French President Nicolas Sarkozy says a 78-year-old French aid worker held hostage by al-Qaida’s North African branch has been killed in the Sahara. Sarkozy condemned the “odious act” and vowed to keep up the fight against terrorism. He confirmed that France took part in a military operation in the Sahara in recent days. The [ more ]

A man who ran a notorious torture prison where more than 14,000 people died during the Khmer Rouge regime was found guilty of war crimes Monday and sentenced to 35 years in prison. Despite the sentence, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, will serve no more than 19 years. The judge took off five years for [ more ]

North Korean Foreign Ministry official Ri Dong Il protests about the United States – South Korean joint military drill, calling it a threat to regional peace and security. He speaked when visited Hanoi to attend the ASEAN Regional Forum on Sunday. Ri described the joint naval exercise in the Sea of Japan as a provocation [ more ]

Even though Angelina Jolie plays a suspected Russian sleeper agent in her latest movie, in real life she thinks U.S.-Russian relations are going well. Jolie was in Moscow for the Russian premiere of the movie “Salt” on Sunday, just a few weeks after 10 Russian sleeper agents were expelled from the United States in exchange [ more ]

Transportation Safety Board investigators were meeting with witnesses Sunday to try and determine what caused a float plane to crash in northern Quebec killing two people on board. The DHC-2 Beaver float plane crashed around 11 a.m. Saturday in a swamp two kilometres from the La Grande Riviere airport, not far from James Bay. The [ more ]

Tony Blair’s evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry that toppling Saddam Hussein helped make Britain safe from terrorists was dramatically undermined by the former head of MI5 yesterday. Giving evidence to the same inquiry, Eliza Manningham-Buller revealed that there was such a surge of warnings of home-grown terrorist threats after the invasion of [ more ]

Consumer-based genetic testing has come under fire in recent months, prompting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch an investigation in June. While that investigation is not complete, information coming out of one federal agency and presented to a Congressional panel points to preliminary tests showing faults in over-the-counter and [ more ]

Elliptical trainers have been a longtime presence in gyms and fitness facilities and a go-to piece of equipment for those looking to get their cardio fix. But for individuals suffering from lower back problems, research suggests they may need to think twice before stamping their ticket to ride on the popular workout machines. The elliptical [ more ]

Sentencing begins today for a Canadian Forces captain found guilty for shooting a wounded Afghan insurgent. But before Capt. Robert Semrau learns his fate, a military judge will decide whether sentencing provisions of the National Defence Act violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. During Semrau’s trial, his lawyer argued that because [ more ]