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  1. A jogger runs along the shore of Manly Beach in Sydney September 1, 2008. REUTERS/Will Burgess
    Scientists find why "sunshine" vitamin D is crucial Reuters - Mon Mar 8, 11:50 AM Sent 389 times

    LONDON (Reuters) - Vitamin D is vital in activating human defences and low levels suffered by around half the world's population may mean their immune systems' killer T cells are poor at fighting infection, scientists said on Sunday.

  2. View of the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty cruise ship at Barcelona's port, Spain, on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Waves of up to 26 feet (8 meters) high smashed into the Mediterranean cruise ship flooding people's cabins and breaking windows in an ordeal that claimed two lives. The ship was carrying 1,350 passengers and 580 crew. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Manu Fernandez)
    Passenger on Mediterranean cruise ship hit by huge wave describes ordeal as terrifying The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 4, 7:06 AM Sent 319 times

    BARCELONA, Spain - Freak waves that smashed into a Mediterranean cruise ship flooded people's cabins, broke windows in a restaurant and terrified many travellers in an ordeal that claimed two lives, a passenger said Thursday.

  3. Children are pictured cooling off at a water fountain. Mothers who work part-time are more likely to have healthier children than those who work full-time or who are not in the workforce, according to an Australian study. Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP
    Study finds part-time mums have healthier kids AFP - Wed Mar 3, 3:36 AM Sent 179 times

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Mothers who work part-time are more likely to have healthier children than those who work full-time or who are not in the workforce, the author of an Australian study said Wednesday.

  4. Que. government forced woman from classroom for refusing to remove face covering The Canadian Press - Tue Mar 2, 7:36 PM Sent 119 times

    MONTREAL - After months of balancing a woman's religious beliefs with her desire to learn French, the Quebec government stepped into her classroom to offer an ultimatum: take off the niqab or drop the course.

  5. Paper bills to be replaced with plastic: budget The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 4, 4:24 PM Sent 87 times

    OTTAWA - The old question of cash or plastic is about to become moot because the cash is essentially going to be plastic, too.

  6. An unidentified man walks through the streets of Toronto's Little India district on Monday, March 8, 2010. Statistics Canada projects that by the year 2031 about one-third of Canada's population - up to 14.4 million people - will be a visible minority. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
    Minorities to be majorities in two Cdn cities by 2031, Statistics Cda projects The Canadian Press - Tue Mar 9, 5:09 PM Sent 86 times

    TORONTO - The proportion of visible minorities in Canada, already one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, is set to explode in the coming decades and account for one-third of the population, Statistics Canada says.

  7. Highway patrol helps Prius with stuck accelerator coast to a stop in San Diego The Canadian Press - Mon Mar 8, 11:12 PM Sent 85 times

    EL CAJON, Calif. - A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph (151 kph) to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said.

  8. Women clean debris from an earth-quake damaged church in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, March 7, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile last Feb. 27, causing widespread damage. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Aliosha Marquez
    Earthquakes rattle nerves, but scientists say they're a coincidence The Canadian Press - Mon Mar 8, 2:43 PM Sent 60 times

    LONDON - Experts say there is nothing unusual about the latest spate of earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and now Turkey, but their devastation illustrates how growing construction along the world's fault lines can lead to massive casualties.

  9. Nissan Motor has said it will recall nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide, most of them in the United States, due to brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges. Photo:Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP
    Nissan recalls nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide AFP - Wed Mar 3, 5:18 AM Sent 58 times

    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Nissan Motor said Wednesday it would recall nearly 540,000 vehicles worldwide, most of them in the United States, due to brake pedal defects and faulty fuel gauges.

  10. Powerful pro-Israel US lobby group AIPAC, in a rare letter to every member of the US Congress, called Tuesday for 'crippling new sanctions on Iran' over Tehran's suspect nuclear program. Photo:/AFP
    Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie' used by US as an excuse to invade Iraq, Afghanistan The Canadian Press - Sat Mar 6, 2:18 PM Sent 53 times

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.

  11. In this image released by NBC, former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is shown along with with host Jay Leno, left, on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in Burbank, Calif. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/NBC, Paul Drinkwater
    Palin's claim family sought medical care in Canada prompts scrutiny, ridicule The Canadian Press - Mon Mar 8, 11:08 PM Sent 51 times

    WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's weekend admission that her family once travelled to Canada to receive treatment under the public health-care system she's so often demonized prompted skepticism and ridicule Monday among her critics in the United States.

  12. Brazil officials say 310 stricken by food poisoning on cruise ship in Brazil The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 4, 11:55 AM Sent 34 times

    SAO PAULO, Brazil - An international cruise ship was placed under quarantine in southeastern Brazil after hundreds of passengers were stricken with vomiting and diarrhea, health authorities said Thursday

  13. Palin, a critic of socialized health care, acknowledges that her family used Canadian system The Canadian Press - Mon Mar 8, 11:51 PM Sent 28 times

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been no friend lately of socialized health care.

  14. Map of Nigeria locating ethnic violence in Dogo Nahawa, just south of Jos Photo:Francis Nallier/AFP
    Nigeria sends in troops after 500 killed in attack AFP - Mon Mar 8, 3:53 AM Sent 27 times

    JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria's government sent in troops to the flashpoint northern Jos region Monday after attacks by machete-wielding gangs on Christian villages that officials say killed at least 500 people.

  15. Kathryn Bigelow, director of 'The Hurt Locker', speaks after winning best director during the 82nd Academy Awards in Hollywood, March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
    Oscars' big mysteries explained Yahoo! Canada - Tue Mar 9, 9:31 AM Sent 25 times

    Sunday night's Oscars ceremony was a little bit like an episode of "Lost." Sure, we got a few answers -- such as finally learning the actual Oscar winners -- but the awards show left us with more questions than answers.