one was injured, the consulate said.
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.

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.
A Toronto municipal councillor wants the city's health board to take steps to declare the growing problem of bedbugs a "health hazard."
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Telus Corp, Canada's No. 2 phone company, said on Friday it will build a next-generation wireless network with Canada's biggest telecom company, BCE Inc, as they fight for market share with rival Rogers Communications Inc.