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British intelligence officials did not intend to mislead anyone by releasing documents in 2002 claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, Britain's former spy chief said Tuesday.

The New Democrats are renewing their call for a public inquiry into the handling of Afghan detainees in 2006-07 after a group of former ambassadors released an open letter Tuesday that criticizes the government's treatment of a senior diplomat.

A Saskatchewan couple got caught up in a hail of bullets during a trip to Mexico recently but they say they'll go back.

The Afghan government says civilians were killed during an overnight NATO strike on militants in the east of the country, but NATO says only militants were killed in the attack.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says it may take decades before his government will be able to support a large security force to protect his country.

Withdrawing all of Canada's forces and equipment from Afghanistan by 2011 will be a "demanding task," says Gen. Walter Natynczyk, Canada's chief of defence staff.

The head of the World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations weather agency, said Tuesday that this decade is "very likely" the warmest on record going back to 1850.

A co-ordinated series of bomb blasts have left at least 103 people dead and more than 197 wounded in Baghdad.

Multiple explosions in two Pakistani cities have killed 58 and injured at least 145, the latest in a string of attacks from insurgents that have killed over 400 people since October.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper became the first Canadian leader to address South Korea's National Assembly on Monday, using his speech to emphasize ties between the two countries.

The United Nations' two-week conference on climate change formally opened Monday in Copenhagen, with organizers warning diplomats that the summit was the best chance to reach an agreement to prevent dangerous levels of global warming.

The highest-ranking military officer in the United States said Monday that he expects casualties to rise next year as additional U.S. troops deploy to Afghanistan.

Guinea's military strongman, shot last week in an assassination attempt and airlifted to a hospital in Morocco, is able to speak but is unlikely to return home soon, a government official said.

The death toll from a Russian nightclub fire rose to 113 on Monday as a young woman died of severe burns, and the number of dead could climb higher as many injured victims are in hospital on respirators.

Gunmen loyal to a clan accused in the Philippines' worst political massacre clashed with police in the first reported fighting since martial law was imposed in the region over the weekend.

There is strong support for governments to take an ambitious approach to climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, according to a poll commissioned by the BBC World Service.

Thousands of Chileans turned out to pay their respects to folksinger Victor Jara in a formal funeral cortege in Santiago, 36 years after he was killed by the military under the Pinochet regime.

Queen Elizabeth II has sent a letter to editors warning them not to publish any paparazzi photos of the Royal Family at their home.

Canadian beef exporters have regained access to the Hong Kong market following a meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the former British colony's chief executive.

Some sites, including the Louvre and Arc de Triomphe, were open on Saturday during a major strike by museum workers.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday his government would not let the pursuit of expanded economic ties with China lead to silence on human rights issues.

NATO members and countries from outside the alliance will send 7,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan to join the 30,000 being sent by the United States.

An Italian jury has convicted American student Amanda Knox of sexually assaulting and murdering her British roommate, sentencing her to 26 years in prison Friday.

Gunmen opened fire at a mosque close to Pakistan's army headquarters during prayers before blowing themselves up, killing at least 36 people, including six military officers.

The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 10 per cent in November, even as the American economy shed 11,000 jobs during the month.

A British sculptor carving a polar bear out of ice, with a bronze skeleton inside, hopes to make a powerful environmental message when the Arctic animal art piece melts.

Guinea's president has been flown to Morocco after an assassination attempt, according to a retired diplomat.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has rejected his court-appointed lawyer and is unlikely to be prepared to resume his genocide trial as scheduled for March 1, his legal adviser says.