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Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal Sunday sentenced Canadian captive Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison for charges that included murdering an American soldier in battle, but his…

Punish Canadian severely, Guantanamo court urged (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

A courtroom sketch shows defendant Omar Khadr, a native of Toronto, Canada, listening to testimony during his sentencing hearing at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/PoolReuters - A prosecutor urged a U.S. war crimes tribunal on Saturday to sentence a young Canadian and admitted al Qaeda murderer to 25 more years in prison and said…

Canadian at Gitmo pleads guilty to all charges (AP)

October 25th, 2010

FILE - This undated file photo shows Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, a Canadian accused of killing an American soldier. Khadr pleaded to five charges including murder in a plea agreement with military authorities. Khadr had been facing a possible life sentence if convicted at a trial that was scheduled to start Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Canadian Press) NO SALESAP - A Canadian accused of killing an American soldier as a teenage al-Qaida militant pleaded guilty Monday as part of a deal that avoids a war crimes trial for…

Canadian police arrest Randy Quaid and his wife (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

FILE - In these Sept. 18, 2010 file images originally provided by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi Quaid, are shown after their Saturday Sept. 18, 2010 arrest on charges of felony residential burglary and entering a non-commercial building without consent. A prosecutor says Randy Quaid and his wife have failed to show up at a court hearing stemming from their arrests last month on suspicion of illegally squatting at a home. Santa Barbara Senior Deputy District Attorney Lee Carter says a judge issued $50,000 warrants for the couple after they failed to appear for an arraignment on felony vandalism charges. Carter says the couple's case will be called again on Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Santa Barbara County Sheriff)AP - Canadian police have arrested actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi on U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges. The two were picked up Thursday afternoon in an affluent…

Canadian commander sentenced to life for murders (AP)

October 21st, 2010

AP - The former commander of Canada’s largest air force base said Thursday he deeply regretted his “despicable crimes,” moments before he was sentenced to life in prison with no…

Canadian military officer exposed as serial killer (AP)

October 18th, 2010

This courtroom sketch shows Col. Russell Williams, who was the commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Canada's largest military airbase, appearing in court in Belleville, Ont., on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tammy Hoy)AP - He was a square-jawed Canadian Air Force officer with a brilliant future, a man entrusted with flying prime ministers and Queen Elizabeth II. On Monday, he was exposed…

Top Canadian commander pleads guilty to murders (AP)

October 18th, 2010

Roxanne Lloyd, right, carries a picture of her daughter Jessica Lloyd, while her son Andy Lloyd, left, walks next to her as they arrive at court in Belleville, Ont., on Monday, October. 18, 2010 to hear the charges for Russell Williams, who was the commander of CFB Trenton, Canada's largest military airbase. Williams pleaded guilty Monday to two first-degree murder charges. He has not yet entered a plea for the other charges, but his lawyer said earlier this month that Williams would plead guilty to all charges. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)AP - A commander who was a rising star in Canada’s military pleaded guilty Monday to the murders of two women, the sexual assaults of two others and dozens of…

Canadian navy boards migrant ship (AP)

August 12th, 2010

AP - The Canadian navy boarded a cargo ship Thursday carrying 490 asylum seekers, including some people Canada has said may be terrorists.

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Hotel fire kills 29, including Canadian, in Iraq (AP)

July 16th, 2010

U.S. Major General Jerry Cannon (R) dedicates a giant key to Iraq's Justice Minister Dara Noor-Eldeen as a symbolic gesture during a ceremony marking the transfer of Camp Cropper, the last U.S. detention centre in Iraq, to the Iraqi government in Baghdad July 15, 2010.  REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - A police chief in northern Iraq says a fire engulfed a five-story hotel killing 29 people, including foreigners.


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Canadian PM says police to investigate minister (AP)

April 9th, 2010

AP - Canada’s prime minister has asked the national police force to investigate what he called “serious allegations” against one of his cabinet ministers.

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