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- breaking Syria chemical weapons deal reached by U.S. and Russia
- The United States and Russia say they have reached an agreement on a framework for securing Syria's chemical weapons, a move that appears to avert a looming military strike threatend by Washington in retaliation for the Assad regime's alleged gas attack on a rebel-held area near Damascus.
- India gang rape culprits sentenced to death video
- A judge sentenced to death the four men convicted in the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack on a bus that left the young woman with such severe internal injuries that she died two weeks later.
- Colorado flood leaves 3 dead, damages cities
- 17 people remain unaccounted for as the flood-ravaged state picks up the debris from massive floods that left swaths of Colorado under water.
- analysis Syrian war a siege with no end: Nahlah Ayed audio
- Without the brief distraction of the possibility of a foreign intervention, Syria's conflict is back on track, says CBC's Nahlah Ayed. Life is back to what could be described as normal, though it is anything but. And it's growing worse.
- new U.S. judge halts Alberta-bound shipment of oilsands equipment
- A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a shipment of massive oil field equipment from traversing a scenic Idaho roadway that cuts through the homeland of the Nez Perce Tribe and runs alongside two federally protected rivers.
- Verizon challenges FCC's right to impose net neutrality
- A court in Washington, D.C., is pondering a challenge by Verizon Communications Inc. over the "net neutrality" rules imposed by the Federal Communications Commission.
- photos Afghan soccer fans celebrate big win
- Afghanistan captures the 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, kicking off a party back home in Kabul
- Iraqi mosque bombing during prayers kills 30
- A bomb hidden inside an air conditioner exploded Friday at a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad, the deadliest in a series of attacks in Iraq that killed 33 people, officials said.
- Hawaii can't fit woman's long last name on licence
- A Hawaii woman's last name is a real mouthful, containing 36 letters and 19 syllables in all. And it's so long that she couldn't get a driver's licence with her correct name.
- analysis Quebec charter of values plan could take a few pages from France: Don Murray video audio
- Despite what the Quebec premier may think as the province considers a charter of values, secularism and its laws have led France into thickets of controversy.
- Prince William leaves military to focus on royal duties video
- Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is leaving operational service with the British armed forces after more than 7½ years of full-time military service to focus on royal duties and charity work, Kensington Palace announces.
- analysis Obama's Syria morality play gets a dose of reality: Neil Macdonald video
- U.S. President Barack Obama was blitzing the U.S. media earlier this week, pitching the idea of a military strike on Syria, when the Syrians suddenly agreed to hand over their stores of chemical weapons. This diplomatic twist has complicated Obama's case for attacking the Middle Eastern nation, writes Neil Macdonald.
- Taliban car bomb explodes near U.S. consulate in Afghanistan video
- Taliban militants attacked the U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, using a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound in the city of Herat. It was not entirely clear whether any attackers managed to breach the facility, but at least two Afghans died, while the U.S. said its personnel were all safe.
- Russia psychiatric hospital fire kills 37
- A pre-dawn fire swept through a Russian psychiastric hospital Friday, killing 37 people, the country's top investigative agency said. Authorities had long warned that the mostly wooden building dating to the 19th century was unsafe.
- Seaside Heights boardwalk fire rages at site of Sandy recovery video
- A massive fire raging for hours burned several blocks of boardwalk and businesses Thursday in a New Jersey shore town that was still rebuilding from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.
- Putin warns Americans of Syria strike risks in NYT op-ed video
- Russian President Vladimir Putin warns in a New York Times op-ed Thursday that a U.S. military strike against Syria could "unleash a new wave of terrorism" and that Americans shouldn't think of themselves as exceptional.
- U.S. retail sales see modest growth in August
- Americans bought more cars, furniture and electronics in August, but held back on most other retail purchases.
- Barry Bonds's obstruction of justice conviction upheld
- A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld former Giants slugger Barry Bonds's obstruction of justice conviction.